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Companies lead the way towards a sustainable water future
Water is essential to life and is as such the most valuable natural resource on earth. While it has long been considered an infinitive resource, population growth and increasing wealth have put pressure on water reserves. Companies across the globe are starting to realize this, mostly in the food, Read More...
Reducing carbon emissions through ‘climate-smart’ farming
‘Climate-smart’ soil management in agriculture could play an important role in climate change reduction. Much of the earth’s carbon is locked in soil, and by using certain irrigation and fertilizer methods, this storage function can be maximized. Climate-smart farming holds a best-scenario Read More...
Doctors use chip implanted in brain helps paralyzed man regain control of hand
A paralyzed man regained control over his right hand and fingers Wednesday using a special technology that transmits his thoughts directly to his hand muscles and bypasses his spinal injury. By connecting a hi-tech sleeve to a chip implanted within the man’s brain, he was able to learn by Read More...
‘Anti-surveillance’ coat blocks signals to ensure privacy
Dutch designers created an anti-surveillance coat, effectively blocking third parties to read digital information stored in phones, ID-cards, credit cards etc. The designers aim to ensure people the benefits of modern technology, while maintaining control over their privacy. The coat is lightweight Read More...
6 happiness tips to boost your work life
One way to improve your work life is to be happier. Why? Because happiness has been shown to lower stress, increase well-being and boost daily energy. When you feel good, you work better. Cultivating happiness is not something you simply do, but there are ways to bring joy into your life. To help Read More...
Edible cutlery company wants us to eat our way out of plastic pollution
Plastic waste covers our oceans and landfill. The past 70 years of plastic waste have resulted in pollution so ubiquitous scientists say it’s a marker of a new geological epoch, the manmade Anthropocene. Plastic cutlery is a contributor to this enormous problem – estimates suggest the Read More...
100% Renewable Electricity For South Australia By 2030, Greens Propose
If the Greens have anything to say about clean energy policies in South Australia, this land may showcase a 100% renewable electricity portfolio by 2030. According to RenewEconomy, the Greens have announced plans to have “… South Australia source 100% of its electricity needs from Read More...
The heat beneath our feet: the potential of Latin American geothermal power
Tapping into the energy that comes from the natural heat of Earth’s crust could be an efficient and affordable power source for Latin America, say experts. Technology is developing for exploring this source, which comes from the shallow ground, to hot water and hot rock found a few kilometres Read More...
How to stimulate inspiration
The story of how Velcro came to be has become the stuff of legend. A Swiss electrical engineer named Georges de Mestral went on a hunting trip in the Alps in the early 1940s and noticed how burrs from burdock plants attached to his dog’s fur. He took a closer look, inspiration struck, and the Read More...
When Bitcoin Grows Up: What is Money?
It’s worth thinking about that promise to ‘pay the bearer on demand the sum of ten pounds’. When we parse it, it’s not clear what it means. Ten pounds of what? We’ve already got ten pounds. That’s exactly what we’re holding in our hand. It doesn’t mean, pay the bearer on demand ten Read More...