Each week, our friends at Inhabitat recap the week most interesting ecological developments and new clean technology for us, this is the week in green.
It has been a big week for energy breakthroughs in the scientific community. Scientists MIT developed a new type of nano-textured surface that can reduce the thickness of Silicon used in solar panels by more than 90%, to bring down the cost of photovoltaic technology. During this time, the down under country, researchers at the Australian National University working on a pee propellant propulsion plasma that could make deep space missions more feasible. Also this week, a team of engineers from MIT has developed a new glucose fuel cell that runs on the same sugar that feeds the body and could be used for brain implants.
But when it comes to technology of all sorts, mother nature, is still the boss. You want evidence? Researchers from the University of Western Australia have discovered that plants can actually communicate with each other by clicking their roots! And here's another example: this technicolor, galleys bug-eyed has an appendage resembling punched who claimed the prey faster than a beaten 22 caliber bullet that equal to 110 pounds. Naturally, researchers are trying to discover the small guy secret replicate in drawings for frames of armour and vehicle of biomimetic body. Copy the best designs of nature is in fact quite common among apparel manufacturers, and this week we've also rounded the top 10 examples of Biomimicry in the fashion industry.
We have highlighted a bunch of new and innovative uses for LED lights this week as well. In a light installation of Yeosu, South Korea a dramatic LED that resembles a field flooded rice, lit up the GS Caltex Pavilion Expo 2012. Continuing the theme, Bruce Munro has recently installed a magnificent field of LEDs that resemble seeds of dandelion heads in Pennsylvania Longwood Gardens. We also extracted the lamp Holonic, a LED lamp outside network which is powered by the Sun and the wind, and we have produced a new video that challenged the page top lighting designers to replace incandescents with hot, LEDs high energy performance. Designers have been impressed and pleasantly surprised how nice LED bulbs can look, and you will be too. The future, incredible solar Supertrees, Singapore are defined officially opened in the gardens by the Bay on 29 June.
We are big fans of public transit, but without something to occupy your mind, to transport by train or bus can be a real brake. If we have a list of our top 10 mobile applications that will help to make the journey by the fly. And while applications and games are fun, here's a device that could actually be very useful: CellScope, a mobile health in San Francisco startup, has developed a smartphone device that allows to diagnose infections of the ear at home, parents who could save many unnecessary trips to the doctor's Office.
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It has been a big week for energy breakthroughs in the scientific community. Scientists MIT developed a new type of nano-textured surface that can reduce the thickness of Silicon used in solar panels by more than 90%, to bring down the cost of photovoltaic technology. During this time, the down under country, researchers at the Australian National University working on a pee propellant propulsion plasma that could make deep space missions more feasible. Also this week, a team of engineers from MIT has developed a new glucose fuel cell that runs on the same sugar that feeds the body and could be used for brain implants.
But when it comes to technology of all sorts, mother nature, is still the boss. You want evidence? Researchers from the University of Western Australia have discovered that plants can actually communicate with each other by clicking their roots! And here's another example: this technicolor, galleys bug-eyed has an appendage resembling punched who claimed the prey faster than a beaten 22 caliber bullet that equal to 110 pounds. Naturally, researchers are trying to discover the small guy secret replicate in drawings for frames of armour and vehicle of biomimetic body. Copy the best designs of nature is in fact quite common among apparel manufacturers, and this week we've also rounded the top 10 examples of Biomimicry in the fashion industry.
We have highlighted a bunch of new and innovative uses for LED lights this week as well. In a light installation of Yeosu, South Korea a dramatic LED that resembles a field flooded rice, lit up the GS Caltex Pavilion Expo 2012. Continuing the theme, Bruce Munro has recently installed a magnificent field of LEDs that resemble seeds of dandelion heads in Pennsylvania Longwood Gardens. We also extracted the lamp Holonic, a LED lamp outside network which is powered by the Sun and the wind, and we have produced a new video that challenged the page top lighting designers to replace incandescents with hot, LEDs high energy performance. Designers have been impressed and pleasantly surprised how nice LED bulbs can look, and you will be too. The future, incredible solar Supertrees, Singapore are defined officially opened in the gardens by the Bay on 29 June.
We are big fans of public transit, but without something to occupy your mind, to transport by train or bus can be a real brake. If we have a list of our top 10 mobile applications that will help to make the journey by the fly. And while applications and games are fun, here's a device that could actually be very useful: CellScope, a mobile health in San Francisco startup, has developed a smartphone device that allows to diagnose infections of the ear at home, parents who could save many unnecessary trips to the doctor's Office.
[Photo: Shutterstock]
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