All the stories tagged with green
WADI Affordable Water Filtering Technology Powered By Solar Energy
03/05/2013, [CeBIT 2013] For people who live in industrial and developed countries, access to clean water is never really an issue and we tend to forget that a huge number of people on this planet do not enjoy that type of [...]
Yunasko: Ultracapacitors with High Power Efficiency
03/05/2013, [CeBIT 2013] I met with Yunasko‘s co-founders Natalia Stryzhakova (Ph.D.) and Andrii Buvailo at CeBIT in Hannover. Yunasko develops ultracapacitors, which are energy storage devices with extremely high power capacities and fast charge / discharge profiles. For example, high power [...]
ELF: Hybrid Solar / Pedal Vehicle by Organic Transit
03/04/2013, [CeBIT 2013] Today at CeBIT, I met with Alix Bowman and Rob Cotter from Organic Transit, the green transportation company behind ELF, an innovative solar / pedal hybrid vehicle. This egg-shaped tricycle can be powered by an electric engine when [...]
Battery Power From Plants
12/20/2012, We do have this problem surrounding batteries, especially when it comes to the issue of disposing them in a safe manner. Well, nature has come to humanity’s rescue once again, where an ancient natural red plant dye could actually be [...]
Cars to run on biofuels harvested from whisky leftovers?
09/25/2012, They say not to drink and drive, and obviously, alcohol is the offending chemical here, but nobody mentioned anything about your car clocking up additional mileage through shots of whisky infused into its fuel tank. We are referring to by-products [...]
Solar panels of the future inspired by sunflowers
08/16/2012, They say that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, and I suppose that is true when you consider the kinds of machinations that we humans have thought up of all these years, looking to nature for inspiration. The latest [...]
Flat-packed wind turbine hits the UK
07/18/2012, IKEA is not the only place to offer flat-packed goodness, as it seems as though there is a new kid in town that comes in the form of a prototype wind turbine which was specially designed for flat-pack shipping and [...]
AlertMe’s Remote Heating Control available from British Gas
07/07/2012, We have published about the Nest Learning Thermostat created when it was announced in October 2011, since then, the device has been updated with an iPhone app that allows remote controlling the Nest’s settings while on-the-go. Today, a new comer [...]
Hus-1 offers eco-friendly living
06/20/2012, So you think that you live an extremely green lifestyle by driving a Prius and consuming nothing but organic food, using natural and organic detergents at home, while doing your bit for the local recycling effort. How about the home [...]
Energy tower powered by air makes advancements in green technology
05/28/2012, They say that man proposes, but God disposes – well, I am quite sure that the Almighty is more than pleased to see plans in developing a monstrous power generator that will be located at the south western corner of [...]
Apple promises to build 100 percent green data center
04/27/2012, You’ve probably read our previous post a few days ago about Greenpeace’s claim that Apple is using “dirty” 19th century coal energy to power its plant that hosts iCloud (like most people in the USA, as 50% of electricity comes [...]
Moss Table generates and stores electricity
04/26/2012, A table is a table, right? How else do you introduce additional functionality to this everyday piece of furniture? The Moss Table takes a different approach which might tickle the fancy of some, where it will have its fair share [...]
Daiwa House Agri-Cube is a portable vegetable factory
03/23/2012, Judging by what environmentalists say, global warming is an issue not to be scoffed at – and the low-lying areas of different countries could just end up flooded for good. Well, going green is definitely one lifestyle we should all [...]
