A replica of a historical building that has an unsavory reputation for being one of the most environmentally damaging buildings of London is in news these days. Buckingham Palace, the Oueen’s highly energy inefficient London residence produces fuel.
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Minnesota Twins, an American professional baseball team announced yesterday that it will include a rainwater recycling system for its new stadium. Pentair, a Minnesota-based tech company that specializes in part on water treatment and storage has…
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Duron is a $130 solar home power system that stores solar energy by the day to keep rural Indian homes illuminating when they need it most. Schools, small businesses and other organizations are using this system since it promises a continuous supply..
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Providing safe drinking water to the world is a challenge in today’s polluted environment. Chemical treatment has been used for quite some time now to kill pathogens and make water drinkable. But, now water professionals are finding new methods…
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Ikka Halso, the master artist from the University of Art and Design in Helsinki, seeks to emphasize how trees illuminate with a serene radiance when they’re sensibly (?) treated. His upcoming exhibition, dubbed as Restoration, will showcase the…
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The University of Alabama Gorgas Library’s first floor is getting a green makeover these days. The new space that will be called the Gorgas Library Learning Commons will part with the stacks of reference books, the high stools at computer terminals…
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Unbelievable…yes unbelievable is the word that comes to my mind when I think of this unconventional technology. Doesn’t the picture of an umbrella without a canopy leave you flabbergasted? The Air Umbrella crosses all boundaries of unconventional.
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Designed by the London designer Ryan McElhinney, the Westminster Chiming Grandfather Clock makes one care for the quartets of hour. Made from discarded plastic toys, the clock contains units that are covered in white polyurethane.
The…
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Oomy Design is out with its Recycly waste receptacles that make recycling fun. Designed by keeping little children in mind the robots are of three diverse types. The trio of color-coded robots are programmed in a way so that they can detect the waste.
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Researchers at Holst Center have developed a small piezoelectric device that can harvest 85 microwatts of electricity from vibrations. The invention a result of program on Micropower Generation and Storage is fabricated using MEMS technology. The…
Tiny piezoelectric device capable of harvesting electricity from vibrations developed Read More »