No more cardboard boxes? 3M invents an ingenious new way to ship products
“The company is launching a new material that could reduce the time, materials, and space required to ship products by 50%. Getting things delivered has […]
This Futuristic Hospital Is Using Greenery As Medicine
“Communal gardens, landscaped rooftops, and wide-open windows aren’t features of your typical hospital—but maybe they should be. Khoo Teck Puat Hospital in Singapore is a case study […]
Vehicle emissions: New sensor technology to improve air quality in cities
“Today, air pollution is one of the biggest challenges facing European cities. As part of the Horizon 2020 research project CARES (City Air Remote Emission […]
The Age of Solar Energy Abundance Is Coming in Hot
“Every five days, the sun provides the Earth with as much energy as all proven supplies of oil, coal, and natural gas. If humanity could […]
A cooling system without harmful refrigerants
” A discovery from 1917 becomes viable for the future. A team of researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Physical Measurement Techniques IPM is developing […]
Artificial intelligence is transforming the way we farm
“Wine growers have a neat, if unusual, trick for making more flavorful wine—don’t water the vines. Let the vines go dry right before harvest, and […]
Poland has beautiful solar-powered bike lanes that glow in the dark
” Poland recently introduced some beautiful glow-in-the-dark bike lanes in the town of Lidzbark Warminski. Created by TPA Instytut Badan Technicznych, they’re lit completely by […]
Green-roofed luxury home blends historic Spanish influences with contemporary design
“In between the Mediterranean Sea and the coastal mountain range in northern Spain, Tarragona-based architect Guillem Carrera has completed Casa VN, an energy-efficient luxury home that pays […]
A squeaky clean: Friendly robots spruce up Singapore
“Hundreds of “friendly” robots that speak multiple languages and sing are being rolled out across hi-tech Singapore, to help clean the city-state’s hotels, shopping malls […]
Zara clothes to be made from 100% sustainable fabrics by 2025
“The owner of high street fashion chain Zara has announced that all of its collections will be made from 100% sustainable fabrics before 2025. Inditex […]
Developing technologies that run on light
“The future of faster, more efficient information processing may come down to light rather than electricity. Mark Lawrence, a postdoctoral scholar in materials science and […]
How an army of ‘citizen scientists’ is helping save our most elusive animals
“Roland Ascroft’s first attempt to become a citizen scientist was nearly his last. The 63-year-old conservationist volunteered to take part in a wildlife monitoring project […]
Your UPS deliveries may soon arrive in electric trucks
“Through its multiple partnerships with EV startups, the company is precipitating a sustainable transformation in the delivery industry. A new UPS truck now rolling around […]
10 trends that will change how you do business over the next 10 years
“In only a decade, hiring, culture, workforce distribution, and customer preferences all will look dramatically different. Some business trends go the way of Formica tables, […]
Sumitomo focuses on power-generating device installed in tire
“Tires that recover energy as they roll made numerous headlines this week as tech watchers explored Sumitomo’s concept. TU-Automotive was among numerous sites reporting on the […]
3D Systems: Augmenting Your Workflow with Traditional and Additive Manufacturing
” Remember the days when people thought that we would all end up with our own home desktop 3D printers to make anything our hearts […]
Machine Learning vs. Climate Change: AI for the Greener Good
“Climate change is one of the most pressing issues of our time. Despite increasing global consensus about the urgency of reducing emissions since the 1980s, […]
The Future Of Work: 5 Important Ways Jobs Will Change In The 4th Industrial Revolution
“In many respects, the future of work is already here. Amid the headlines exclaiming the predicted loss of jobs due to automation and other changes […]
Ethiopia plants 350 million trees in one day to help tackle climate crisis
“About 350m trees have been planted in a single day in Ethiopia, according to a government minister. The planting is part of a national “green legacy” initiative to grow […]
Mega yachts are going electric – Nidec installs giant battery pack in 165′ yacht
“Nidec, a Japanese manufacturer of electric motors and other systems, announced that it has installed an electric power system inside a 165′ Wider ‘mega yacht’. […]
Toyota is testing a new Prius model that runs on solar power
” Toyota has announced that the official testing of its solar-powered Prius will begin in late July 2019. Trials set to take place in the Tokyo area […]
Customizable 3D-Printed Houses Form A Disaster-Resistant Affordable Community
” In an unnamed city somewhere in South America, construction is set to begin on a 3D-printed village designed specifically for families living on less […]
Giant shipper bets big on ending its carbon emissions. Will it pay off ?
