Autonomous vehicles are generally fair weather vehicles. They’re not really great with extreme weather and for the most part are only on the road during nice days. They’re like vintage cars that way only instead of attempting to preserve paint jobs, the reason why autonomous cars are benched during snow is to save lives. GACHA is the first all weather autonomous shuttle that dares to brave the cold.
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Yotta Solar – new plans for battery and panel all in one may safe money
Solar power is probably the way of the future but it’s still a bit pricey to have installed in your home. Yotta Solar wants to solve this problem by providing integrated energy storage and panels to people looking to upgrade.
Read MoreWaterlily Turbine – charge your devices with the power of water
The idea of using turbines to create energy is a whole business but it’s not, generally, one that’s fit for the portable market. Well, that’s true of most of them but not the Waterlily Turbine, the USB charger that runs on water power.
Read MoreIndia Loves Paper Waste – waste paper from the UK is a boon to India
Where does paper go when you recycle it? Well, if you’re in the UK, the answer is India and this, as it turns out, is a really good thing. After China added more restrictions to what they would take, India stepped up and began accepting UK paper recyclables and it is proving to be a boon for their own paper needs.
Read MorePhone to TV Streamer – watch your phone on your TV
Most of what we watch can be streamed to a TV, right through the TV if it’s new enough but that’s not true of all streaming services. Until they all catch up, the Phone to TV Streamer lets you stream directly from your small Android device to straight back to your TV.
Read MoreAcoustic Metamaterial – this innovation is a new way to block out noise
The modern world is super noisy. Technology makes a lot of sounds and many of them aren’t what we could call pleasant. They’re just loud but unfortunately noise canceling options are unwiedly and unattractive. That may change in the future with Acoustic Metamaterial, the new material that can cancel out 94% of sound.
Read MoreBiosolids – this resource is great if you can get over the gross factor
We don’t blink an eye when farmers use manure to fertilize fields but if someone said they were using human waste products for the same purpose, that would probably make most people say, “Eww.” Which is a real shame because biosolids have a lot of potential, if we can just get over the gross out factor.
Read MoreCoal Mining Hurts Everything – it’s not just the air that suffers
Most people are aware that burning coal for energy isn’t a great look and are actively against it because, well, everyone likes breathing clean air. Clean air a major reason to move away from coal but if you weren’t convinced, turns out coal is pretty terrible across the board.
Read MoreMagnetic Eyeglass Holder – attach this to your shirt to hold on to your glasses
If you need reading glasses, you probably have misplaced your reading glasses once or twice in the past, especially if you don’t have pockets in your shirt to sort of stick them in. Ignore the use of the collar as an alternative because Magnetic Eyeglass Holder will hold your glasses to your shirt.
Read MoreSaving Wetlands – marsh mud can help fight climate change
Wetlands have been under threat since forever. Seriously, I remember cleaning them up in elementary school and I am. . . far away from that time in my life. How far? Not important, but it’s been awhile. Aside from the natural beauty and amazing habitats they provide, we can add one more reason to keep them going: they’re important to the fight against climate change.
Read MoreMore Wind-farms for the UK – country strikes deal for massive uptick in renewable energy
In order to combat climate change we need to move to more renewable ways to generate it. Lucky for us, we don’t need to figure out what these are because some of the answers are already out there. One of them is offshore wind power and the UK has just committed to using more of it. Yay!
Read MoreOwlet Sock + Cam – keep track of your baby while they sleep
When babies sleep it is both a wonderful and slightly unnerving time. If you have a baby, you have absolutely watched them sleep just to be sure that they’re still breathing. Let them rest and get some peace of mind instead with the Owlet Sock + Cam, the sock that monitors your sleeping baby.
Read MoreCell Phone Investigation Kit – recover lost data with this kit
Nothing is ever gone forever in the digital world unless it’s like treasured photos or your research paper or something. If you need to recover some data from someone’s phone for spy purposes, the Cell Phone Investigation Kit will help you find whatever they don’t want you to find.
Read MoreThe State of Fish – warming oceans are bad news for the things that live there
We talk about climate change in terms of what it’s going to do a lot. It’s going to cause super-storms, it’s going to cause dramatic weather patterns, etc but the fact of the matter is, it’s already causing issues now. Researchers have discovered that the warming oceans have already caused a drop in fish which is bad news.
Read MoreNYC Canners – these people are responsible for such high recycling numbers in the city
When we think of people who collect cans, well we probably don’t think much of them. Most people are aware that the cans can be exchanged for money but many people don’t bother. Still, the people who collect up these cans are doing a good bit to help the amount of recyclables that actually get turned in proving that a little bit of incentive goes a long way.
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