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In Tanzania, this startup will pay for plastic trash and make 3-D printer filament
It's hard to make a living as a waste picker. In Dar es Salaam, Tanzania—where most trash ends up illegally dumped—waste pickers spend up to 12 hours a day walking around the city, collecting and lugging other people's garbage in long plastic bags. It's a valuable service for the city, Read More...
Banks, tech companies move on from bitcoin to blockchain
As a debate raged across the internet Monday over whether the mysterious founder of the bitcoin digital currency had finally been identified, executives at a major bitcoin conference in New York had a simple message: we've moved on. That's because bitcoin, the digital currency, has largely been Read More...
Mouthwatering edible pizza box is waste-free because you eat it
Food born out of a bit of boredom right before a Thursday lunch rush, the delectable pizza receptacle is made out of two square Sicilian-style pies that are large enough to completely envelop a regular-sized round pizza. Berthiaume explained to PIX11 that he came up with the idea after seeing how Read More...
The Self-Driving Car of the Future Comes With … a Bookshelf
One of the most exciting things about the coming age of autonomous driving is all the ways it will free designers from constraints like forward-facing seats, a steering wheel, and the need to pay attention. Connected car company Harman and automotive design firm Rinspeed explore this new freedom in Read More...
Brazil fights Zika with billboards that smell like humans and kill mosquitoes
There’s no lack of creative billboards in Brazil. However, the latest billboard innovation is particularly smart as it attracts, traps and kills mosquitoes that carry the Zika, dengue and chikungunya viruses. The billboard spreads a solution of lactic acid and CO2 that “replicates human sweat Read More...
Denmark considers beef tax to fight global warming
Taxes drive behavior. Cigarettes and alcohol are taxed to discourage their consumption. The Danish Council of Ethics, which reports to the Danish parliament, is recommending that Denmark introduces a beef tax to fight global warming. Globally, food production accounts for up to 29 percent of Read More...
Magic in the air: A self-filling water bottle offers a solution water insecurity?
This is almost magic: A water bottle that keeps filling itself as it condenses the air. The fear of dehydration during a long hike is gone. The Fontus water bottle is designed to capture the moisture contented in the air, condense it and store it as safe drinking water. A small fan draws the air Read More...
Plant-based packaging extends shelf life of food, reduces waste
A research organization in the European Union has developed bioplastic packaging that extends the shelf life of food and has a sensor that notifies retailers and consumers of when the food inside is really no longer fit to eat. About a third of all food produced on the planet is wasted. This isn't Read More...
Here’s an easy solution for your health: A simple standing desk
More and more research shows that sitting is the new smoking when it comes to health. People who sit less and never exercise have better health stats than people, who exercise on a daily basis but sit at a desk for 8 hours a day or more. The standing desk offers the elegant solution, and startup Read More...
Your Diet Might Be Causing Anxiety and Depression
You are what you eat. We’ve known this for a long time. Michael Pollan’s observation took it a step further: you are what what you eat eats. This is especially relevant when choosing grass-fed versus grain-fed beef, or wild versus farmed salmon, for example. A growing awareness of Read More...