A new breakthrough will give drones the ability to stay in the air for longer amounts of time, improving their efficiency and range of uses. Thermovoltaics are a light weight energy source but up until now haven’t been able to put out the type of power to make them greatly useful. A new breakthrough changes that.
Grilling is so good. Foods made over open flame are just so tasty! Meat and veggies, an open flame, a summer staple. Looking for a way to grill wherever you are without causing harm to the environment? Check out the Casus Grill Instant Barbecue.
Humans can survive in a lot of varied climates but our ability to survive the heat may be meeting its limits in some places. Not because it’s too hot but because it’s (just) too hot but the humidity. Turns out a wet heat really is worse than a dry heat.
Sparkling, glass skyscrapers are a really common feature on most city skylines these days but did you realize that they function like giant greenhouses that trap heat? Probably not because of air conditioning but in the time of climate crisis, we should rethink this common design choice.
Trees can’t talk to us which is a shame because they could probably tell us a lot about our changing world. After all, they’ve been around for a very, very long time. Somebody else thought about that too and thanks to technology, gave one tree a way to “talk” to us, no Lorax needed. A northern red oak has been outfitted with sensors and its observations are tweeted.
The RevoNext RX8S earbuds retail for 40$, which is not cheap for cable earbuds, but they do deliver!
Fresh produce is awesome. It’s so yummy and great but it goes bad FAST. So fast. We’ve all picked up some fruits intending to live our best lives and then forget about them only to come back a week later to a brand new, furry mold society growing in your fridge drawer. Apeel Sciences wants to keep that from happening by giving fruits and veggies a second skin.
When we think of a future impacted by climate change it’s all catastrophes and dystopias. I know, it’s scary but science fiction has our back and can help us see a world where things are pretty rough but humanity is trying. Solarpunk is the balm for your climate weary souls. Check out this list of books that will help restore your faith in the future.
