Category: Innovation

The Story of Stuff

June 24, 2009 at 6:57 PM

The world needs a paradigm shift in how things are made and how frequently things are consumed. In a consumerist society like ours and many more in the western world we must step up for ourselves and spread this message.
Cynicism can only delay the time it takes one to realize the problem and will lengthen [...]

By Paolo Belfiore | Also posted in Simple Solutions, events | Comments (0)

New Device Lets Plants Talk………….by Willie D. Jones

May 14, 2009 at 3:24 PM

First Published May 2009 by IEEE at
(http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/may09/9029)
Smart sensors let crops text-message growers for more water
4 May 2009—Although technology has benefited agriculture in a number of ways, there are some things [...]

By Paolo Belfiore | Also posted in Project: Water, Renewable Energy | Tagged , , , | Comments (0)

Third-World Stove Soot Is Target in Climate Fight

April 16, 2009 at 3:51 PM

Here’s an article on reducing soot when cooking in an open-air cookstove while burning dung or wood. Low-soot stoves will also help reduce global-warming by reducing the amount of black carbon that’s released in traditional cooking practices.
Third-World Stove Soot Is Target in Climate Fight
Something to keep in mind for our summer’s kitchen hoods project in [...]

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