Adding tech to agriculture saves water, doesn't impact crop yield
The average American uses 80 gallons of water per day for bathing, laundry, drinking, etc. That number blows up to 2000 gallons per day if you factor in the water used to produce the clothes you wear, or the water used to refrigerate your food, or the biggest culprit– agriculture. Agriculture Read More...
New technologies take water out of the washing and textile– dying processes
Innovative technologies created by British washing machine manufacturer Xeros, and Dutch textile–dying company DyeCoo have removed the water from the textile cleaning and dying process, saving millions of gallons of water and preventing waterway contamination. Researchers developed the waterless Read More...
Mind-body medicine is fundamental
When asked what role mind-body medicine plays in maintaining our mental and physical well-being, the response from Dr. James Gordon is unequivocal: “Fundamental!” “I think [mind-body medicine] is still regarded as a complementary therapy,” he said during a recent visit to San Francisco, Read More...
Connecting the developing world via high–altitude balloons
On June 15, 2013 Google announced Project Loon– an attempt to provide schools in developing countries Internet connectivity via high–altitude balloons. A year after announcing the initiative, Google’s balloons are off to a promising start, “we’ve definitely crossed the point where Read More...
Ai Weiwei’s “Forever” bicycle installation gives cycling a new perspective
The “Forever” bicycles installation is currently on display at the 14th Biennale of Architecture, an exhibition of contemporary art that happens every other year in Venice, Italy. Weiwei’s piece is made of 1,179 bicycles affixed together rendering them immobile, but they are arranged in such Read More...
Standing meetings spur more creativity, yield better results
A new study conducted by researchers at University of Washington found that meetings conducted in rooms without chairs were more creative than meeting conducted in rooms where people were sitting. The study gave various teams 30 minutes to come up with a new university recruitment video, some teams Read More...
Cardboard desks improve posture, learning for Indian school children
In many schools in India children have no desks, so they have to sit and write on the floor during class, causing back pain, poor handwriting, and an environment not conducive to learning. Aarambh, an NGO based out of New Bombay, takes cardboard donated from businesses around New Bombay and creates Read More...
Mind-body medicine is fundamental
When asked what role mind-body medicine plays in maintaining our mental and physical well-being, the response from Dr. James Gordon is unequivocal: “Fundamental!” “I think [mind-body medicine] is still regarded as a complementary therapy,” he said during a recent visit to San Francisco, Read More...
Coffee couture
Jason Chen, founder of Taiwanese textile manufacturer Singtex, made what may be the company’s most important decision because his wife told him he smelled bad. They were getting coffee at a Starbucks, and he had just been to the gym. “Why don’t you just put coffee grounds in your Read More...
9.6 billion mouths to feed Oh boy, will there be enough food for a growing world population?
Failed crops due to extreme drought. High food prices. More hungry people in the world … Reason enough to ask ourselves if it will all work out. We’ll start with the good news: so far food production has increased faster than the population. Agriculture per capita has increased by about thirty Read More...