Tiny technology helps save the honey bees.

Posted on October 13, 2015 by

Microsensors may be the key to solving the mystery behind the collapse of honeybee colonies. Australian researchers announced that they have attached tiny, top-of-the-line trackers to about 10,000 healthy honeybees in an effort to find out what is driving a decline in the pollinators’ global population. The experiment, supported by an international group of scientists, farmers, beekeepers, and tech companies, is the latest to use tracking and tagging technology to study animal behavior and resp...

Amazing Batteries that Run on Any Liquid

Posted on September 10, 2015 by

A new, “organic” battery has been invented which generates a charge within 10 seconds and will last anywhere from two days to a week depending on the liquid. The world’s first chlorophyll organic battery has been invented by Chungpin Liao, a professor at the Graduate School of Electro-Optic and Material Science of National Formosa University in Taiwan. He claims that his battery can be filled up with almost anything, including water and urine, and it can provide electricity from two to sev...

Smart City – Concept you can join to design it.

Posted on November 30, 2014November 30, 2014 by 41629066

IBM wants to bring together citizens, city leaders and smart ideas—in order to spark positive change in cities all around the world. Because we know a smart idea in one city can make any city smarter, we created a place to share those ideas and connect the leaders and forward thinkers who will put them to work. If you’re a citizen, you can share smart ideas to improve cities. If you’re a city leader, you can gain insights. With the right information at your fingertips, you can make better dec...

Batteries using saltwater to generate charge

Posted on November 29, 2014 by 41629066

Aqueous Hybrid Ion (AHI™) battery technology provides high performance, safe, sustainable, and cost-effective energy storage for long-duration stationary applications. Technology is based on a simple idea: In order to meet the challenges of the world’s growing energy needs and increase the use of renewable power, AHI needed large-scale energy storage systems that are high performance, safe, sustainable and cost-effective. Aquion developed Saltwater batteries solution called Aqueous...

Indoor farming with LED ‘light recipes’ that help optimize crop yield and quality

Posted on November 29, 2014November 29, 2014 by 41629066

Royal Philips , has partnered with Green Sense Farms (GSF), a Chicago-area commercial grower, to develop one of the largest indoor commercial farms using LED grow lights tailored to their specific crops. This innovative farming model allows them to harvest 20-25 times a year by using ‘light recipes’ optimized for their produce, using 85 percent less energy. The result will be an increase in crop yields and reduced operating costs, while providing consumers with locally grown, fresh vegetables th...