The future of farming is coming to the big city. Skyfarm, a hyperboloid tower that combines different farming techniques, from aquaponics to traditional soil based methods, in a bamboo structure that generates wind energy, won an award at the 2014 World Architecture Festival’s Future Projects Experimental category. The design was praised by the jury as a “thorough, believable, and beautiful project.”
Continue reading… “Skyfarms, Wind-powered, vertical structures, are the future of agriculture”
What you see pictured above may look unremarkable, but it has the potential to power a low energy device forever and at no cost. If that sounds like a big deal, well… that’s because it is. Drayson Technologies today announced Freevolt, a system that harvests energy from radio frequency (RF) signals bouncing around in the ether and turns it into usable, “perpetual power.” Drayson isn’t exactly a household name, but the research and development company has a particular interest in energy, especially where all-electric racing is concerned. And now it’s developed the first commercial technology that literally creates electricity out of thin air.
Continue reading… “Want to Generate Power Out of Thin Air? Freevolt May Have the Answer”
Developing cheap energy storage is a critical step in moving to renewables and away from fossil fuels as the primary source of electricity: it’s the only way such intermittent sources can supply power to the grid when the wind’s not blowing and the sun’s not shining.
Continue reading… “Grid storage technology helps to integrate renewables”
Toyohashi University of Technology and Taisei Corp unveiled the first electrical car in the world that will run without a battery. The electric car will receive its charge from an electrified road.
Continue reading… “Japan’s first electric car without a battery”
DARPA recently unveiled the latest concept design for its new vertical take-off and landing craft. This electric airplane looks mighty impressive.
Continue reading… “DARPA’s New Vertical Take-Off Aircraft Concept Looks Totally Badass”
The very thought of death puzzles, touches and disturbs us all. One thing we do know for sure is that not one of us will escape death, and so you might as well know how you want to be buried.
Continue reading… “Organic Burial Pods Turn Your Loved Ones Into Trees”
The Tesla brand is a perfect example of the current trend of the best designed products come with a hefty price point. Elon Musk understands that many people make great sacrifices to purchase one of Tesla’s incredible sexy electric cars. Now in an attempt to ease the burden, and perhaps expand their market share, Tesla unveiled plans for their next ground-breaking innovation: a plug-in hybrid mobile home. Continue reading… “New plug-in hybrid mobile home design, the Model H, unveiled by Tesla”
On July 9th, Denmark’s wind farms produced 116% of national electricity demands, and according to The Guardian, that figure had risen to 140% by the next morning, allowing the country to export power to Norway, German, and Sweden. Continue reading… “Wind energy output in Denmark just exceeded national demand”
Over 14,000 electric cars were sold in the UK in the first half of the year, the increase over the same period in 2014 is a whopping 350%. Continue reading… “Electric car registrations are up 350% in the UK”
Engineers from Stanford have developed a state-by-state plan to convert U.S. to 100% clean, renewable energy by 2050. Continue reading… “Stanford engineers’ plan for converting U.S. to 100% clean, renewable energy by 2050”
An innovative eco-friendly, energy efficient lab, Honda’s smart house is able to generate its own power as a solution to living off the grid. Continue reading… “Honda’s smart house for the Future”
In the dusty khaki scrubland of South Africa’s inhospitable Northern Cape province, brightly polished mirrors flash light across the landscape as they rotate slowly to follow the sun, producing electricity for 80,000 homes. Continue reading… “The leapfrogging continent”
By delving into the futuring techniques of Futurist Thomas Frey, you’ll embark on an enlightening journey.
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