Solar Panels Everywhere
At some near-future stage, most surfaces that can be exposed to the sun will be used as solar panels. Window glass, window blinds, car roofs spring to mind.The obvious reasoning? Not everyone has a roof that they can use eg…
Human Hair For Oil Spills
When oil tankers spill their load into the ocean, the environmental consequences are destructive. Here's one possible cleanup option. Human hair is formed into giant sausage-shaped devices, and placed into the water to soak up the oil.
Bus stop roofs that attract bees
Concerned about the lowered global population of bees? We all need to be. Here's a simple yet powerful idea. In Leicester UK, Living Roofs will be placed on the top of bus stop shelters. Wildflowers on the roof will attract…
Cleaner air for children’s playgrounds
What a positive step for children's health! Using an algae bioreactor, and powered by solar power and the energy emitted from children's play, this AirBubble creates cleaner air in their playground. Maybe we will eventually need to do this with…
Solar powered cars
This makes so much sense... especially in the sunnier countries around the world. A solar-powered car. Obviously the technology has now caught up with the dream.
Invisibility Cloak
This sounds like something out of a Harry Potter movie. Imagine wrapping yourself in a cloak... and basically becoming invisible. A Canadian company has now invented a 'Quantum Stealth' material that can 'bend' the light around a target. It has…
Cars charged up with street lamps
Imagine all of the ways that we might charge up our batteries? Roof solar panels; windows covered in solar cells; nano-solar cells embedded into car paint. Here's one great example from a street in the UK. Solar power from street…
Robot Sheepdogs
Perhaps too often, we see terrifying images of robots that might reputedly run amok in our streets. Here's another option. Robots will enhance the way that we live and work on the planet. Here's one example. Rocos is a robot…
Buy the clothing… and adopt the sheep
There is huge merit in knowing the source of foods that you eat. However... here's a powerful initiative. Imagine being able to track your new woolly jumper back to its source (ie the Merino sheep), and to even be kept…
