When the tiny anatomy of a small child is involved, heart surgery is extremely difficult procedure. When 14-month-old Roland Lian Cung Bawi's heart was failing, surgeon Erle Austin knew that he had to prepare meticulously for an intricate operation, and turned to 3-D printing for help. Austin and his team produced a 3-D model of little Roland's heart, allowing them to come up with a precise plan to limit the amount of exploratory incisions, … [Read more...]
Forest suburbia is inhabited by self-sufficient tree-like homes
Danish design student Konrad Wójcik envisions a suburbia where people live in tree-like houses that blend right in with the forest, calling it a return to a "primeval symbiosis", in a recent article on Tree Hugger. Supported by a single pole, much like a tree trunk, Wójcik's pine tree-shaped homes will accommodate anywhere from two to four people. According to FastCo.Exist, the four-floored dwellings would be outfitted with bio-digesters, heat … [Read more...]
NTS SunCycle pedelec cargo bike contains integrated photovoltaic panel capable of fully charging the bike’s battery within eight hours.
Although electric bikes definitely are more eco-friendly than exhaust-spewing cars, some people quite rightly point out that the electricity used to charge their batteries typically comes from not-so-green sources such as coal-burning power plants. That's why Santa Cruz-based NTS Works created its NTS SunCycle pedelec cargo bike. Unveiled last week, it features an integrated photovoltaic panel that's reportedly capable of fully charging the … [Read more...]
Vertical garden covering 1492m2 adorns the Palacio de Congresos Europa, incorporates over 33,000 individual plants
The garden, located in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain was designed by Alicante-based sustainable architecture firm Urbanarbolismo. The project was conceived as a means of improving the energy usage of the Palacio de Congresos. The addition of a planted facade to the building is expect to increase its thermal insulation by 270 percent. In order to reflect the native ecosystems of the locality, the plants used are inspired by those found in the areas … [Read more...]
An Award-Winning Solar Household Still
Industrial designer Gabriele Diamanti created this award-winning solar household still for developing countries with limited or no access to fresh drinking water. It works somewhat like an upside-down coffee maker: You pour seawater through the opening at the top, and the sun heats it during the day. The pressure forces steam through the nozzle leading to a watertight boiler, and condenses against the lid. The Eliodomestico provides up to 5 … [Read more...]
Japanese Going Off The Grid In Huge Numbers
In a post-tsunami revolt against conventional electric utilities, tens of thousands of Japanese homeowners have started generating their own power from hydrogen fuel cells and solar panels, turning the country into the world's leading laboratory for overturning the traditional grid and the century-old business model behind it. Two and a half years after a nuclear-plant disaster crippled a primary source of electricity, major home builders are … [Read more...]
Small Number of Farmers in the U.S. are Ditching Genetically Modified Crops.
In "The Post-GMO Economy," Elizabeth Royte reports that there are a number of factors contributing to the shift away from GMOs, but that cost is a major one. Not only is there a growing demand for both GMO-free foods and animal feed, but many farmers are finding that can save money by planting conventional crops instead of genetically engineered one. Some farmers are switching to non-GMO crops in anticipation of labeling laws, and there's also … [Read more...]
Could the “Hydrobee™ be the new alternative in off-grid personal power?
There are plenty of products out there for charging your gadgets off grid, mostly solar-powered ones, so it caught our attention when a new technology launched on Kickstarter, could charge your devices with hydropower. The HydroBee works with any flowing water source like a stream or river, as well as a hose or faucet. The Kickstarter page states, "The Hydrobee™ is the new alternative in off-grid personal power for a billion people. It is a tiny … [Read more...]
Think Blue.Factory.
Volkswagen is making considerable progress in its efforts to further improve the environmental compatibility of automobile production. This is confirmed by the second "Think Blue. Factory." annual meeting in Wolfsburg, which was attended by more than 350 environmental experts from 27 plants of the Volkswagen Passenger Cars and Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles brands. It was in 2011 that Volkswagen launched the "Think Blue. Factory." program under … [Read more...]
Toys From Trash
Arvind Gupta, the man who showed that a cycle tube can be used to teach how pumps work, who used straws to teach centrifugal force, and taught geometrical structures using nothing but a rubber tube and a few matchsticks… is silently carrying out a revolution in education through his ‘toys from trash’. He has shown that Science can be made exciting using almost any object under the sun. Arvind translates with passion books from English to Hindi. … [Read more...]
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