Wie Fitness-Apps Radwege besser machen sollen
Fitness-Apps sollen laut Forschern aus den USA auch für die Stadtplanung eingesetzt werden. Basierend auf den mittels GPS aufgezeichneten ...
Advance in alternative solar energy technology
Researchers of MIT and Houston University announced improvement in their work on an alternative solar energy technology. The approach is based on ...
Mapping urban underground infrastructure
The costs for street projects could soon be drastically reduced: the goal of a project of UI labs in Chicago is to map all of a city’s underground ...
Energy sector addressing cybersecurity threats
Cybersecurity risks pose a serious threat to the energy industry. Companies of the sector now joined together to encounter these threats which will make ...
Northern Germany goes green on energy using Industry 4.0 know-how
Starting in December, an energy system of the future will be developed in Northern Germany as part of the project “NEW 4.0”. Using Industry 4.0 ...
A sustainable Chicago marathon
This year’s Bank of America Chicago Marathon introduced sustainability measures. Among these are water refill stations, locally sourced beverages and ...
The beauty of urban decay
Photographer Yeung documented the decay of buildings and urban infrastructure in Britain. Yeung does not reveal the places where he takes the photographies ...
Eigth-graders turn food containers into water filters
The Scientific American Innovator Award goes to three Ohio eight-graders who turned Styrofoam food containers into new water filters. The winners were ...
Wear your trash
A film crew follows Rob Greenfield during his project for which he promised to wear all the waste he produces in a month. The waste is collected in a ...
Finding the best way to distribute solar energy for utilities
The way how utilities distribute solar energy varies considerably among them. A study analyzed the integrated resource plans of 30 different utilities and ...
