PBS covered an India stove trial initiative that aims to cut the air pollution from traditional wood
and monitoring the drop in air pollution and respiratory irritation in the next two years. Additionally the company is working with the Aprovecho Research center,
when designing nuclear reactors is finding materials that can withstand the massive temperatures, radiation, physical stress and corrosive conditions of these extreme environments.
But until conducting recent computer simulations, scientists lacked the ability to predict the performance of nanocrystalline materials in extreme environments.
and help the environment but aren yet willing or able to take the full plunge on the Humancar vehicle.
and minimizes the amount of excess fertilizer entering the environment. It estimated that the system could lead to a reduction in fertilizer use of up to 30 percent
but rather let the robot automatically conform to the environment the way animals do.""Using the hardware knowledge gleaned from their many years of snake robot construction,
The ultimate goal is to produce zero emission proof-of-concept vehicles capable of self-navigation in difficult situations,
and help grow single cells of uncultured bacteria in their natural environment. This is highly beneficial as,
which is exposed to different types of pollution from agrochemical residues to metals from leather tanneries.
and it's essential for the future sustainability of the planet that these vehicles are able to cope with the increasing demands being put on them.
organic photovoltaics) harvesting energy from interior lighting or sunlight for various small devices and sensors that gather information from the environment.
as if a tsunami coming, said Lee Sung-hee, the South korean Alzheimer Association president, who trains nursing home staff members,
#Student in Kenya Invents Solar Powered Forest fire Detector Efforts to curb forest loss around the world as a means of cutting carbon emissions just got a boost:
Yougov research, commissioned by digital payments provider Intelligent Environments, says 42 per cent of smartphone users want to use their phones as mobile wallets.
which the moving parts that are in contact with blood are made of tissue that is better suited for the biological environment,
and to knowing they were helping the environment.####Their plans shifted the day after the PV panels went up in early October.
With laser rangefinders and stereo cameras for vision, hydraulically actuated aluminum and titanium limbs and fully articulated humanlike hands, Atlas is envisioned as a humanoid hero who can walk undaunted into dangerous environments
and rescue robot contest, inspired by the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear meltdown. CHEETAH Cheetah is Boston Dynamics speed demon.
That s no accident##PETMAN was developed to test the durability of chemical protection suits used in hazardous environments,
and reduce pollution nationwide.####The U s. installed 930 megawatts (MW) of photovoltaics (PV) in Q3 2013, up 20 percent over the second quarter and 35 percent from the third quarter of last year.
This reflects a downward trend in America s CO2 EMISSIONS, which have fallen five out of the last seven years.
if the grid goes down in an earthquake or storm##a key selling point as climate change spawns increasingly powerful hurricanes and tornadoes.
While energy storage systems would cut utilities revenues they would also help them balance supply and demand on the grid as increasing amounts of renewable
#Scientists develop process to make inexpensive synthetic gas Synthetic gas would be much better for the environment.
This could even mean paying less at the pump than you are now for something that s much better for the environment.
They looked at technology feasibility, environmental impact, land use, manpower needs, energy payback, and estimated costs and confirmed the concept was##technically feasible with no new science
along with 18 zero emission motors powered by six battery packs. Its frame is created from carbon fiber to keep the aircraft lightweight and It seats two people.
#How cars of the future will make better use of data they collect every time you drive The interior of the Tesla Model S offers a glimpse of the data-rich driving environments of tomorrow.
not only interact with food in a virtual environment, but also actually#taste#it? Scientists at the National University of Singapore have developed a new electrode that could be the first step in making that happen.
but also the environment from 500 tons of CO2 EMISSIONS.####This is the first known project of its kind.
and commercial activities##and##the heat that exists naturally within the environment (air, ground water).###The project is made possible by Islington s Bunhil Heat and Power network,
and meeting his goal to reduce CO2 EMISSIONS by 60 percent. If all goes well, this heat-recycling project could account for 25 percent of London s energy by 2025.
This London project is part of the larger European union CELSIUS project which aims to improve the efficiency
and performance of district heating systems by capturing waste heat and turning it into useable energy.
