Subways are so last century! Anyone who has considered the marvel that is New York City’s maze of subway tunnels knows it’s an immense feat of engineering. But the bones of that subway system has seen minimal changes…
We don’t often repost entire articles, but after we read Nature’s series ‘Can Science Feed The World,’ we’re doing just that. As the science mag explains, “more than one billion people go hungry today, and the…
The Chinese household appliance giant Haier has unveiled a new system at SinoCES that harnesses waste heat from shower water and transfers energy to the hot water tank. The PowerPad, as it’s called, captures 15% of…
Pepsi is now leveraging its remarkable ‘Refresh’ Project to support communities affected by the BP oil spill. With the ‘Refresh Project,’ Pepsi has provided another powerful example of how a brand can “tap into the benefit of…
We’d like to see more creative interface with our surroundings- a hanging wall in a midtown apartment, “peel and stick” photovoltaics on the roof of a car, exercise bikes in gyms that help to power its TV screens,…
In our last post, LTT looked at the Bendy Bike, Kevin Scott’s new bendable bicycle that doubles as a bike lock too. It’s an innovative idea that isn’t likely to take the biking world by storm, but it’s…
