Wondering whether your favorite Irish lake is clean enough to swim in? How about whether the local beach has enough sand to make some serious sandcastles? IBM and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Ireland can help. The two ...READ»
Update: NASA's 'Moon Bombing' A Smashing Success
NASA's always trying to push the envelope, and tomorrow the space agency's got a really big push: It's going to bomb the Moon. Seriously, and it's all in the name of science, the ...READ»
Water is like liquid gold in drought-stricken areas of Africa, so it's no surprise to learn water conflict and corruption is common. Safaricom's M-PESA system of cell phone cash transfer, originally released in 2007, could help quell ...READ»
The amount of detergents, solvents, and smelly kitchen-cleaners found on supermarket shelves is mind-boggling. Someday soon, though, these toxic agents of cleanliness could become relics of the past. Scientists at Purdue University ...READ»
It's hard to spend time in Las Vegas and not shudder at least a little bit at the thought of how much energy and water is being wasted on, well, everything. The Las Vegas CityCenter, scheduled to be unveiled next week at the ...READ»
Whether golf courses can ever truly be "green" is a hotly contested topic in the environmental community. An unlikely golf course defender has appeared in the form of pop star Justin Timberlake, a passionate golfer. He recently opened ...READ»
Instead of forcing everyone to change the way they shower in order to conserve water, how about using the natural, habitual actions taken in the shower to do it instead? That's the idea behind Oli, a line of concept products ...READ»
How much water do you use? Most of us have no clue. This affordable water monitoring device, a finalist in the INDEX: AIGA Aspen Design Challenge, not only monitors how much water you're using, but can also detect leaks and ...READ»
Growing food at home is quite trendy these days, whether using old-fashioned planter boxes, upside-down tomato planters, or the south lawn of the White House. And here's another option: An easy cultivation kit made from sustainable ...READ»
As Southern California experiences another water crisis, an awareness campaign meant to convince residents to reduce waste inevitable--and let's hope it's something better than, "If it's yellow let it mellow" this ...READ»
The raging creeks and still snow-packed peaks of Aspen, Colorado don't outwardly suggest any hints of a global water crisis, but it provides a reflective backdrop for design students who arrived here this week to tackle what ...READ»
Much ado has been made about smart grid energy management, but what about smart water management? IBM and the Netherlands city of Rotterdam are collaborating on a forecasting system for water and energy management. The ...READ»
Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute in Stuttgart say they've invented a novel way to turn air moisture into drinking water, thus helping solve the dire water shortages that face much of the world.
Here's how it works. First ...READ»
"I know I'll offend wet advocates, but you can't
do everything with water," says Tim Maxwell, president of GreenEarth
Cleaning, which licenses a liquid-silicone-based dry-cleaning
technology. At the biennial World ...READ»
Sure, giant seawater desalination plants are great if you can afford them, but designer Jason Lam's SOLAQUA is a water purification system for everyone else. The plastic device purifies water by leaving it out in the sun. ...READ»
In a bid to court environmentally-savvy customers, Coca-Cola unveiled the PlantBottle, a recyclable water bottle made from a blend of petroleum-based materials and up to 30% plant-based materials (sugar and molasses). The Dasani ...READ»
If the threat of high utility bills and impending drought isn't enough to force you to take short showers, maybe Elisabeth Buecher's "My Shower Curtain is a Green Warrior" can help. The Central Saint Martins College ...READ»
iHouse, a Brazilian company that makes products like fingerprint activated doors and cell phone-controlled window blinds, is working on a faucet with facial recognition that turns water on to temperature and flow preferences. The ...READ»
It's been 4,500 years since the Mesopotamian cities of Lagash and
Umma battled over irrigation rights. That was the world's first -- and
so far only -- full-fledged water war. But UN secretary-general Ban
Ki-moon warned last year ...READ»
GE mirrors the American economy much better than most companies -- for good and ill. Last year, the credit squeeze assailed GE Capital, its financial-services arm; the company missed an earnings prediction, driving the stock price ...READ»
