In ancient times, sailors used their sails to catch the power of the wind. And, once upon a time, farmers relied on windmills to grind grains and pump water. With today’s world moving toward a greener future, the longstanding relationship of humanity with the wind has led to the creation […]
This British startup says they’ve made the first real invisibility shield that doesn’t require any power to work. This invisibility cloak is shaped like a flat piece of cardboard and it turns anything behind it into a smudge that can’t be discerned. The company which made it is Invisibility Shield […]
Walmart recently announced that they’ve started investing in vertical farming. The international retailer and the single biggest company globally (by revenue and number of employees) invested in Plenty, an indoor vertical farm startup based in San Francisco. Walmart will stock up the leafy greens of the startup at all of […]
The carbon capture startup Climeworks recently opened up the world’s biggest direct air CO2 capture and storage system in Iceland. This plant takes CO2 from the air and turns it into stone underground. The $15 million Orca plant boasts the size of two shipping containers and collects CO2 from the […]
Most GPS devices, whether in your phone or in the car, are made with the assumption that you’re able to see and read them. However, the new approach that Honda has taken on is a bit different-the accessibility is based on the assumption that you can’t see and read the […]
Nzambbi Matee is the founder of the Gjenge Makers in Nairobi, a factory which transforms plastic waste into building materials that last. Matee explains that their product is almost 5 times sturdier than concrete. And, when you throw it, it doesn’t crack, despite the loud bang it makes. Her factory, […]
Sometimes, when we’re at our lowest, we’re actually on the first step towards achieving something great. At least this happened to Taihei Kobayashi, who lived on the streets of Tokyo because of his life that changed a lot. Namely, he moved out of his home at the age of 17 […]