Category | Environment

Wearable Personal Air Quality Meter Fights Global Warming

Posted on 21 November 2008

Made By Makers has put on their site this personal air quality meter that is wearable and designed so that you won’t be embarrassed to do so.  Purchase of this device, which can be accomplished at fashion stores, results in a couple environmental wins: Part of the proceeds go to global warming research The device, when eventually [...]

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Polar Bear Life Jacket

Posted on 14 November 2008

If celebrities can dress up their accessory dogs, why can’t we put life jackets on the Polar Bears?  ADDI envisions a life jacket to help the polar bears in their journeys, sometimes lasting as long as 60 miles, swimming through the icy waters looking for food.  With global warming, finding the next patch of ice [...]

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80,000 Homes Powered by Chicken Manure

Posted on 07 September 2008

Recently in the Netherlands, the worlds largest biomass power plant has opened. It’s capable to producing 270 million kWh of electricity a year, which has enough power to deliver electricity to 80,000 homes.

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Enertia Electric Motorbike: The Green Commuter

Posted on 03 June 2008

The Enertia is an electric bike that is capable getting 40 miles of driving out of six Lithium Phosphate battery modules. The speed tops out at 50 MPH, but that is more than enough to handle just about any commute. The charge time is three hours, so if you have access to power supply at [...]

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French concept car gets 8,923 miles per gallon

Posted on 18 March 2008

Ever wondered what the most fuel efficient vehicle out there is? Well the The Microjoule is your answer. A single-seat racer that looks like something out of Star Trek can approximately get 8,923 miles per gallon. MircoJoule’s design has been formed by students from the French Technical School, St. Joseph La Joliverie, who have entered [...]