All the stories tagged with: Green
Walgreens Building A Superstore That Runs Only On Renewable Energy
03/12/2013, The cost of energy isn’t cheap as gas prices and home heating costs rise on a semi-regular basis, and one place that we usually don’t think of as energy-sucking locations is the local 24-hour pharmacy. These places need to run [...]
Cleaner Air, Thanks To Metal Organic Material
03/11/2013, One of the ways to reduce carbon emissions is to capture the carbon that we generate in a number activities such as energy production. Most electricity is generated by coal-burning plant which produces the bulk of today’s carbon emissions. However, [...]
Charging Your Electric Cars Become Easier
03/07/2013, When 1 + 1 equals to 3, you know for sure that the wonders of synergy is at work here. The enemy of your enemy is your friend, and so this is how two rival Bay Area companies have more [...]
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 [...]
Toyota i-Road Personal Mobility Concept
03/04/2013, The Toyota i-Road personal mobility concept looks all prepared to roll out at the 83rd Geneva International Motor Show. As you can see in the image above, the Toyota i-Road would come across as an ultra-compact, tandem two-seater electric vehicle [...]
Solar-Powered Autoclave Comes In Handy In Remote Areas
03/04/2013, The world is not really equal in many terms, when it comes to money, influence, power, social status, the works! Thing is, everyone deserves adequate medical care and attention, but somehow, those living in poorer countries naturally have a lesser [...]
Urbee 2 To Cross Country On Just 10 Gallons Of Ethanol
03/01/2013, Remember the first generation Urbee, which was a 3D printed car that was specially developed in order to usher in a new age of cheaper and more economical travel, and to test it, it was sent on an expedition to [...]
Paper Nano-SIM Cards Do Their Bit For The Environment
02/26/2013, We are not called consumers for nothing, and this is not a flattering description of humanity. Whenever we consume stuff, there is waste generated, and it goes without saying that all the waste will need to go somewhere, much of [...]
Solar Powered Copter
02/20/2013, We have seen our fair share of devices that run on solar power in the past, but surely a solar panel that flies? That takes the cake, at least for now. A group of students at Queen Mary University of [...]
Moveo Electric Scooter Is Foldable, No Parking Spot Required
02/15/2013, Depending on where you live, commuting can be a nightmare and that’s probably true for most big cities. To alleviate some of the road congestion issues, many use a 2-wheels transportation mode, motorized or not. The thing is: when you have a [...]
Massive Arctic Ice Loss Reported By Cryosat Mission
02/13/2013, Scientists working with the European Space Agency (ESA) Cryosat satellite have discovered that Arctic ice loss has been massive in the years between 2003 and 2012. The ice loss is indicated at declining by 36% during autumn and 9% during [...]
