green tech
Solar "Smart Palms" to Power Dubai's Public Places
If you can't beat the heat, at least use it to power your Wi-Fi.
Hong Kong Used DNA Analysis to Publicly Shame Litterbugs
Litterbugs: Yes, someone is coming after you for that cigarette butt.
Charge Your Phone with This 3D-Printed Tree
VTT designs a new energy-harvesting prototype with patterned solar panels for leaves, and a biocomposite trunk.
Wind Powers the Eiffel Tower's Sustainable Future
UGE International's giant turbines are estimated to wipe out the carbon footprint of the structure's entire first floor.
Paris, 2050: The Smog-Eating Smart City of the Future?
See Vincent Callebaut Architectures plans for 8 buildings that would recast Paris as sustainable utopia.
Meet The Designer Trying To Transform Tea Time
This young designer’s revolutionary water boiler not only saves you time, but also energy.
Mark Ruffalo Wants the Avengers to Divest From Fossil Fuels
The actor tells us he's pledged to divest all his money from fossil fuels and invest in cleantech, and wants to convince Leonardo DiCaprio and the cast of the Avengers to do the same.
The Energy Fixers
"The Energy Fixers," a documentary on two pathbreaking projects kickstarted by ARPA-e, the Dept. of Energy's advanced projects funder: a biofuel derived from seaweed and a wind power system that's dramatically more efficient than conventional turbines.
Is Renewable Energy a Myth? Yes, But There's Still Hope
We are generally made to understand that we as humans are using energy _incorrectly_. Dirty energy from unsustainable sources: coal, oil, natural gas. Whereas, if we as humans were to trade up for another energy source, or combination of sources...
The Potential Green Future of Pizza Delivery, in UFO Form
I love pizza. I'd have it every day for lunch if I could. The only thing holding me back is overwhelming 'za guilt: the only way pizzerias seem to package a couple slices to go is to plop them in a regular old pizza box. Not only do I feel like an...
Green Fuels: Not So Green?
So there was some kind of art-hipster carnival parked out in front of my house the other day. Two colorful buses, one of them appearing to run on biofuel. I thought _that's adorable_ but then, like an hour later, I realized they'd both been idling for...