At CES 2019, Goal Zero took the wraps off new energy solutions designed to help consumers build an expansive home backup power storage system. If ever your power goes out, or you just want to support more sustainable technology, Goal Zero’s new products are ones to watch out for. First up is the Yeti Link, which Goal Zero says is an expansion module for Yeti Lithium Power Stations. The...
Tesla is making sure regular people will be able to see how its solar panels look and function. The electric car maker is partnering up with Home Deport to bring its solar panels to 800 locations across the country, reports Bloomberg. Tesla will place Tesla-branded selling spaces at 800 Home Depot locations around the country designed to explain the functionality of the solar panels as...
If a new pilot program from the U.K.’s Royal Mail service works out, all mail may soon be a form of email. When email was still new it actually stood for – and still does – ‘electronic mail.’ No one really thinks of that anymore as it has become so ubiquitous. Another thing people take for granted is how physical mail still needs to be moved between locations before it even gets to...
You know those "flushable" wipes we've been seeing on store shelves the last few years? The ones for us so-called adults, not the ones for babies. They're hell on our sewage systems. The video above, created by the city of Halifax, Nova Scotia, explains that these wipes are costing Canadian taxpayers upwards of $250 million a year. Standard toilet paper is carefully designed to hold up...
Remember the game F-Zero on SNES? Ever since playing that title, I’ve wondered if there was a way for us, as a society, to build roads with electricity running in them. Turns out we can and, indeed, have. France announced this week that it’s opening its first solar-powered road. It’s not long, just 1 kilometer to start, but it has enough solar panels to help power public street lights...
Apple prides itself on being as “green” as it can and, indeed, has plenty of eco-focused initiatives under way. In fact, its new campus will take advantage of clean energy. There are some concerns that its most recent product launch, Apple AirPods, aren’t easily recyclable, however. Reuters cited iFixit on Tuesday, which said that the small batteries attached inside the AirPods will...
A couple weeks ago, Elon Musk held a special Tesla event to announce a solar roof that would come in the form of solar tiles, seamlessly blending into the structure of a home. The announcement came as a surprise, given there were no whispers about it. Tesla is claiming its new solar glass tile is more durable than regular roof tile and will serve as solar panels to charge your home and...
Japanese business magazine Nikkei is reporting that Japan wants to take an environmental stance when gathering up the metal it needs to make Gold, Silver, and Bronze medals at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. For the sake of promoting sustainability, organizers are reportedly going to turn to the public to recycle their unused smartphones and turn them into Olympic immortality. Generally, the...
One of the company’s working to build Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s vision for a Hyperloop recently lost its co-founder. TechInsider said Friday that Hyperloop One co-founder and chief technology officer Brogan BamBrogan has jumped ship. “Co-founder and CTO Brogan BamBrogan has decided to take a step back from Hyperloop One,” a Hyperloop One representative told Tech Insider. “We appreciate...
Elon Musk‘s Hyperloop, the one that can take you from Los Angeles to San Francisco in just 30 minutes, is still just a dream, but later this year one of the first test tracks will rise up in California. Hyperloop Transportation Technologies (HTT) revealed plans for an 8-kilometer test track in Quay Valley, about halfway between LA and SF. Speaking to IEEE Spectrum, HTT’s chief...