Pathwater, based out of northern California, began with a Christmas Eve run to a grocery store, where three friends lamented about the lack of truly sustainable water bottle options. So they rented a space, added two like-minded partners and got down to the business of providing water in something other than plastic. The result is a sleek, aluminum water bottle […]
Aluminium Water Bottle
Sustainable Wedding Trends
If you’re attending any weddings in 2020, prepare to see eco-friendly touches everywhere from the fashion to the food to the favors. Etsy just released its top seven predictions for the biggest wedding trends of 2020, based on search data and insight from experts — and at the heart of the list was sustainability. And in November, The Knot released […]
Seeing Beneath Snow-Covered Roads
Ordinarily, self-driving cars use cameras and other sensors to “see” where they are on the road. However, what happens if the road markings are covered in snow? Well, MIT has developed a system that lets vehicles look beneath the asphalt instead. The experimental technology incorporates what’s known as “localizing ground-penetrating radar” (LGPR), in which electromagnetic pulses are emitted into the […]
New Congestion Busting Algorithm
One of a number of benefits promised by a future in which cars drive themselves is less congestion, with advanced autonomous vehicles being so adept at navigating the streets that they not only avoid slamming into each other, but keep traffic flowing much more smoothly than humans ever could. Researchers at Northwestern University have come up with a novel control […]
Grocery Shopping Online Vs Delivery In Store
Back in the day, there was one way to get groceries: you had to go to the grocery store. But in 2020, there are a multitude of ways to stock your fridge without even leaving the couch. If you’re concerned about your environmental impact, you may already make an effort to reduce the amount of plastic and animal products in […]
Urine As Fertiliser On Mars?
Shipping fertilizer to colonies on Mars could be quite a hassle – it would certainly be better if the colonists were able to grow crops using whatever’s on hand. The continuation of an existing study now indicates that urine might in fact serve as a perfectly good fertilizer. It was back in 2016 that we first heard how scientists at […]
Global Seed Bank
The Svalbard Global Seed Vault has received a major a new deposit of seeds from several hundred plant species. In a formal ceremony on February 25, 2020, hosted by the Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg and attended by international dignitaries, the seeds from 35 gene banks spread over all seven continents were placed in the underground vault, bringing the total […]
Protect Your Pet With This GPS Tag
We don’t think we’re out of line when we say that if you truly love your pet, you need to outfit them with an invisible ID tag, which provides crucial information in the event that your beloved dog or cat goes astray. This Blanket ID Tag offers a uniquely powerful way to track down your pet regardless of where and […]
LV Flagship Store Covered In Glass Sails
The facade of Louis Vuitton‘s store in Osaka, designed by architects Jun Aoki & Associates and Peter Marino, is based on the sails of old Japanese merchant ships The Louis Vuitton Maison Osaka Midosuji stands on the busy shopping street of Shinsaibashi-suji. Japanese architecture firm Jun Aoki & Associates and New York architecture studio Peter Marino collaborated to design […]
Smart Selfie Stick
Although many people may think of selfie sticks as cheap gadgets for narcissists, they actually come in pretty handy for people like vloggers. A new model offers several clever features for just such folks, going beyond simply being a telescoping smartphone pole. Called the Pictar Smart-Light Selfie Stick, the device is made by the same company that previously brought us […]