Innovative Ideas – Products

This New Coating Could Help Keep Buildings Cool

Source: smithsonianmag.com Published: September 27, 2018 The porous polymer uses tiny air holes to reflect all wavelengths of sunlight, cooling buildings far better than white paint The coating, if used on enough buildings at once, could also help deal with so-called...

Revelator Reads: 6 Thrilling New Environmental Books for November

Source: therevelator.org Published: November 3, 2017 By John R. Platt The nights are getting shorter, the days are getting cooler, and the bookstores are stocking up on great new titles. Here are six new environmentally themed books coming our way this November,...

Construction Prototype for Ultra-Thin Concrete Roof

Source: ethz.ch Published: October 12, 2017 Researchers from ETH Zurich have built a prototype of an ultra-thin, curved concrete roof using innovative digital design and fabrication methods. The tested novel formwork system will be used in an actual construction...

Flower-Like Wave Energy Turbines Could Power the Coasts of Japan

Source: treehugger.com Published: September 28, 2017 © OIST By Megan Treacy Along Japan’s coasts are structures called tetrapods. These pyramid-shaped concrete wave breakers serve to reduce the strength of crashing waves to prevent erosion in key spots along the...

High-Tech Umbrella Follows the Sun to Give You Shade

Source: curbed.com Published Date: August 22, 2017 It comes with Bluetooth speakers, naturally Courtesy of ShadeCraft Sunflower By Megan Barber Home-tech aficionados who already have robotic dog toys, smart salt shakers, and wireless turntables, here’s...