We cannot just beam out a strong field into the environment, ##he says. Some designs have a series of coils that are energized always,
*Create the Mini Metal Forge software environment in order to foster a good user experience, particularly for the nontechnical craftsperson.*
and completely customizable fabric that comes in any desired shape, with no fabric waste. Video)##By using a spray technique, latex,
But with all that activity comes a whole lot of noise pollution. The noise is an unavoidable side effect of living with millions of other people.
That means 500 lines of old-school coding shrinks to five lines using reactive programming. 3. Keep up with changes In our hyper-competitive environment,
friction-free##and lucrative##environment for all of us to live and consume products in. Which is probably why#it s relentlessly being heralded as the next big thing in consumer electronics:
Many think that this type of recycling is not a solution, but that instead the world should be focused seriously on the first##R
Others have concerns about pollution or toxic residue from the conversion process. Blest tells us that,
and lets loose extremely negative environmental impacts. Typically made from petroleum, it is estimated that 7%of the#world s annual oil production#is used to produce
Plastic s carbon footprint includes landfilling and incineration, since sadly, its recycle rate is dismally low around the globe.
According to Plastic Waste management Institute#data,##effective utilization##includes not just the 20%that is actually recycled,
and schools to teach people about recycling culture and the value of discarded plastic, spreading the Japanese concept ofmottainai,
the idea that waste is sad and regrettable. In such remote places, the machine also serves as a practical solution to the plastic problem, much of it left behind by tourists:
##Plastic s carbon footprint includes landfilling and incineration, since sadly, its recycle rate is dismally low around the globe.##
If we were to use only the world s plastic waste rather than oil from oil fields,
CO2 EMISSIONS could be slashed dramatically, he says.####It s a waste isn t it?####Ito asks.##
##This plastic is every where in the world, and everyone throws it away.####A mountain to climb down The wonderful invention of plastics has spawned a huge problem that we are struggling to solve.
With peak oil looming, things are set to change, but we find ourselves on top of an oil and plastic mountain,
and plastics dependence and help raise awareness of the carbon footprint of its production and use.
According to the blurb,##the film details plastic s path over the last 100 years and provides a wealth of expert interviews on practical and cutting edge solutions to recycling, toxicity and biodegradability.##
These small-scale agricultural operations require high humidity environments, and The Aquamist produced a water-replenishing environment to satisfy those needs.
A new breed of companies has begun to spring up around the world, looking to the skies to solve the world looming water issues.
The first unit was shipped to Abu dhabi for extended testing in the extreme weather conditions of the Middle east.
It works well for collecting water in virtually any environment even in polluted areas. About 12 gallons of fresh water can be extracted from air in a single day from one 300 sq ft unit.
what good for the farmer is good for the environment, writes Lisa Park, a spokeswoman for TNC.
Millercoors director of sustainability. he learnings and savings in the first two years of the pilot project farms were significant cumulative 270 million gallons of water reduced.
Farmers and the environment profit. Yet the central technology in this effortariable rate irrigation (VRI) asn a commercial endeavor delivered directly to farmers clamoring for the technology.
Absorption into our clothes, body, and environment.####The question of how best to power that next step,
but they have been dying at unprecedented rates because of a mysterious phenomenon known as colony collapse disorder (CCD). The situation is so dire that in late June the White house gave a new task force just 180 days to devise a coping strategy to protect bees and other pollinators.
and other speciesrequires immediate attention to ensure the sustainability of our food production systems, avoid additional economic impact on the agricultural sector,
and protect the health of the environment. Honeybees alone contribute more than $15 billion in value to U s. agricultural crops each year.
Last month, Greenpeace released a short video that imagines a future in which swarms of robotic bees have been deployed to save our planet after the real insects go extinct.
The system could be especially useful after avalanches and earthquakes, when people might be buried under many feet of snow or rubble.
Thorium also produces less radioactive waste than uranium, waste which needs to be secured for hundreds rather than tens of thousands of years.
and produces less waste than the usual uranium power plant reaction that generates plutonium, which can be used to make weapons.
And we need to incorporate zero waste and low energy technologies into the task of food production. What can achieve the intensification of food supply we require,
but in a way that is also sustainable and less harmful to the environment? There is an urgent need to develop new methods for sustainable food production.
and then quickly hardened in a safe environment that doesn t require a tremendous amount of heat.
it can simply be thrown into the recycling bin. As you can imagine, this will both save money,
as well as the environment. Our mission is to make professional-quality 3d printing accessible to to everyone,
and designed by three female engineers working with the MIT Media Lab spinoff startup Changing environments, according to Yahoo Tech.
