Combustible ice sounds like it belongs in Star Trek--and from the photos it looks that way, too. While the reality isn't that extreme, this energy source does involve high-seas adventure, phase changes, and environmental quandaries. Recently I saw a Xinhua ...
Combustible ice sounds like it belongs in Star Trek--and from the photos it looks that way, too. While the reality isn't that extreme, this energy source does involve high-seas adventure, phase changes, and environmental quandaries. Recently I saw a Xinhua ...
A research team from IBM and Stanford announced that they have developed a new, inexpensive method for plastic recycling that could eliminate downcycling, resulting in higher quality products. One of the major problems with polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plastic, frequently used ...
Efficient silicon photovoltaics hold so much potential but scaling them up would involve outlandish costs. Researchers at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory developed a new approach that could pare down the price. Usually solar cells are made from ultrapure single ...
Following years of questions and debate, the Vermont Senate recently voted to block a license extension for a 38-year-old nuclear power plant in the state, essentially closing it down. Now comes the hard part. There are 104 operational nuclear power ...
Green inventor Ryan Hess is hoping to take the solar calculator idea to a whole new level. His grid-free Illumi-Charger design aims to charge small USB devices using only ambient light. The Illumi-Charger is a conceptual device still in development. ...
Recycled cardboard is a decent replacement for styrofoam packaging, but what about heavy items that stronger protection? A company called Ecovative Design is banking on mushroom roots. "We should make products that fit into nature's recycling system," Ecovative Design cofounder ...
Designer Yves Behar, perhaps best known for his involvement in the One Laptop Per Child project, unveiled a curious hackable car concept at the Greener Gadgets Conference in New York this morning. Behar, citing the brief for the original Deux ...
When physicist Richard Obousy isn't thinking about warp drive and theoretical space travel, he's concentrating on getting a reliable ride for your stuff here on Earth. His green shipping site, CitizenShipper, started as an idea he had while commuting between ...
I'm breaking my own informal rule and writing about yet another cool MIT innovation this week. After finding out about this off-roading wheelchair prototype, I think you'll forgive me. Amos Winter is a PhD candidate in mechanical engineering who founded ...
