Furniture from recycled refrigerators

Dutch artist Dirk Vander Kooij is known for his robots– that is his repurposed (hacked) industrial robot that has been wired to produce furniture out of bits of melted down recycled pieces of refrigerator.

The furniture made its debut last year the the Graduation Show of the Design Academy Eindhoven when a robot spewed out a chair. This robot was capable of producing around 4,000 chairs annually, each one customizable and functional.

Topics: Recycling

The One World One Ocean campaign

The One World One Ocean campaign is a multi-year educational campaign that aims to draw attention to the difficulties facing oceans and marine life, including overfishing, plastic pollution and changing temperatures which are causing heavy biodiversity losses.

A video series that is being used by the campaign to raise awareness on the issues will examine topics such as sustainable seafood movement and the intersection of oceans and the arts which will form a part of OWOO’s efforts to “showcase and celebrate the importance of the world’s oceans, with the goal of catalyzing a movement to protect it,”.

Topics: Biodiversity ,Oceans

Gogentle delivers in quite an electrifying manner!

In an effort to blend cost-saving with earth-saving, brand-new start-up Gogentle uses electric bikes to make the final delivery in cities.

This company is the first of its kind in Barcelona. Using their zero-emission, totally electric “cargo-cycles,” Gogentle will make the last mile of deliveries of loads up to 180 kilograms (about 400 pounds.) The partners claim that it gives their clients a quirky, recognizable, and eco-friendly corporate image, while cutting delivery costs about 25-percent.

Topics: Sustainable Cities ,Electric and Hybrid Bikes and Bicycles

Tulip Data City: Asia's and India's largest and World's third largest data centr

Tulip Data Services Pvt Ltd’s new data centre in Bangalore is Asia’s largest data centre. TDC is the most green and power efficient data centre in India, and is expected to save about 35MW power at full capacity.

With 9,00,000Sft of built-up Space, the design confirms to Tier-3 specifications as per TIA-942 standards and is comprised of 20 modular datacenters in a four-tower building. It supports up to 100 ME of electricity. The facility will be dedicated to cloud and networking services. The company’s data network reaches more than 2,000 locations in India and it has 1,800 enterprise customers on hand.

Topics: Green Data Centers

BioProcess Algae

BioProcess Algae, LLC designs, builds, and operates commercial scale bioreactors that enable efficient conversion of light and CO2 into high value microbial feedstock.

Rather than fighting biofilms, BioProcess Algae embraces them. The technology at the heart of BioProcess Algae cultivators is a unique high surface area, biofilm-based approach to enhance light penetration, productivity, harvest density and gas transfer – all traditional bottlenecks to low-cost algae cultivation. The Grower Harvester™ technology is a flexible platform that allows for economical production of biomass and secreted metabolites.

BioProcess Algae LLC designs, manufactures, and operates integrated systems to support bioreactor operations and dewatering efforts. Current demonstration activities are supported by commercial scale modular systems that include Grower Harvester™ cultivators, flue gas tie-ins and fully automated operational support such as pH and temperature control, CO2 and nutrient delivery, CIP capability, dewatering and water reuse.

Topics: Algae Fuels

Algae Bioreactor with solar panel system

This video features an algae bio-reactor with solar panels. At present, there are three tubes, each of which holds about 2.5 gallons of water in it. They are each 6 feet long.

Topics: Algae Fuels

Analyzing mechanics of butterflies in flight

An undergraduate engineering student at Johns Hopkins University, Tiras Lin, has used high-speed, high-resolution cameras to gain a new perspective on the mechanics of a painted lady butterflys flight patterns. Information gathered from his research may be used to construct better designs for micro aerial vehicles that could be used by the United States military.

Topics: Biomimicry

Chevy 2012 Super Bowl Commercial

The all-new Chevy Sonic is up for adventure. Watch Sonics first time skydiving, bungee jumping, kick flipping, and performing with OK GO. 100% real stunts.

Topics: Electric, Hybrid and Plug in Hybrid Electric Cars

Nissan LEAF™: Polar Bear

Seeing its arctic home melting away, a lone polar bear sets out on a great journey to thank someone who is trying to help.

A thankful polar bear features in this commercial, which advertises the all-electric Nissan Leaf, and is aimed directly at the environmentally responsible crowd. While it didn’t address range anxiety, the No. 1 fear of potential customers, it did tug on the do-gooder heart strings.

Topics: Electric, Hybrid and Plug in Hybrid Electric Cars

Chevy Volt: Super Bowl Commercial

2012 Chevy Super Bowl Commercials: From the coolest car on the block to the smartest technology in the galaxy. A man walks in on a curious group of intergalactic creatures checking out the advanced technology of his Chevrolet Volt.

Topics: Electric, Hybrid and Plug in Hybrid Electric Cars