Changing environments has plans for future installments in San jose, California, and New york too, Yahoo Tech says.
But the important test is whether it works in a real-world environment. In the latest study, 20 adults wearing the device were put up in a hotel for five days
we felt that those rooms didn t design the level of detail that would be appropriate for a retail environment.
They re designed really for one person to be in the environment, and there s some motion sickness involved,
and it wastes massive amounts of energy in the process. An app called Comfy is trying to put temperature control back in the hands of employees.
We also have a team that starting from a Linux environment and stripping out all the bits we don need.
Meanwhile, Facebook Inc. agreed in March to spend $2 billion to buy Oculus VR Inc.,maker of the Oculus Rift headset that pulls users into a 360-degree virtual environments.
Sanaria cultivates mosquitos in a sterile environment and infects them with#Plasmodium falciparum (the Pf in Pfspz).
Raising mosquitos in a sterile environment is a wild enough idea that#another company s efforts#to do it to combat dengue fever earned a featurearticle#in the#New yorker.
and supportive learning environment that can help turn around students who are failing. Currently a free service, Classcraft will introduce a pay structure this fall that embraces the free-to-play model more commonly seen in mobile apps and online games like League of Legends and Runescape.
Because of the clean environment, all plants will be germfree, which means theyl have longer shelf lives
share ideas and enjoy themselves instead of simply complete transactions in a sterile environment. In the very traditional payments Market square is enabling plumbers,
and maintain and enhance human health and our environment. Scientifically viable in 2013; mainstream in 2023;
and respond to their environment. ntegrating form and function, she says, s the next big thing that needs to happen in 3-D printing.
are susceptible to changing weather conditions, while fossil fuel-or battery-powered unmanned aircraft are expensive to run
and environmental damage like deforestation, said a Google statement announcing the acquisition. Solar s influence Titan Aerospace caught Google s attention thanks to its innovative dragonfly-shaped drones that are powered by its wing-mounted solar panels
He said the Education Foundation is working with local teachers on classroom pilots to try out startup products in a realistic environment.
The Zumwalt also boasts what Raytheon calls a Total Ship Computing Environment, which allows it to be controlled from any of a couple dozen consoles around the ship.
These are used to reduce energy and water consumption and pollution. Dubai, United arab emirates Although in the early stages yet, Dubai announced plans last year to turn itself into a smart city.
and aims to use smart technologies to reduce they city CO2 EMISSIONS by 40 per cent by 2020.
Robotic sensing technology can only barely identify big, obvious targets in clutter-free environments. For that reason, the open ocean is the first place robots are firing on targets.
In more cluttered environments like the cities where most recent wars have been fought, the sensing becomes less accurate.
which is much larger than the tiny capillaries that exchange nutrients and waste throughout the body.
Blau team found that the environment inside the muscle becomes less conducive for stem cells
the report co-author. he next stage is small-scale deployment of low-speed L5 self-driving vehicles in campus-like environments
optimized for IO-intensive environments, enables rapid, efficient deployment of Microsoft SQL SERVER 2014 Fast Track Data warehouse, said Don Clegg,
Reaping the Benefits of Cover crops (Op-Ed) Margaret Mellon is a senior scientist for food and the environment at the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS.
Use of cover crops can also help farms survive the droughts expected to become more common in the era of climate change.
#Precision farming Gains Global Foothold (Op-Ed) Lloyd Treinish leads the environmental science team in the Industry Solutions Department at the IBM Thomas J. Watson Research center.
and carbon dioxide are driving climate change. Natural carbon sinks like forests and oceans are critical for helping soak up some of these gases.
and in the razor clam's natural environment in the mudflats off the coast of Gloucester, Mass.
After long focusing on fuel economy and energy production environmentalists and scientists are now promoting a diet of more plants and less meat to slow climate change but why?
The scope of animal agriculture s impact on climate change has for decades been underestimated. The raising and slaughtering of farm animals is just one component.
The total process for bringing such vast quantities of meat egg and dairy products to our plates comes at a substantial cost to the environment.
As a result of animal agriculture's impact on climate change organizations like the Natural resources Defense Council and the Sierra Club support eating more plant-based meals.
though mistakenly think leads to a major environmental impact due to the reduced travel miles to transport the food).
