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High Tech Alarms Could Save Whales From Shark Nets
Referred to as ‘pingers’ these acoustic alarms are designed to make the nets stand out from the background noise of boats, swimmers, and waves, and alert the whales to their presence before they become caught.
Reverse ‘Tea Bag’ Cleans Polluted Drinking Water
Working in a way that’s exactly opposite to that of a normal tea bag, the nano filter created by scientists at Stellenbosch University, in Cape Town, South Africa is able to suck toxic contamination right out of the water.
Soul Cell Collapsible Solar Lantern
Designer Jesper Jonsson came up with this beautiful photovoltaic powered portable canvas lantern as part of his BFA Thesis at Växjö University. The lantern fold up into a complact square that can easily be stowed away to taken on the go.
The bike wheel that’s too clever for its own good
The Copenhagen wheel turns a normal bike into an electric cycle, but it also adds extra weight and screams out to be stolen
Soy-based Technology Could Drastically Reduce Infant Mortality Rates
The key to the product’s success is a renewable phase-change material (PCM) called PureTemp, a bio-based PCM derived entirely from soybeans and other plant cellulose sources.
Climate Change Denial? There’s an App for That
A new iPhone app aims to gives you the full picture, with all the evidence, scientific context and links to peer-reviewed research. It has another useful function – users can send reports on which skeptical arguments they encounter.
Green Tech Envy: Indian Market Full Of Solar-Powered Gadgets
Recent announcements about a flurry of solar-powered gadgets hitting the Indian market have some wondering why the same devices are still so hard to find in the West.
3 Amazing Uses For Your Outdated Electronics
Your desktop dinosaur doesn’t have to meet its destiny in the landfill. Electronic devices connect us to the ones we love, and keep us working even when we’re not in the office. With technological advances making last month’s model obsolete before the first bill arrives in the mail, many are left wondering if the landfill [...]
New App Allows Droid Users To Track Geomagnetic Storms
Thanks to a clever combination of data from NASA and the NOAA, Droid users can now imitate high tech scientific researchers by outfitting their phones with an app that will allow them to monitor the Earth’s entire magnetic field and track geomagnetic storms.
3 Green Tech Designs That Could Change The World
Voting is open for TechBrief’s Create the Future Design Contest 2010, and CrispGreen has scoured the entries and picked the three most innovative designs.
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