Garcia created a solar generator, which he explained in his video is “essentially a small, lightweight, portable Powerwall.” The solar generator is a box “containing batteries, an inverter, a solar charge controller, and all kinds of different connectors to get the power in and out.” His 13-minute video details how to make the device, and the text below includes links to the various […]

OLIO is an online app designed to reduce food waste through social networking. After creating an account, OLIO users can upload photos and descriptions of foods, such as extra vegetables, surplus canned goods, or leftover meals, that they wish to share. Since launching in the United Kingdom in early 2016, OLIO has gained 322,000 users, with more than 400,000 food transactions made on the […]

What do the vast majority of millennials believe a workplace has to offer to inspire creativity and productivity? That’s the very question companies large and small are working hard to answer. The rebellion against open office settings – where personal privacy is completely eliminated under the banner of collaboration-always environments – seems a foregone conclusion, as ill-conceived for worker happiness as […]

As urban farming becomes increasingly popular across the globe, Tokyo’s most-used rapid transit system, Tokyo Metro, is dabbling in hydroponic farming in an unused warehouse space below the system’s elevated transit lines. The project, called Tokyo Salad, takes the idea of urban farming to the next level. Celebrated as a way to save resources by bringing food closer to the people who […]

Many medical issues have symptoms that can be managed or preventative with exercise and nutritional care, but access to things like fresh fruits and vegetables or healthy protein can be challenging for certain populations. The Silver Avenue Family Health Center has expanded a traditional food pantry into a place where patients struggling with high blood pressure and diabetes can discuss […]

ConserWater just released ConserWater™ Web, a web dashboard that not only helps farmers but also anyone with land to save water bill! This technology, priced starting from $1.99 a month, uses NASA satellite data, along with patent pending geospatial deep learning to predict irrigation water needs to the specificity of any land. Users can typically save at least 30% in water use with ConserWater – this can […]

As one of the most obvious and abundant (not to mention renewable) resources on the planet, wood has long been a vital material for construction and crafting — but it has its limitations. As a heavy, organic material, wood isn’t ideal for use in modern technology because it is an exceedingly inefficient conductor. Yet, it remains dramatically more available than […]

SolCold, a company based in Herzliya, Israel, has developed a novel way of cooling buildings that uses absolutely no electricity. The innovation comes in the form of a coating that can be painted on buildings’ roofs, which is then activated by the sun. According to co-founder Yaron Shenhav, “It’s like putting a layer of ice on your rooftop which is thicker […]

HomeBiogas 2.0, is the at-home biodigester. HomeBiogas is the first company to present a small scale biogas system for family use. After a successful first campaign, the team created a more durable, affordable and easier to assemble at-home unit. Launching on Kickstarter, HomeBiogas 2.0 works at twice its original speed producing up to three hours of cooking gas per day […]

This past week, eleven teams of students designed, built and presented futuristic houses at the Solar Decathalon 2017. The competition took place in Denver, and though the challenge was simple it was by no means easy: create a super-efficient sun-powered building that seamlessly integrates green building technologies into its design. The winners of the highly-anticipated event were just announced this morning – […]