Wristbands that help babies get a better start, a porta gaming console, better football helmets and super sustainable crops.
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Chainless 4-wheeled hybrid electric bike concept is “self-charging”
The Hybrid Module Mobility concept isn’t pedaled directly, but instead employs a pedal-powered alternator for riders to partially recharge its batteries.
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A device that turns currents into electricity could make tidal energy a reality
There’s no doubt that tidal power is severely lagging behind other forms of renewable energy like wind and solar power. However, as two-thirds of the Earth’s surface is covered by water, we’d be crazy not to try and harness energy from water that’s continuously in motion.
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Water 3.0 solves problem of microplastics and pharmaceuticals in wastewater
Last week, Lund University reported that microplastics cross the blood-brain barrier to accumulate in the brains of fish, and this build-up may be related to behavioral disorders in fish, including slower eating and less exploration of their environments.
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Futuristic airless tire is 3D printed, won’t go flat or need replacement
Futuristic airless tire is 3D printed, won’t go flat or need replacement.
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72% of people 15 to 20 willing to pay extra for environmentally and socially responsible products
September 23, 2017 – There is a generational shift going on that is not reflected in the dystopian politics we see in the United States these days. The vast majority of young people see green, sustainable, and socially responsible as critical values in their purchasing decisions according to a Nielsen global study done in 2015. It concludes that Generation Z, those age 15 to 20, is committed to a future where pocketbook sacrifices are perfectly acceptable if it means fighting global warming successfully.
Two Americans invented a wood burning stove that could save millions of lives – and it also charges your phone
The CampStove 2 is a wood burner which uses no charcoal or liquid fuels to operate, using only wood for fires.
Electricity-free Stanford system cuts cooling costs by beaming heat into space
Radiative sky cooling systems use reflective panels to emit heat into space, potentially cooling a building in the process.
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Disrupting the cow: This plant-based burger smells, tastes and bleeds like the real thing
Pat Brown wants every piece of meat consumed in the world to be made entirely from plants. He’s going after the carnivores — and the meat industry that serves them red, bloody, marbled meat. Continue reading… “Disrupting the cow: This plant-based burger smells, tastes and bleeds like the real thing”
Tarzan the swinging robot could be the future of farming
Some farmers already use drones to monitor their crops, but a team of researchers from Georgia Tech have created a far more interesting alternative. Instead of designing yet another drone, they created a robot inspired by Kristen Bell’s favorite animal: the sloth. However, they named it “Tarzan” after the most recognizable character who moves by swinging from vine to vine.
Their machine was designed to move like the fictional jungle dweller. Tarzan will be able to swing over crops using its 3D-printed claws and parallel guy-wires stretched over fields. It will then take measurements and pictures of each plant with its built-in camera while suspended.
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Scientists tweak seat cushion material to clean oil spills
Federal researchers have created a new tool to clean up oil spills by tinkering with the kind of foam found in seat cushions.
The modified foam can soak up oil floating on water and lurking below the surface, and then can be repeatedly wrung out and reused, the researchers say.
It “just bounces back like a kitchen sponge,” said co-inventor Seth Darling, a scientist at the Argonne National Laboratory near Chicago.
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Ikea just launched a DIY flat-pack indoor garden that can feed a whole lot of people at once
Swedish architects Mads-Ulrik Husum and Sine Lindholm collaborated with Space10, Ikea’s innovation lab, to design a piece of living furniture that can feed quite a few people, from the looks of it.
Called the Growroom, it’s a flat-pack spherical garden that grows plants, veggies, and herbs.
“Standing tall as a spherical garden, it empowers people to grow their own food much more locally in a beautiful and sustainable way,” its designers write on Medium.
Though Space10 launched the Growroom in late 2016, the designers just made the plans open-source. You can download the instruction manual on Space10’s site.
