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3D printers accessible to all?
We are aware that 3D printing is going to transform the global production model, and the promise that it will reach every home is getting closer to being fulfilled, making consumers also producers of custom objects. The latest fundraising sensation on the Kickstarter crowdfunding platform demonstrates the demand for solutions that make 3D printers accessible…
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Arctic ice at a new all-time low
We continue to receive news alerting us to climate change and rising sea levels. The ice sheet covering the Arctic Ocean reached its maximum extent for the year on March 24, and for the second year in a row, the maximum annual ice extent has reached its record low – since satellite observations began in…
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Home delivery with drones, closer
The regular delivery of packages by autonomous drones is a little closer, and a latest trailer highlights it. The first parcel delivery at home in urban areas, with drones not manually operated by humans, has been carried out in the city of Hawthorne, Nevada, USA. The action has been carried out by the specialized startup…
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European capitals for the circular economy
London, Amsterdam and Copenhagen recently launched a new joint initiative whereby the three European capitals will collaborate on a series of projects aimed at developing and accelerating the move towards a circular economy. In addition to collaborating on projects, the three cities committed to sharing information and experiences to try to roll out circular economy…
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Video: The keys to Design Thinking
Video from Daylight that reviews, based on a real project he carried out, the keys to the Design Thinking methodology, which seeks to develop team solutions solutions to unresolved problems, focusing on users.
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Rotterdam’s plastic bridges
Rotterdam is an example to the world in the search for green innovations. As a few months ago we noticed the news that would build roads and streets from recycled plastic, now we are not too surprised to find out that they use bridges and walkways made of fiber-reinforced plastic. They began to replace the…
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The largest floating solar farm in the world
The largest farm floating solar power plant in the world has come online this March. It is located on the Queen Elizabeth II water reservoir, near London’s Heathrow airport, and its 23,000 solar panels cover an area equivalent to eight football fields (6% of the reservoir). The floating orchard, which had been in planning for…
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The importance of the responsive web
Among the factors that can cause a website to be penalized in the ranking returned by Google for a certain search, is the fact that the website is not ready for mobile devices, that is, it does not have a responsive or adaptive design so that it can be seen correctly on the screen of…
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The routes we take make traffic worse
When we drive in urban areas, we all tend to decide which route we are going to drinking based on “selfish” criteria, and without realizing it, we increase traffic congestion and travel time around the world. The document “Understanding congested travel in urban areas”, carried out jointly by researchers from the University of Birmingham (England)…
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Video: Social integration through ecomobility
Documentary video that focuses on how sustainable mobility can help integration between different social groups, taking place in the South African city of Johannesburg and the physical barriers inherited from the apartheid era.