Yearly Archives: 2013

Gizmos & Gadgets: Meet Open Source Ecology

A veritable cornucopia of gadgets can be found at Open Source Technology, featuring the Global Village Construction Set (GVCS), a modular, low-cost technology platform...

Space Update: NASA and Bigelow Looking at Space Exploration Missions Together

Bigelow Aerospace was the unnamed partner when Charles Bolden, NASA's administrator, stated that the space agency would not "take the lead on a human...

Urban Landscapes: A Grocery Chain in Brooklyn is Growing Local

Whole Foods, a grocery store located in Brooklyn, New York, is in the process of putting an 1,850 square meter (20,000 square feet) greenhouse...

Headlines at 21st Century Tech for April 19, 2013

Technology played a critical role in the news events of this week beginning with the crudely-fashioned, low tech, pressure-cooker bombs planted at the finish...

Energy Update: Coal Use Growing Faster than Renewables – Ouch!

The International Energy Agency announced in a new report that despite the growth of solar and wind power, coal power continues to add more...

Materials and Energy Update: New Cooling Technology for Buildings Works In the Full Heat of a Sunny Day

Electrical engineers at Stanford University published an article describing their cooling invention in last month's NanoLetters. What they discovered is a metal-dielectric photonic structure...

Agriculture and Climate Update: Action on the Ogallala

If you are unfamiliar with the Ogallala, this is the aquifer that lies under much of the Central Plains of the United States. In...

Energy Update: Lithium-Sulfur Batteries from Waste

Waste sulfur, seen below in the image of an Athabaska oil sands production site, is being transformed into lightweight plastic for use in electric...

Gizmos & Gadgets: A New Kinetic Flywheel – Real or Hoax?

The Velkess Flexible Flywheel promises energy storage technology at a "radically lower cost." Think of a house with solar panels on the roof. During...

Biomedicine Update: Stem Cells to Rejuvenate Blood

As we get older our ability to replace damaged cells weakens. For blood cells the trigger seems to be age-induced changes that occur in...

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