Worldchanging Update: Better Place Targets Tokyo Taxis
Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009 Posted in Emerging Technologies, Green News | Comments OffWe’ve written before about California start-up Better Place’s plan to build a network of battery swapping stations and standardized EVs, including its scheduled $1 billion project in the San Francisco Bay Area. As of January ...
Worldchanging Update: Better Place Targets Tokyo Taxis
Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009 Posted in Emerging Technologies, Green News | Comments OffWe’ve written before about California start-up Better Place’s plan to build a network of battery swapping stations and standardized EVs, including its scheduled $1 billion project in the San Francisco Bay Area. As of January ...
Solar Power from Space: Moving Beyond Science Fiction
Monday, August 31st, 2009 Posted in Emerging Technologies, Green News | Comments Offby Michael D. Lemonick For more than 40 years, scientists have dreamed of collecting the sun’s energy in space and beaming it back to Earth. Now, a host of technological advances, coupled with interest from the U.S. ...
My Fridge Could Power the World
Tuesday, August 25th, 2009 Posted in Emerging Technologies, Green News | Comments Offby Jennifer Langston Beer + leftovers = energy According to two news stories today, the contents of my fridge -- a six-pack, open bottles of wine, dregs from last week's farmers' market and leftover stir-fry -- might ...
Create Your Own Bike Lane, For Real
Friday, August 7th, 2009 Posted in Emerging Technologies, Green News | Comments OffThis past winter, I wrote about LightLane, a concept design for a lighting system that paints a virtual path around your bike at night to encourage cars to keep a safe distance. The idea caught the ...
Create Your Own Bike Lane, For Real
Friday, August 7th, 2009 Posted in Emerging Technologies, Green News | Comments OffThis past winter, I wrote about LightLane, a concept design for a lighting system that paints a virtual path around your bike at night to encourage cars to keep a safe distance. The idea caught the ...
From Skins of Onions, Farmers Develop Promising Biogas
Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009 Posted in Emerging Technologies, Green News | Comments OffA large onion processor in California is taking 300,000 pounds of onion waste a day — skins, tails, and tops — and converting much of it into a biogas that he uses to power his operation. ...
Software Carpentry: Open Source Site Offers Courses on Basic Development Skills
Thursday, July 9th, 2009 Posted in Emerging Technologies, Green News | Comments OffSoftware Carpentry is a "how to program effectively" boot camp for scientists and self-starters. Course notes are all online, and are even available as one monster page of concise insights. The focus is on "the 20 ...
Beth Kolko and Design for Digital Inclusion
Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009 Posted in Emerging Technologies, Green News | Comments OffBeth Kolko manages the Design for Digital Inclusion research group at the University of Washington, a group that includes undergrads, grads and faculty across fields, focusing on a wide variety of topics: technology in Central Asia, ...
Beth Kolko and Design for Digital Inclusion
Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009 Posted in Emerging Technologies, Green News | Comments OffBeth Kolko manages the Design for Digital Inclusion research group at the University of Washington, a group that includes undergrads, grads and faculty across fields, focusing on a wide variety of topics: technology in Central Asia, ...
In the News: Software, Robots Green Bottom Line
Tuesday, June 2nd, 2009 Posted in Emerging Technologies, Green News | Comments OffTech geeks turn their attention towards energy efficiency. From robotic farmhands to new software, today's news highlights technological innovations that are saving money and energy. Several stories detail the unveiling of Hara, a Silicon Valley startup that aims ...
Cardboard Cooker Wins $75,000
Friday, April 10th, 2009 Posted in Emerging Technologies, Green News | Comments OffBy Anna Simpson Solar-powered cooker wins $75,000 in the FT Climate Change Challenge A solar-powered cardboard cooker, which aims to transform the lives of hundreds of millions of villagers in developing countries, is the winner of a $75,000 ...
Go Out and Play With the City: Matt Jones’s Demon-Haunted World
Tuesday, April 7th, 2009 Posted in Emerging Technologies, Green News | Comments OffPressing his finger firmly against the rapid heartbeat of urban intellectual infrastructure, designer Matt Jones has created a stunning slideshow on informatics that takes a look at all the things that make cities alive that you ...
That’s Hot: EcoDrain Recovers Waste Heat
Monday, March 30th, 2009 Posted in Emerging Technologies, Green News | Comments OffYou've probably heard the saying "like pouring money down the drain." Well, the innovators at EcoDrain say that's exactly what you are doing every time you take a shower -- unless you have installed their ...
That’s Hot: EcoDrain Recovers Waste Heat
Monday, March 30th, 2009 Posted in Emerging Technologies, Green News | Comments OffYou've probably heard the saying "like pouring money down the drain." Well, the innovators at EcoDrain say that's exactly what you are doing every time you take a shower -- unless you have installed their ...
Coming Soon to a Body of Water Near You: Pollution Sniffing Robot Fish
Wednesday, March 25th, 2009 Posted in Emerging Technologies, Green News | Comments OffIf it looks like a fish and moves like a fish -- there's a chance it may be a robot. British scientists are ready to introduce five pollution-sniffing robots into the northern Spanish port of Gijon, ...
New Energy Innovations to Light Up Your Life
Monday, March 23rd, 2009 Posted in Emerging Technologies, Green News | Comments OffI just Stumbledupon this great article form Ecoble, which presents some amazing innovations for creating light efficiently: Vu1 Electron Stimulated Luminescence bulb Seattle-based lighting company Vu1 has launched an Electron Stimulated Luminescent (ESL) bulb, which creates soft ...
GPS, Smart Phones Move Online Games to the Real World and Vice Versa
Tuesday, March 3rd, 2009 Posted in Emerging Technologies, Green News | Comments OffGamers and web developers are mixing tech tools like smart phones and GPS devices with social networking sites like Twitter and Facebook to create potentially hundreds of new avenues where humans can take interaction from the ...
Nasa to Launch Earth’s First Carbon Dioxide Tracking Satellite
Wednesday, February 25th, 2009 Posted in Emerging Technologies, Green News | Comments OffUPDATE: Launch Mishap Ends OCO Mission View Mishap Press Conference here. The Orbiting Carbon Observatory will map where greenhouse gas is concentrated around the world. An artist's impression of the Orbiting Carbon Observatory Photograph: Nasa By Alok ...
Free Google Tool To Help Measure Personal Energy Consumption
Friday, February 13th, 2009 Posted in Emerging Technologies, Green News | Comments OffEarlier this week, Google.org announced plans to develop a personal energy metering tool that will allow users to monitor their home energy consumption. The PowerMeter "will show consumers their electricity consumption in near real-time in a ...