Lego Plant Based Plastic Toys

Plants from plants: that’s LEGO’s description for its first sustainable bricks. The company plans to roll out botanical elements like trees, leaves, and bushes manufactured with plant-based plastic sourced from sugarcane this year. The move is part of LEGO’s goal to utilize only sustainable materials in their packaging and core products by 2030. LEGO is utilizing plastic polyethylene based on sugarcane material: specifically, ethanol. LEGO Group Environmental Responsibility vice president Tim Brooks said plant-based […]

Transcribe Your Conversations With Otter

Transcription on the Go If you have to deal with transcribing interviews as part of your daily work (like we do), you’ll find a welcome partner in the new Otter app. Developed by former employees from Google and a speech-recognition veteran Nuance, Otter is a free service that transcribes speech on the go through the power of artificial intelligence (AI). Voice […]

Power Your Gym Workout Today

The whole point of working out is to expend some energy, but what if instead, you could create it? That’s the vision behind Eco Gym, a new green fitness center in Rochester, New York, that is equipped with indoor cycling equipment that captures the energy from your workout and turns it into electricity to power the building. While the gym […]

Using Nylon Waste From Oceans For Their New Line

H&M is keeping good on its promise to go green by 2040 with their new line of clothing. Called the H&M Conscious Exclusive collection, the line features garments made from textiles that are woven from regenerated nylon reclaimed from landfills and oceans, effectively diverting a waste stream while also avoiding creating another one. The Conscious Exclusive collection is a partnership between the […]

DIY Caravan Made Up Of Recycled Materials

  Steve Areen is one of those people who turns everything into gold. And by gold, I mean magic. I mean soul. We saw it with his lovely dome home in Thailand, and now, what was supposed to be a simple dwelling in Australia evolved into an extraordinary modern caravan that he built by hand with mostly recycled materials. The roaming flight […]

Nimb, The Potential Life Saving Ring

  Smart Ring To The Rescue  The story behind the development with this new technology is unique and touching. In 2000, Kathy Roma, who is the co-founder and communications lead with Nimb, was violently attacked by a complete stranger and was on the brink of death. She suffered multiple stab wounds and lacerations in a safe neighborhood, just a few feet away […]

Cure Your Smartphone Addiction With This

Are you one of those people that can’t seem to rip themselves away from the cyber world long enough to take part in the real world? If so, you’re not alone. While things like the Internet and the social media sites that come along with it were originally touted as mechanisms that were ideally going to bring the world and […]

Virtual Reality Theme Park, The New Reality?

  Across the street from the Empire State Building, the virtual reality experience at VR World is as boisterous and social as you’d expect any New York tourist trap to be. A young woman playing Elven Assassin screams and falls over when a giant troll ambushes her siege tower – scrambling back up while her boyfriend laughs uproariously. A couple of stations […]

Space Tourism, The Next Big Thing

INFLATABLE SPACE STATIONS Since its founding in 1999, Bigelow Aerospace has focused on building inflatable space modules that provide habitats in low-Earth orbit with more breathing room. Now, the Las Vegas-based space company has launched Bigelow Space Operations (BSO), a spinoff venture dedicated to marketing and operating these inflatable space habitats, which could be used as space hotels. According to a BSO press release, the […]