As an environmentalist I think our global consumption of meat is far too high. And former George w bush and Sarah Palin speechwriter Matthew Scully is vegan writing in his book Dominion regarding farm animal production
and corporate policy work to be done to address global climate change it's heartening to see leaders
With more people sharing our mutual responsibility to reduce carbon footprints by shifting to plant-based meals we have reason to be hopeful for our planet's future.
I"(for University of Illinois). Systems like this one could lead to adaptive camouflage technology that can be tuned to its environment,
and disappear back into Earth s environment. But bug parts break down in only a year or two.
but work on Shrilk continues in the lab exploring ways to use the material in moist environments (it becomes flexible
In addition, Germany environment ministry is set to support the project with interest subsidies and consultancy for the build as part of its global development policies.
German Environment minister Barbara Hendricks said. ecause it can store energy, this technology is suited also for basic electricity supply and therefore highly innovative.
which is subject to interference from electrical oisefrom nearby devices and the environment. The only alternative technology,
It is therefore able to be deployed in harsh environments such as down a drill hole or inside the cylinder shaft of a car engine,
#Imergy Power systems develops high-performance flow batteries Imergy Power systems has achieved a milestone in energy storage by developing a process for producing high-performance flow batteries with recycled vanadium from mining slag oil field sludge fly ash and other forms of environmental waste.
The technology is also more sustainable for the environment by using an existing waste product with little or no market value.
and complicated chemistry to treat the waste, he said. f required, the treated water can be purified much more efficiently via reverse osmosis
and either released to the environment or recycled back into the plant, so it has huge benefits for mining operators in arid regions such as Australia
The cyanide and mercury free gold extraction process developed by DSTI has been recognised as a green technology for
and 240-ton mining truck to a large open-pit mining operation in the western United states. The mine recently experienced a series of landslides.
The resulting debris derailed production as the avalanche created numerous hazardous areas where humans could no longer venture.
they may eventually understand their environments better, he said. For example, instead of moving a camera image onto a computer to process it,
or hazardous environment exploration,"Wood said. But before these tiny bots travel into space or other harsh environments, the researchers will need to experiment with stiffer and more-durable materials.
The engineers also said they're looking into the use of materials that can also unfold themselves, something shape-memory polymers,
and scrubs the air of pollutants and excess carbon dioxide, and helps to regulate the planet's climate.
the Silk Leaf could also be used as building material to produce clean air for buildings. Melchiorri has developed even some simple home uses for the material,
Most importantly, though, the material could serve as an artificial carbon offset and thus help regulate Earth's climate and combat global warming.
Deforested land could potentially be offset with buildings and other structures that are lined with Silk Leaf material.
"It makes for a very colorful environment, like working in a disco. We take an approach where we actually make the luminescent active layer itself transparent."
#Billboard sucks in pollution and turns it into purified air Billboards often line busy roads
and highways where there's lots of traffic and by association lots of air pollution. But what if those billboards could be transformed into giant air purifiers scrubbing the air and turning polluted areas into fresh ones?
This new billboard is arguably even better for the environment. It can purify 100000 cubic meters of urban air per day
The billboard's air filtration system is also capable of scrubbing the air of some pretty heavy-duty pollutants such as the dust metal and stone particles common around construction zones.
According to the World Meteorological Association Lima has the highest air pollution levels in all of South america most of it related to transportation and factories.
Hills surrounding the city also trap in the pollution making a bad situation worse. Overall the city pollution levels are triple the maximum recommended by the World health organization.
The billboard works on the basis of simple thermodynamic principles. It makes use of shifts in temperature pressure
Aside from separating pollutants from the air UTEC claims that the technology can also eliminate 99 percent of airborne bacteria.
Researchers also hope that by analyzing the pollutants collected by the billboard they can better understand air circulation around the city.
This could lead to other methods for reducing the accumulation of pollution. If these early prototypes are successful one can imagine similar billboards being erected in urban areas around the world.
Michael Koenig, Honda Smart Home project leader, said that converting DC to AC wastes energy,
of which produces five percent of global CO2 EMISSIONS), and certified lumber was used throughout. Over a year, the house is expected to generate a 2. 6-megawatt-hour surplus (compared to the average home consumption of 13.3 megawatts.
and biofilms with enzymes that catalyze the breakdown of cellulose could be used for the conversion of agricultural waste into biofuels.
