#energy: The Poor Can Afford
"Liter of Light," has already taught: . . . . . . 382,000 Filipinos, and . . . . . . 690,000 people, from other countries, . . . how to pick themselves up, . . . out of energy poverty. Thanks to a...
View ArticleModular #vehicles Design
Modular Vehicles. . . . There’s an ever-growing demand for, . . . the one vehicle that “does it all.” Matrēshka, . . . is a modular autonomous vehicle, . . . explicitly designed for commercial use, . ....
View ArticleThe "new #arctic"
“Arctic shows no sign of returning to reliably frozen region of recent past decades,” . . . say's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). https://www.youtube....h?v=MvoFDZQKJHc
View ArticleArctic: Sea #ice Is Disappearing
The disappearance of sea ice in the Arctic, . . . are already leading to: . . . . . . longer growing season, . . . . . . greening of the tundra, . . . . . . sharp rise in the number of wildfires, and ....
View Article#transportation Vehicle Components
“What if we were able to dissect a working car, . . . into working components, . . . which could be utilized according to given circumstances?” https://vimeo.com/242518507 Would that be like, . . ....
View ArticleJapan: #virtual Power Plant (Vpp)
Sunverge Energy, . . . has deployed dozens of energy storage units, . . . at geographically dispersed locations across the service territory of Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), . . . while...
View ArticleUsa: 2017 Costliest #weather Year
National Oceanographic & Atmospheric Administration announced Monday, . . . 2017 - was the costliest year ever, totaling $306 billion, for . . . weather and climate disasters in the United States....
View ArticleWhat Bomb #cyclones Teach Us?
A Polar Vortex, coupled with a . . . Bomb Cyclone created a wicked nor’easter. It was so cold that: . . . . . . Niagara Falls froze, . . . . . . it snowed in Florida, . . . . . . Coal stacks were...
View ArticleDenmark: 50% #renewables By 2030
Denmark just set a world record for using wind power, . . . to drive its economy. Its government now predicts, . . . that anyone betting against the technology, . . . is on the wrong side of history....
View ArticleAustralian Heat Wave: #renewables
40% of Victoria’s energy needs, . . . during the last heatwave, . . . were met by renewables. 1-12-2018 Source: Australian Heat Wave: #Renewables
View ArticleGoal: Just Be #happy (In A Tiny House)
Some times, you have to lose it all, . . . before you realize, . . . what's really the most important thing to you. Richard reevaluated his life, . . . after a motorcycle accident, he: . . . . . . quit...
View ArticleJapan: #minimalists
In 1899, Edwin Way Teale wrote, . . . “Reduce the complexity of life, . . . by eliminating the needless wants of life, and . . . the labors of life, . . . reduce themselves.” This philosophy has taken...
View ArticleWe Let Kids #design Our City
Kids make up 25% of the population, . . . shouldn't we include them in some important conversations? In this inspiring talk, . . . urban planner Mara Mintzer, . . . wonders what would happen, . . . if...
View ArticleGlobal Gigabit #broadband
Elon Musk tweets that the . . . Starlink constellation of thousands of gigabit per second internet satellites, . . . will help get internet to the last billion, and . . . areas in the developed world...
View Article#arctic: Record-Breaking Warmth
Though the sun hasn’t shone on the central Arctic for more than . . . 4 months, parts of the Arctic were more than . . . 50 degrees Fahrenheit warmer than normal. The Arctic Ocean is on track to set a...
View Article360° Experience: #self-Driving
Waymo Shows How Its Cool 360° View For Self-Driving Cars Really Works. https://www.youtube....4&v=B8R148hFxPw 3-2-2018 Source: 360° Experience: #Self-Driving
View Article#google's New Quantum Processor
Google's new quantum processor, Bristlecone, . . . a new quantum computer chip with the record-setting power of . . . 72 quantum bits (qubits), could soon outperform, . . . classic supercomputers....
View ArticleTesla #electric Trucks: Operational Synergies?
Tesla is doing , battery transport between, . . . the Gigafactory in Sparks, Nevada, and . . . the Fremont, California, production plant, . . . now being partly handled by the firm’s own electricity...
View ArticleEz-Go: Self-Driving #ev
EZ-GO: . . . . . . 4-wheel, . . . . . . all-electric autonomous transportation pod, . . . . . . with a portcullis-like device grafted onto the front, and . . . . . . U-shaped couch inside. “When you...
View Article#climate: Alaska Bering Sea Ice Melt
Unprecedented, record-breaking high temperatures in the Arctic, and . . . rapidly disappearing sea ice, . . . have the climate science community concerned. In a shocking melting event, . . . 1/2 of the...
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