Cash prizes! Smarter energy?
Looks like Siemens has taken a page from GE’s playbook by launching a large-scale competition to find and fund
innovation
IBM opens innovation centre in Mexico
IBM has opened its first IBM Innovation Centre in Mexico. Local startups, venture capitalists, developers and academics will gather there
Crowdsourcing a sustainable future
“Crowdsourcing” might be just the label du jour for what is really simple collaboration or competition for the best ideas.
Shanghai goes all-out for green
Despite now being the world’s top greenhouse gas emitter, China is going all-out to improve its sustainability with a
The carbon tax hiding inside your drawers
Amid all the questions about where companies can meet their carbon reduction commitments, not often would attention turn to the
Magnets could be key to cleaner, greener refrigerators
Magnets could hold the secret to ultra-efficient household refrigerators and cooler laptops, but the theory probably has years to go
'Sharkskin' paint could make planes, ships more fuel-efficient
A nanomaterial-based paint inspired by the flow-efficient texture of shark scales could help reduce fuel consumption for airplanes and ships,
Silent, simple and easy to maintain: Meet a better wind turbine
Matthew Luethi knows a few things about those wind turbines you see cropping up everywhere that you might not know.
Can cutting carbon be fun? Volkswagen thinks so
Can’t persuade your family members and friends to recycle, ride their bikes and do other things to reduce their
Drive your car with a mobile phone? There's an app for that
James Bond did it in “Tomorrow Never Dies,” and one day soon, you might too: drive your car using a
US invests millions in quest for carbon capture, solar fuels
The US Department of Energy (DOE) is pinning its hopes — and money — on the possibility that we could one day
Fresh from Ireland: "Eternal candle" and other innovations
An “eternal candle,” low-temperature radiator and three-dimensional skin-imaging device are among some of the latest technologies from Trinity College Dublin