“Is It Plugged In?” – A Case of Technology Overload?
My three year old grandson was “playing” the piano this morning. He looked up and asked me, “Is it plugged in?” I laughed at first, but then my mind started wondering about how his little mind during all of his three years has been inundated with electronics. He has known little else. Even the [...]
Solar panels to be micro-sized in the near future
The products including some sort of solar charger continues to grow – from backpacks to clothing. Now the technology is progressing so that we may soon see solar cells that are thinner than human hair!
Sandia National Laboratories have been developing glitter-sized photovoltaic cells made from crystalline silicon that are fabricated using microelectronic and microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) techniques. Measuring around [...]
Green Gadgets for your home
This is a guest post by Danielle Brycz from Verde Lifestyles, an online eco-friendly home décor store.
When I think of green technology for the home, my mind jumps to energy saving devices and appliances. But there’s so much more!
Most of the products we use have eco-friendly alternatives. Take your daily routine. You wake up, hit [...]
New process uses less energy for desalination
Desalination – the ability produce much needed freshwater from seawater – has always been an expensive and energy-intensive proposition. But Vancouver, B.C. cleantech company Saltworks Technologies (http://3.ly/TXO) is about to revolutionize the industry.
Utilizing an innovative thermo-ionic energy conversion system, Saltworks will be able to reduce energy by harnessing low.temperature heat and atmospheric dryness. The system works [...]
Coming soon – connect your gadgets thru home Wi-Fi
By mid-2010, consumers will be able to connect their home electronic “gadgets” via Wi-Fi without a wireless network.
An industry group called the Wi-Fi Alliance has just completed a set of technical “rules” called Wi-Fi Direct to guide consumer electronics companies planning to add this new capability. Now cell phones, cameras and computers will be able [...]
Environmental Facts & Possibilities at Bioneers
More from Bioneers 2009
Nina Simon gave tribute to Spokane, Washington, which has achieved a real environmental transformation from their previous insular status.
“They’ve come a long way in creating an ecological, healthy and socially just world,” Simon said.
Her partner/co-founder Kenny Ausubel commented on the upcoming Copenhagen environmental summit. Even should we be able to reach the rigorous goals of cutting [...]
Minnesota to test removing VOC’s from landfill
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency has created a pilot project to remove volatile organic compound (VOC) contamination from the closed Waste Disposal Engineering landfill in Andover, Minnesota.
The state is testing what it calls “soil vapor extraction technology” to remove and contain the landfill contamination from an underground hazardous waste pit. They anticipate the project will continue until the [...]
Activeion taps water to clean
Water. We drink it, bathe in it, swim in it. We even fight over it. But use it to clean?
Activeion Pro (as in active ion) is a hand-held sprayer. With its ec-H2O (electronic converted water) technology, its electrical charge “activates” tap water, converting it into a multi-purpose general cleaner. Acting like a magnet, the activated [...]
Asia’s Eco-Cities Cities: Songdo, Korea and Meixi Lake, China
This month’s Forbes magazine has an article entitled “Asia’s Smart Metropolis: South Korea’s Songdo and China’s Meixi Lake are spending billions on intelligent networks with an eco-vibe” where companies such as Cisco and 3M are highlighted.
What’s missing in this discussion is smaller technology company I’m an advisor to called Innotive. It’s led by my two [...]
Recycling old jeans to fuel cars?
Recycled tires become art
The possibilities of what’s recyclable is growing exponentially it seems. Trash into clothing. Plastic into building materials. Tires into art.
Now the technology exists to take old clothing like bluejeans, create ethanol from it to use for fueling cars and reclaim the cotton for reuse. It would require establishing some sort of national [...]
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