Tag Archives: innovation
Microbes and genetic engineering team up to offer a green hope
Our planet is a very finely balanced ecosystem and a small change can trigger consequences that could only be apparent after several decades. Millions of little and big things came together at the right time and in the right place for the third rock from the Sun to be the only place where organic life exists so far in the known universe. But we have...
Self-Dissolving Tinnitus Treatment Gives New Hope For Hearing Condition
HEAR THAT?: Draper Laboratory in Cambridge, Mass., is fleshing out a concept for a small delivery device that can provide relief to tinnitus sufferers. The device would be inserted near the membrane-covered window separating the middle ear from the inner ear and release medication into the cochlea. Image: Courtesy of Draper Laboratory
Loud, concussive...
‘Smart Mobility Style’ is an electric replacement for bikes
As a figure of next generation mobility, a new vehicle named, ‘Smart Mobility Style’ has been developed by D Art, which will replace bicycles. As the name Style suggests this new vehicle will hold an important place in life. The idea is to replace bicycles by creating a new kind of vehicle that is easy to ride and is more of bicycle and...
Solar ‘Nanotrees’ Key To Clean Hydrogen Fuel?
UC San Diego
A breakthrough at the UC San Diego School of Engineering could offer an environmentally friendly and less expensive way to produce hydrogen—a carbon-free fuel—by taking advantage of a novel tree-like nanostructure. The vertical branch structure, or “nanotree,” is used to maximize solar energy capture and hydrogen gas output.
“With...
‘Non-Humans’ Account for 51% of All Internet Traffic
3d representation of non-human traffic on the web
By one study’s measure, slightly more than half of all the Internet’s traffic comes from computers not being used by fleshy humans that might actually purchase products.
That’s according to study released today by Incapsula, an Interent security firm, begging the question: What exactly...
Homeless Wireless Hotspot Controversy Reaches Acceptance Stage
The homeless wireless debacle happening at South by Southwest has completed the Internet circle of life, reaching acceptance—the final stage of grief—a mere two days into the outrage it created.
All Internet huffing and puffing goes through the same cycle humans go through when dealing with life’s weightiest issues: Elisabeth Kulber-Ross’s...
Solar-Powered Shipping Container Architecture That Actually Makes Sense
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Lloyd may have questioned some of the thinking behind the shipping container architecture fad, but as with most things in the world of sustainability and design—there is nothing inherently right or wrong about shipping containers in architecture. It’s just how you use them and what you use them for.
When portability, robustness and...
Reinterpreting the Role of a Designer
I was honored to have been invited to deliver a talk, “Reinterpreting the Role of a Designer”, at TEDxCMU this past weekend in Pittsburgh, PA. The conference was comprised of some truly inspiring speakers, all connected by the theme of “Reinterpretation.” The following is a rough transcript of the talk originally delivered at the TEDx event...
Altered Stem Cells Limit Transplant Rejection
New research holds the promise of freeing many organ transplant patients from a lifetime of anti-rejection drugs.
In the first study of its kind, eight kidney transplant patients received stem cells from their kidney donors manipulated to “trick” their bodies into accepting the foreign organ as its own.
Transplant recipients who are not perfectly...
Does Storing Solar Electric Power as Hot Water Make Sense?
Photo credit: Dylan Pankow/CC BY-NC 2.0
Back in 2009, Lloyd argued that solar hot water should be much more of a priority than solar electric (PV). The reason for that was pretty simple—the sun is really good at heating liquids, whereas using electric power to do the same job is not a particularly efficient transaction.
So I am a little up in the...
