Tesla teardown finds electronics 6 years ahead of Toyota and VW
“Toyota Motor and Volkswagen each sell 10 million cars, give or take, every year. Tesla delivered about 367,500 in 2019. But when it comes to electronics […]
Self-Replicating, Self-Repairing Homes on the Moon and Mars Made of Fungi
“Science fiction often imagines our future on Mars and other planets as run by machines, with metallic cities and flying cars rising above dunes of red sand. […]
Delta commits $1 billion to carbon neutral plans
Delta has made a ten-year, $1 billion commitment to mitigate all emissions from its global business, starting next month. The US carrier said it would […]
Italian hospital saves Covid-19 patients lives by 3D printing valves for reanimation devices
The supply chain was broken, people and 3D printing rose to the occasion. Additive manufacturing may be able to play a role in helping to […]
New machine learning method could supercharge battery development for electric vehicles
“Battery performance can make or break the electric vehicle experience, from driving range to charging time to the lifetime of the car. Now, artificial intelligence […]
[WATCH] Cobod Demonstrates Construction Technology with Live 3D Printing of 4 Small Houses
“At the international Bautec construction exhibition in Berlin, Danish 3D printing construction company COBOD provided a live demonstration of its technology by 3D printing the walls of 4 small […]
Tesla just made its one millionth car
“Tesla has produced one million electric cars, the company’s CEO Elon Musk announced on Twitter. Musk made the announcement by sharing a picture of the car, […]
Researchers one step closer to creating organic batteries
“Using organic materials are the way forward and that has scientists like Professor Thomas Baumgartner of the Faculty of Science and his team busy developing […]
Fusion Startup Claims Breakthrough Will Provide “Unlimited” Energy
“An Australian fusion startup called HB11, a spin-off from the University of New South Wales, claims to have found a way to revolutionize current nuclear […]
Scientists Invent Device To Generate Electricity From Rain
“There have been numerous attempt to generate electricity using rain, but this may be one of the more effective solutions yet. Researchers have developed a generator that uses […]
Goodyear’s smart tire concept ‘prints’ its own treads
The thunk-whumma-whumpa-whuppa sound of a tire puncturing and losing pressure at freeway speeds is unmistakable. However, if Goodyear has its way humanity might not have to endure […]
49% of world’s GDP now covered by net-zero targets, study says
“Just under half of the world’s annual GDP is now covered by nations, regions and cities that are legislating for a net-zero emissions target, a […]
MIT Spinoff WaveSense’s Ground-Penetrating Radar Looks Down for Perfect Self-Driving
“Ground-penetrating radar may soon be the sensor that makes your car autonomous in all weather conditions. It turns out that when you scan the 10 […]
Carmakers Expected To Roll Out Wireless Car Chargers This Year
“Carmakers are expected to release wireless charging pads for electric cars based on a universally agreed-upon standard as soon as this year, CNET reports. The chargers work […]
3D Printed Submarine Parts Ready for Serial Production
“Our recent article on a 3D printed underwater scooter ended with a prediction that we’ll be seeing a 3D printed submarine soon. While we’re still not quite […]
GM shows 13 electric vehicles as it tries to run with Tesla
“General Motors, trying to refashion itself as a futuristic company with technology to compete against Tesla, rolled out plans Wednesday for 13 new electric vehicles […]
‘Boy Genius’ Who Said He’d Make Oceans Clean Themselves Just Created Solar-Powered Barges That Clean Rivers
“All of us go through life-changing experiences from time to time, whether it’s our job or personal life. But some of us are inspired to […]
New Prefab Homes Never Need To Be Connected To The Grid
“Dvele is a manufacturer of prefabricated homes headquartered in Southern California. Building homes in a factory instead of onsite results in higher quality residences that […]
B corporations are pushing to change the way the world works
“There was a time when the only mention of a man’s family, during his long days of full-time work, was a single photograph propped at […]
Blockchain For The Environment: It Is Real And It Is Here
“…what can the new blockchains do for the environment? As a paper presented to the European Council for an Energy Efficient Economy, or ECEEE, argued: Blockchain […]
More of Africa’s leading economies are already looking to wind to power their homes
“The stats tell a grim story: Africa is the world’s least electrified continent and its electrification rate is growing slower than anywhere else. To shore up […]
Researchers have invented a brick that can build itself
“What do you get if you mix sand, bacteria and sunlight? A self-replicating building material that pulls CO2 straight out of the atmosphere, according to […]
The future of work looks like staying out of the office
“It’s 2020: we finally live in the future! Or at least a future—one where broadband Internet connections and portable, reasonably high-powered computing tools are pervasive and widely […]
Red-state Utah embraces plan to tackle climate crisis in surprising shift
“In a move to protect its ski slopes and growing economy, Utah – one of the reddest states in the nation – has just created […]
Bio-electronic device can produce electricity using nothing but humidity
“There’s a huge variety of ways that we can potentially generate all the power we need for tiny medical sensors or other devices with minimal power needs. […]
