Pop!Tech: Rice Power to the People With Husk Power Systems
Tuesday, October 28th, 2008 Posted in Green News, Social Entrepreneurship | Comments OffChip Ransler is the co-founder of Husk Power Systems (HPS), a for-profit company that cost-effectively converts rice husks into electricity. HPS utilizes a proprietary technology to run 35-100 kilowatt mini power plants, delivering pay-for-use electricity to ...
Pop!Tech: Bunker Roy on Scaling the Bottom of the Pyramid
Thursday, October 23rd, 2008 Posted in Green News, Social Entrepreneurship | Comments OffOutside, it is grey and rainy, but inside, the Camden library is warm and inviting. Today's special session merited an early arrival to Pop!Tech: Scaling the Bottom of the Pyramid, a 2-hour talk by longtime ...
Google’s Project 10^100 Seeks Submissions for World-Changing Ideas
Thursday, September 25th, 2008 Posted in Green News, Social Entrepreneurship | Comments OffDuring our daily search of all things world changing, we came across Google's latest contest Project 10^100, being held in part to celebrate their 10-year anniversary and in part to help those who want to ...
Nokia Announces Contest for Social Innovation
Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008 Posted in Green News, Social Entrepreneurship | Comments OffHaving a personal computer the size of your hand is something that, in a relatively short period of time, went from being seemingly impossible to practically ubiquitous. In fact, many of us can barely imagine ...
Water filters — “All you need is terracotta clay, a compliant cow and a match.”
Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008 Posted in Green News, Social Entrepreneurship | Comments OffGod knows we've written our share of water purification posts, but this is pretty cool: An Australian professor has come up with a way of making DIY water purifiers (PDF), suitable for the developing world: A handful ...