Source: magazine.good.is Published: April 1, 2015 The Cut Out the Darkness donation ceremony in Sone, Indonesia. Photo courtesy Panasonic 1.3 billion people around the world live without electricity. Here’s how a design challenge is starting to change that. Amie...
Source: washingtonpost.com Published: March 22, 2015 Senior electrical engineering students Viet Tran, left, and Seth Robertson, demonstrate extinguishing a fire with their wave extinguisher. (Ricky Carioti/The Washington Post) By Tom Jackman It happens so quickly you...
Source: sciencealert.com Published: March 23, 2015 New China TV BEC CREW In an effort to mitigate the ridiculous amounts of smog that cloud China’s biggest cities, local scientists have teamed up to develop the world’s first hydrogen-fuelled tram. Manufactured by the...
Source: inhabitat.com Published: March 21, 2015 James Dyson, inventor of the Dyson vacuum, wants to use a river barge with cyclone cleaning technology to clean dirty rivers. by Kristine Lofgren Dyson originally unveiled the idea for Time magazine, but the folks over...
Source: youtube.com Published: March 20, 2015 Waterstep train people in developing countries how to use safe water solutions like water purification, health education, and well repair, empowering communities to take care of their own water needs for years. They...
Source: theguardian.com Published: March 20, 2015 Solar panels in Crucey-Villages, central France, part of the building site of a photovoltaic park built by French Energy Giant EDF. New legislations forces all new commercial zone buildings to have panels or plants on...
Source: intelligentliving.co Published: August 28, 2014 by Aaron Jackson A car which uses an electrolyte flow cell power system is now certified for use on European roads. The car is called the Quant e-Sportlimousine, which made its debut at the 2014 Geneva Motor...
Source: npr.org Published: February 23, 2015 Freight Farms are shipping containers modified to grow stacks of hydroponic plants and vegetables — anywhere, 365 days a year. Courtesy of Freight Farms The United States imports more than $100 billion of food every year...
Source: mnn.com Published: March 17, 2015 The start of Ron Finley’s famed parkway ‘food forest’ in South Los Angeles, 2011. (Photo: LAGreenGrounds/flickr) Once an act of guerrilla gardening, residents can now grow curbside veggie plots without...