Each week our friends at Inhabitat recap the week's most interesting green addition and clean tech news for us -- it's the Week in Green.

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corporal transit system is set to break ground in India, and we saw the UK green light the first phase of its new HS2 high-speed rail line.

It was also a bright week for flipside energy as MIT scientists discovered a way to make more productive solar plants modeled after sunflowers and Sweden announced plans for a massive 700 megawatt wind farm in the Baltic Sea. Meanwhile, we learned that Rwanda's poo-powered prisons are able to produce 75% of their power from human waste, we showcased plans for an energy-generating rolling chunk that charges your gadgets, and we saw the launch of several shining solar-powered devices - OLPC's XO3 tablet cerebration machine* and the sun-powered Solarkindle e-reader cover.

In other news, this week we rounded up our well-liked eco gadgets from CES 2012 - including a hydrophobic nanocoating that makes any gadget well waterproof. We also saw 200 Chinese works construct a 30 story prefab edifice in just 15 days, and we watched superman fly across a cute pert LEGO TV. Finally, we brought you the latest and greatest evolvement in wearable mechanization - including a set of smart sunglasses that merge virtual hash with the real world, a set of bone-conducting earphones, and a set of motorized skates that can be attached to any boring old pair of shoes.

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