“Milo.” Lightovo. Lightovo, n.d. Web. 7 Nov. 2014. http://lightovo.com/product/milo/ At Lightovo, Polish designers developed a series of lamps that embody symbiotic relationships. Called the “Milo,” each glass-shaded lamp acts as a miniature greenhouse for a potted plant. The inner LED light bulb emits a color temperature of 4000 K to 6000 K, which not only replicates natural sunlight but also proves […]
Energy Consumption/Misc Links
Energy Addicts
“Energy Addicts.” Naomi Kizhner Design. Naomi Kizhner, n.d. Web. 1 Nov. 2014. http://www.naomikizhner.com/#!final-project–energy-addicts/c7q0 Designed by Naomi Kizhner, “Energy Addicts” is a project that explores a future struggling in the face of depleted resources. Her invented devices imagine a solution to this. Constructed out of gold with sharp needle points, the biopolymer pieces seek blood as a fuel […]
The Brando Resort
Hutton, Punch. “Polynesian Paradise.” Vanity Fair June 2014: 59. Print. Is there a way that luxury and consumption can avoid hurting the planet? The Brando pursues that train of thought. As an “eco-resort” on Tetiaroa (an atoll in French Polynesia), The Brando offers the usual resort splendors like deluxe villas, spa service and a beach bar. […]
Airborne Wind Turbines
Patterson, Thom. “Meet the BAT, an airborne wind turbine.” CNN. Turner Broadcasting System, 12 May 2014. Web. 31 Aug. 2014. http://www.cnn.com/2014/05/12/tech/innovation/big-idea-airborne-wind-turbines/index.html?hpt=us_t3 Altaeros Energies is changing the game of wind turbines as we know them. Their buoyant airborne turbine, an invention referred to as the BAT, harnesses wind energy with a floating, helium-filled craft. It hovers 1,000 – […]
Server Farms
Lee, Justin. “Energy Usage of Server Farms.” large.stanford.edu. Standford University, 6 Dec. 2012. Web. 27 June 2014. http://large.stanford.edu/courses/2012/ph240/lee1/ This source claims that one 50,000 square feet server farm uses about 5 megawatts continuously; that amount of energy would satisfy the needs of 5000 homes. The research also states that a lot of the energy produced comes from […]
France pays workers to cycle
De Clercq, Geert. “France experiments with paying people to cycle to work.” planetark.org. Planet Ark, 3 June 2014. Web. 9 June 2014. http://planetark.org/enviro-news/item/71641 France has started a six month trial period of paying select employees (roughly 10,000 people) to bike to work. The employees are paid 25 euro cents (34 US cents) per kilometer biked to work. […]
Soluble Circuits to Reduce E-Waste
Hsu, Jeremy. “Building Soluble Circuits To Help End E-Waste.” popsci.com. Popular Science, 9 May 2014. Web. 9 June 2014. http://www.popsci.com/article/science/building-soluble-circuits-help-end-e-waste?dom=PSC&loc=recent&lnk=5&con=building-soluble-circuits-to-help-end-ewaste John Rogers, a scientist from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, has invented a type of silicon ribbon thin enough to dissolve in water in roughly ten days. Rogers’ creation is a response to the amount […]
Stem Cell Burgers
Winter, Lisa. “Will Stem Cell Burgers Go Mainstream?” iflscience.com. N.p., 21 May 2014. Web. 2 June 2013. http://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/will-stem-cell-burgers-go-mainstream “Schmeat,” a lab-grown meat product, is currently being developed in an attempt to reduce the harmful effects livestock creates on the environment. This product is different from vegetable-based meat substitute because it is made from actual animal stem cells. […]
Making Paper Obsolete
Goudarzi, Sara. “Top Ten Emerging Environmental Technologies.” livescience.com. Purch, 19 Apr. 2007. Web. 28 May 2014. Web. http://www.livescience.com/11334-top-10-emerging-environmental-technologies.html This article cites a possible form of electronic paper that would reduce the amount of paper produced in a given population. The paper doesn’t look like a typical e-reader or a standard tablet, but is a flexible piece of […]
Plastic in the Arctic
Hand, Eric. “Trillions of Plastic Pieces May Be Trapped in Arctic Ice.” sciencemag.org. AAAS, 22 May 2014. Web. 23 May 2014. http://news.sciencemag.org/earth/2014/05/trillions-plastic-pieces-may-be-trapped-arctic-ice This article reveals that small pieces of plastic have been found frozen in ice in the arctic. Rachel Obbard, a materials scientist from Dartmouth College, found that there’s been more plastic found frozen in […]