“The Danish company Maersk has been shipping goods around the world since the age of steamships. Now it wants to usher in a new era, […]
Cooling/heating window film captures and releases solar energy
“A couple of years ago we heard about the MOlecular Solar Thermal (MOST) system, in which solar energy is stored in a liquid medium, then […]
Electric 3D Printing by Adrian Bowyer May Take Only a Few Seconds to Build Objects
“RepRap Ltd. user and hero of the open-source 3D printing movement Adrian Bowyer endeavors to use an electric current to create a 3D printed liquid […]
Five Ways Buildings of the Future Will Use Biotech to Become Living Things
“What if our homes were alive? I don’t mean smart homes with the disembodied voice of Alexa deciding the setting for your living room spotlights. I mean […]
New “Automated Following” Tech Lets One Drive Control Two Trucks
“Peloton Technology’s vision of the future of truck automation includes trucks that aren’t autonomous at all. At the recent Automated Vehicle Symposium in Orlando, Fla., […]
Sustainable Urban Living Isn’t Just Necessary – It’s a Giant Opportunity
“Last Thursday was a rainy night in New York City, but that didn’t stop a crowd of curious and innovative thinkers from packing into MoMA’s PS1 for […]
77% Of People Want To Learn How To Live More Sustainably.
“A significant majority of Americans and Australians are intent on learning more about humanity’s impact on the environment, and what they can do to live […]
2020 Olympic Medals Will Be Made Out Of Recycled Smartphones
“The Tokyo 2020 Olympics organizing committee announced that the metal found in the gold, silver, and bronze medals for next year’s Olympic Games will be reclaimed from old […]
Blockchains’s impact on food and farming, explained
“Several companies have launched services allowing shoppers to see a product’s journey from farm to fork, but they often depend on retailers agreeing to be […]
Tesla Model 3 is ‘outselling all of its gas-powered equivalents combined’
“With the release of Tesla’s second quarter 2019 results, the automaker claimed that Model 3 is not only still the best-selling car in its segment but […]
Hydrogel uses sunlight to harvest fresh water from the sea
“In many arid coastal regions, a great quantity of valuable fresh water is lost into the atmosphere every day, as it evaporates from the surface […]
Norwegian Firm Plans Offshore Remote-Controlled Salmon Farm
“Norwegian company Arctic Offshore Farming has developed a new remote-controlled fish pen that could both reduce the cost of feed and minimize salmon dying from […]
This self-sustaining plant ecosystem helps you light up your home
“You love plants, plants love light, you love light, you’ll both love the Mygdal plantlight! It’s a revolutionary lighting solution not just because the luminaire […]
Watch Ford F-150 All-Electric Pickup Tow Over 1 Million Pounds of Train
“Ford is starting to open up about the development of its all-electric F-150 pickup truck and it released a promotional video showing an all-electric prototype […]
California replacing 200 polluting diesel school buses with all-electric buses
“The California Energy Commission has awarded nearly $70 million to state schools to replace more than 200 diesel school buses with new, all-electric school buses. […]
Kenya launches Africa’s biggest wind farm
“Kenya on Friday formally launched Africa’s biggest wind power plant, a mammoth project in a gusty stretch of wilderness that already provides nearly a fifth […]
New Device Purifies Water While Generating Solar Power
“Conventional wisdom dictates you should keep water and electricity far away from one another. But now, a team of Saudi Arabian researchers say they’ve created a […]
A Finnish Startup Is Making Food Out Of Carbon Dioxide
“Solar Foods has developed a process that uses renewable energy and the carbon dioxide polluting our atmosphere to create an alternative protein it calls Solein. The company says […]
Robot Uses Machine Learning To Harvest Lettuce
“Crops such as potatoes and wheat have been harvested mechanically at scale for decades, but many other crops have to date resisted automation. Iceberg lettuce […]
Volkswagen will share electric car platform with Ford, says Reuters
“On Friday morning, Reuters reported that the collaborative alliance between Ford and Volkswagen is to deepen. Back in January, the two car makers announced plans to share technology […]
Can’t take the heat? ‘Cool walls’ can reduce energy costs, pollution
“If these walls could talk, they might tell you that cutting energy costs and pollution may be as easy as giving them a fresh coat […]
Alphabet Releases Its Master Plan for Toronto’s New Smart City
“Ever dreamed of living in a giant experiment? If so, Toronto may be the city for you. Sidewalk Labs has released blueprints for its proposed […]
Why Autodesk is investing in an urban prefab construction startup
“Factory_OS, a Mare Island, Calif.-based home construction startup, received strategic investments from Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADSK) and Citi (NYSE: C). The amount of the deal […]
Capturing heat wasted in solar panels for use in distilling clean drinking water
“A team of researchers at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology has developed a way to use waste heat from solar panels to distill […]
Dutch Company Reveals An Electric Car That Charges Itself With Sunlight
“A Dutch company from Eindhoven has released a prototype car that has already sold 100 orders to be filled in 2011. What’s special about the […]
Scientists Gene Edited Plants To Make Them Better At Carbon Capture
“It’s not enough for humans to pump less carbon into the atmosphere. To address climate change, many experts say we’re going to need to find […]
[VIDEO] ‘The future of mobility is electric’: Jaguar Land Rover to build electric cars in UK
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Utility-Scale Energy Storage Will Enable a Renewable Grid
“A roadblock to sustainable energy solutions is coming unstuck. The way the world gets its electricity is undergoing a rapid transition, driven by both the […]