"Devices constructed from these materials could adjust to their environments in ways that traditional nonliving materials cannot."
The latest initiative in England that's transforming landfill-bound organic waste and excreta into bio-based fuel?
The first of its kind in the United kingdom Bio-Bus is a 40-seat transit vehicle that runs entirely on fuel generated through anaerobic digestion.
That is the conversion of waste n this case both locally sourced food waste and human sewage nto a methane-rich biogas.
(or biomethane as they might say across the pond) gas which requires the annual waste of five people to produce according to the operator of the Bristol sewage treatment works GENECO.
A single person annual waste both edible and flushable would fuel the bus for 37 miles.
The annual waste generated by an entire busload of passengers would provide enough fuel for a return trip across Great britain from Land's End in the extreme southwest of England to John O'Groats in the extreme northeast of Scotland.
Roughly 75 million cubic meters of sewage and 35000 metric tons of food waste collected from households along with local grocery stores and food manufacturers is treated annually at Bristol sewage treatment works located in the suburb of Avonmouth.
The facility is capable of producing an estimated 17 million cubic meters of biomethane from this waste each year.
Bio-Bus which boasts CO2 EMISSIONS that are 30 percent less than buses with conventional diesel engines couldn hit the road at a better time.
and be converted to run on Bristolian sewage and food scraps o
#Quantum'entangled'light sharpens microscopes'images The first microscope that uses the eerie trick of quantum entanglement to increase its sensitivity has been developed by Japanese researchers.
240 kilograms) designed for ocean depths down to 1000 feet (305 meters) another extreme environment where no one can hear you scream.
As explained on her lab's web page All organisms possess instincts to survive exposures to external stresses by adapting to their environment and to some degree regenerating injured tissues or organs.
and other whiskered animals to develop a new technology that could make devices capable of interfacing with the environment.
as researchers can use Summit to model everything from climate change and weather behavior to materials science and nuclear-weapons performance.
Natural systems, such as Earth's climate, are extremely difficult to model because of their immense complexity.""There is a real importance of having the larger systems,
and clean up nuclear disasters.""By having flexible robots, we're contributing to the next phase of automation.
or 2g connections) the Oneweb network would also give much-needed global emergency and first responder access for natural disasters refugee camps and other humanitarian needs.
#How do you measure sustainability? Autocase software tool has got its number It a running theme in our discussion of the smart home:
In the Economist Autodesk head of sustainability Emma Stewart writes about how the smart thing to do is to figure it out before you build.
instead there are hard data on how much it will cost to treat the asthma cases that are caused by the extra pollution.
what have traditionally been considered intangible benefits such as air pollution property values and recreational space. It plugs right in to the Autocad that many civil engineers use.
and concrete costs but that now can also produce real data on social value pollution health and yes even happiness a
a large machine/small waste treatment plant developed by Janicki Bioenergy (an offshoot of Sedro-Woolley-based Janicki Industries)
The small amount of solid waste that comes out on the other end is no longer poop
Gates himself describes the waste-to-water process on his Gates Notes blog: I watched the piles of feces go up the conveyer belt and drop into a large bin.
that machine will be able to handle the waste of 100, 000 people and, from that, produce 86,000 liters of clean water on a daily basis while also generating a net 250 kilowatts of electricity.
This subtle trend correlates with climate change in the region, which has warmed by between 0. 3 and 0. 4 degrees Celsius every decade since the 1970s.
and the Enviropig, engineered to produce waste that is less polluting than that of normal pigs.
'As such, the agency will investigate the safety of the'drug'as well as possible environmental impacts if, for example,
president of the Alliance for a Green revolution in Africa based in Nairobi, Kenya, a partnership to promote sustainable agriculture in Africa.
More than 140 nations decided to begin negotiations for the mercury-limiting treaty at a 20 february meeting in Nairobi of the governing council of the United nations environment programme (UNEP.
and positive, surprise,"adds John Munthe, an expert on mercury emissions and international environmental policy at the Swedish Environmental Research Institute in Stockholm.
Mercury is a global pollutant, he notes, and"to solve problems in any country we need a global strategy".
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