Sustainability
Five Tech Innovations That Can Keep Your Car From Burning So Much Gas
Yes, gas is cheap, but car makers are still facing ambitious goals to make vehicles way more fuel efficient
Astronauts and Arugula: Using Space-Station Technology to Grow Food
Infinite Harvest, an indoor vertical farm in Lakewood, Colorado, provides a glimpse into the future of global large-scale food production
How to Modernize the Wood Stove and Help Save the Planet
The humble wood stove is getting a high-tech makeover, and may be going green
Meet the Winner of Architecture's Most Prestigious Prize
Chilean architect Alejandro Aravena is the 2016 Pritzker Architecture Prize laureate
One Day, Your Cup of Coffee Could Charge Your Phone
A pair of students has proposed the idea of embedding furniture with pads to absorb latent heat and convert it into electricity
Five Ways to Start Eating Insects
The idea may be hard to swallow, but crickets and mealworms will likely be part of our sustainable food future
Using Kirigami, the Japanese Art of Paper Cutting, to Build Better Solar Panels
Researchers have used the art technique to make light panels that twist to follow the sun
Coming Soon: Helmets Made From Carrots
A Scottish company has created a biodegradable material from carrot pulp that could be used in protective sports gear
England Is Going to Test Roads That Actually Charge Electric Cars
Highways of the future may have special lanes that recharge the batteries of electric cars as they go
Could a Wind Turbine Be Coming to a Bridge Near You?
Engineers find, in a simulation, that two wind turbines mounted under a bridge in the Canary Islands could power hundreds of homes
Legos Go Sustainable, and Everything (Really) is Awesome
To reduce its carbon footprint, the toy company is searching for a sustainable material for its bricks by 2030
Off the Coast of Italy, Two Divers Are Building Underwater Greenhouses
The biospheres could provide an alternate means of farming in regions with unstable growing conditions
What It's Like to Live in This Smart, Energy-Efficient Home of the Future
Nine months in, a family of four adjusts to life in the Honda Smart Home, a testing ground for new technologies at University of California, Davis
You Can Now 3D Print With Liquefied Wood
A chemist at Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden is making sustainable 3d printing a reality
Catch and Release: This Device Could Help Accidentally Caught Fish Survive
The SeaQualizer returns fish safely to the depths of the ocean
These New Computer Chips Are Made From Wood
A new technique replaces the bulk of smartphone-friendly microchips with a transparent, flexible material made from wood pulp
Will Buildings of the Future Be Cloaked In Algae?
Built by a London architecture firm, a new gazebo has a living "skin" that produces oxygen and absorbs considerable amounts of carbon dioxide
6 Projects That Make a Sustainable Future Seem Possible
From an algae-powered building to a playground of recycled steel drums, these spots give designers, urban planners and others hope
This Dutch Wind Wheel Is Part Green Tech Showcase, Part Architectural Attraction
A giant structure proposed in Rotterdam puts cutting-edge energy tech inside a rotating observation wheel, with room for a hotel and apartments
Designing Buildings For Hot Climates, Cold Ones and Everything in Between
A decade's worth of sustainable projects by Danish architect Bjarke Ingels and his firm, BIG, are now on display at the National Building Museum
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