The breakthrough material that can turn any surface into a solar cell
“University of Queensland researchers have made a breakthrough on next-generation solar technology that could potentially turn any flat surface into a solar generator. The team, […]
The Domain Startups Building an Uncensorable Internet on Top of Ethereum
Last weekend at ETHDenver – one of the conference circuit’s top gatherings of ethereum coders – decentralized internet alternatives were on display, including Ethereum Name […]
Economists From World’s Major Financier of Fossil Fuel Projects, JP Morgan, Warn Clients of Climate Change Consequences
“The world’s largest financier of fossil fuels has warned clients that the climate crisis threatens the survival of humanity and that the planet is on […]
Thailand Joins Mexico in Banning Plastic Bags in 2020
“The flimsy, colorful plastic bags widely found in Thailand’s markets and retail shops will soon be a thing of the past, thanks to a new single-use plastics […]
Lonely Planet Just Launched More Than 300 Carbon-Neutral Tours
“Travel guide publisher Lonely Planet has this week launched over 300 sustainable and carbon-neutral tours. In partnership with tour operator Intrepid Travel, Lonely Planet Experiences will offer globetrotters a variety […]
China installed 30GW of new solar in 2019, 12GW in December alone
“Reports out of China show that the country managed to install 30GW of solar PV in 2019 – an unsurprising decrease on previous years – […]
Mathematicians have solved traffic jams, and they’re begging cities to listen
“Most traffic jams are unnecessary, and this deeply irks mathematicians who specialize in traffic flow. They reserve particular vitriol for local transport engineers. “They do […]
Trend: Companies warm to nature-based solutions
“In the never-ending quest to stave off the worst impacts of climate change, experts are turning to a solution that’s as old as the trees: […]
Simple, solar-powered water desalination
“A completely passive solar-powered desalination system developed by researchers at MIT and in China could provide more than 1.5 gallons of fresh drinking water per […]
Scientists Grow Trees From 2,000-Year-Old Seeds Found In Dead Sea Scroll Caves
“Who would have known that seeds from 2,000 years ago would still be able to grow into trees today? This was proven by a team […]
‘All-Electric’ Movement Picks Up Speed, Catching Some Off Guard
“When Berkeley, Calif., became the first city in the country to ban natural gas hookups in new construction last July, no one knew the effects […]
Schneider Electric To Replace Entire 14,000 Car Fleet With EVs By 2030
Schneider Electric announced that they are joining the EV100 initiative, and will be replacing their entire fleet of over 14,000 cars with electric vehicles by 2030. Schnieder is […]
Clear Solar Panels Could Power Next Generation of Greenhouses
“Many greenhouses could become energy neutral by using see-through solar panels to harvest energy—primarily from the wavelengths of light that plants don’t use for photosynthesis. […]
Researchers In US & China Use Machine Learning To Make Better Solar Panels
“Solar power and advanced computing are a key cleantech intersection point. From renewables return on investment optimization to optimal rooftop commercial solar deployment, machine learning is helping us […]
3D Printing Spare Parts On-Demand
A notable portion of production 3D printing is dedicated to supplying replacement parts, and I say replacement parts rather than spare parts because these are being printed […]
Congress Proposes Nationwide Network of Electric Car Chargers
“Representatives Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Andy Levin have introduced a new bill that would build a national infrastructure for electric vehicles. The EV Freedom Act would […]
The World’s Most-Profitable Hedge Fund Is Now a Climate Radical
“The hedge fund industry has no shortage of aggressive, in-your-face players, but few are as tough as Chris Hohn. The British billionaire takes the typical […]
Ambitious Zero Emission Tokyo plan wins praise, but begs for action
“Just days before the new year, Gov. Yuriko Koike revealed the Zero Emission Tokyo Strategy, the capital’s long-awaited plan to eliminate carbon emissions, transition to […]
The State of 3D Printing in Heavy Equipment
“In the aerospace industry, there are plenty of research dollars to be had and the slightest improvement in weight reduction to an aircraft part can […]
GM commits $3 billion to build electric and autonomous vehicles in Michigan
“GM said Monday it will invest $2.2 billion into its Detroit-Hamtramck assembly plant to produce all-electric trucks and SUVs, as well as a self-driving vehicle […]
Tech giants power record surge in renewable energy sales
“The world’s biggest tech companies fuelled a record surge in the amount of renewable energy sold directly to global corporations last year, according to new […]
Ireland Plans to Plant 440 Million Trees By 2040 to Fight Climate Change
“Ireland has big plans for combatting climate change. The country plans to plant 440 million trees over the next 40 years, according to its climate action plan. Originally, […]
Swiss Real Estate Company Closes $134 Million Deal Using Blockchain
A building on the prestigious Banhofstrasse in Zurich, Switzerland was successfully tokenized and sold on the blockchain today. The new owner of the building is […]
3D Printing of Complex Structures with Metallic and Magnetic Materials with Nanoresolution
“The fabrication of three-dimensional (3D) nanostructures is of great interest to many areas of nanotechnology currently challenged by fundamental limitations of conventional lithography. One of […]