Source: designboom.com Published: February 11, 2015 This device enables you to use renewable energy anywhere. All images courtesy of WAACS Rotterdam-based consultancy studio WAACS has created the ‘rollable solar charger’ to enable green energy usage on-the-go. The...
Source: andersonanderson.com Published: April 9, 2015 The structure is topped with a distinctive sawtooth roof that uses north-facing windows to optimize ventilation and natural daylight to the interior. Click here to watch “Energy Positive Portable Classroom”:...
Source: inhabitat.com Published: April 9, 2015 by Charley Cameron According to the World Health Organization, some 2.5 billion people lack access to improved (ie., safe, clean) sanitation facilities, and so in 2011 the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation launched the...
Source: mnn.com Published: April 1, 2015 Roadside salad greens, anyone? Air Orchard produces 2,800 heads of lettuce per week. (Video screenshot: FCB Mayo Peru/YouTube) Matt Hickman Bird feeders. Homeless shelters. Air purifiers. What could possibly come next in the...
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: offgridquest.com Published: March 25, 2015 © Catching Wind Power The potential damage to bird and bat populations by large wind turbines is often used as an argument against more wind power installations, and serves as great fodder for comments here when we...
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...
