Waste is money as this pickle company found out
Many companies produce a lot of waste creating their products and services. Very few realize that with a little creativity that waste could add additional value and income to their operations. This pickle company was able to turn a byproduct of the pickling process, cucumber-infused water, into a Read More...
Can the empty bedrooms of the baby boomers provide housing for millennials?
Millennials are struggling to find affordable housing in the U.S. At the same time, many baby-boomers are retiring and they would like to stay in their homes that have lots of empty bedrooms. Real estate site Trulia sees a match made in heaven. The site has calculated that there are 3.6 million Read More...
Canada, one of the largest beef producers, now promotes a plant-based diet
Canada is one of the world’s largest beef producers. The country’s beef industry contributes $26 billion to the national income. Nonetheless, the Canadian government has issued new dietary guidelines that are very much focused on a plant-based diet. The guidelines promote unsaturated fats Read More...
Britain launches renewables based electricity policy to save consumers billions
Clever use of technology can save a lot of energy. The British government has set new rules for the way electricity is made, used and stored. New rules will make it easier for people to generate their own power with solar panels, store it in batteries and sell it to the National Grid. They will Read More...
7 reasons why you should get ready for working from home
Once working in your home office or workplace was the norm. Then came the Industrial Revolution and the big factories and offices. Work became something you needed to commute to. The Internet is bringing work back to your home. Get Read More...
Bikes may have to talk to self-driving cars for safety's sake
Proponents of self-driving cars say they'll make the world safer, but autonomous vehicles need to predict what bicyclists are going to do. Now researchers say part of the answer is to have bikes feed information to cars. A few years ago on Google's campus, Nathaniel Fairfield arranged an unusual Read More...
Scotland sets renewable energy record for wind power
Wind power output in Scotland has helped set a new record for the first half of the year, according to an independent conservation group. Analysis by WWF Scotland of data provided by WeatherEnergy found wind turbines provided around 1,039,001MWh of electricity to the National Grid during June. Read More...
Toyota could finally start mass producing electric cars thanks to China
Toyota has long been one of the most reticent large automakers when it comes to producing all-electric vehicles. It had no problems with hybrids, e.g. the Prius, but the Japanese automaker would only produce the bare minimum when it came to zero-emission mandates, e.g. the Rav4 EV in California, Read More...
Germany expects to add 900 MW of new offshore wind capacity in 2017
Germany’s offshore wind boom is accelerating. The Federal Republic has already brought online a total of 626 megawatts (MW) of new offshore wind capacity in the first six months of 2017 and industry groups said in a recent joint statement that they expect to see total installations of 900 MW Read More...
Charging your phone on a street bench in Budapest
Roads can be used to capture solar energy. There are many initiatives in that direction including solar roadways, Wattway, solar bike paths and Pavegen. A Budapest startup joins these projects with a very practical approach. The company has developed a modular, self-contained paving panel that Read More...