World’s Greenest Skyscraper: Pearl River Tower Almost Complete

What might be the world’s greenest skyscraper just finished construction of its top floor floor in Guangzhou, China. We wrote about the “zero energy” Pearl River Tower, home of CNTC

Nanotech Robots Travel Through Blood to Turn Off Tumor Cells

The nanobots are coming! Scientists have found that nanotech robots, once the stuff of science fiction, can travel through the blood and turn off cancer genes in tumors -- effectively providing all the

NREL Develops Super Efficient Robots That Build Better Solar Cells

It might be time to welcome our robot overlords to the green tech revolution. The National Renewable Energy Laboratory has developed a jukebox-like robot that can grow and analyze solar cells in nearly

Scientists Use 3D Printer to Create First “Printed” Human Vein

3D Printing technology has recently leapt into a new realm -- we've seen printers that can create entire buildings out of stone, delicious meals out of simple ingredients, and now -- perhaps weirdest and

3-D Printer Creates Entire Buildings From Solid Rock

Imagine a 3-d printer so large that it can spit out entire buildings made from stone. Sounds science fiction-y, right? But that's exactly what designer Enrico Dini created with his prototype D-Shape

Common Herbicide Causes a Sex Change in Frogs

Atrazine is one of the most commonly used herbicides in the world. It is also the most commonly found water pollutant in North America. Outlawed in Europe in 2003 for after some disturbing links to

Rapid Re(f)use: New York City Rebuilt From Its Own Trash

New York City, much like any big city, disposes of a lot of trash -- but what if that trash could be used in a constructive manner? NYC-based architects Terreform have proposed a new form of construction

Recycled Robot Fish Teach Japanese Children About Sealife

Floating garbage has found its calling in these incredible sea creature robots hand-crafted by marine scientist and educator Masamichi Hayashi. Assembled using recycled items including plastic bottles,

Recycly Robots take the Guesswork out of Recycling

Even the greenest among us sometimes scratch our heads when it comes to knowing how to recycle certain objects. Recycly Robot Waste Containers, conceptualized by Oomy Design, help take the guesswork out

Polar Bear Robots Replace Dead Bears at St. Louis Zoo

Officials at the St. Louis Zoo are preparing for their holiday Wild Lights exhibit by installing electronic polar bear proxies in place of the deceased polar bears who died in their captivity. The gesture

ANNOUNCING the Winners of the Inhabitat Green Halloween Costume Contest!

DRUMROLL PLEASE... The results of our Green Halloween Costume Contest are finally in! Thank you to everyone who entered - we couldn't be more psyched about the amazing homemade entries we got pouring

‘Adoptabot’ Upcycled Robots Await Adoption into Green Homes

In the case of designer Brian Marshall, playing with toys all day really can culminate in a career. Inspired by a childhood spent building with Legos and Lincoln Logs, Marshall's imagination unearthed the

THE COVE: The Movie That Actually Stopped Dolphin Killings

In the summer of giant robots, red matter, and aliens in South Africa, one little movie has managed to do what no other has done: have an impact on the real world. The Cove is a documentary film that

Swarms of Solar Microbots May Revolutionize Data Gathering

Researchers are developing ways to mass-produce tiny robots the size of a fly that operate like swarms of insects to collect data to aid in surveillance, micromanufacturing, medicine, and more. Measuring

Recycled Trash Robots Lay Waste to the Earth!

Artist Brandon Jan Blommaert has stunned us with his virtual trash sculptures. In a gorgeous series of images, junk-crafted megafauna roam the mountaintops and landscapes of our planet, picking fights,

Real-Life Wall-E Recycling Robot Takes to the Streets of Italy

It may not be as tiny or nimble as Wall-E, but this real-life DustCart robot traversing the streets of Peccioli, Italy is just as cute. The robot, part of the $3.9 million DustBot research program,

Paro Robo-Seals to the Rescue!

Animal therapy is nothing new in the medical community--it's been proven to aid in mental and social stimulation among sick and elderly patients--but can a robotic animal actually improve anyone's quality

ICFF 2009: Highlights from the Contemporary Furniture Fair!

We came, we saw... and now we'd like to share with you our favorite green designs from this year's International Contemporary Furniture Fair. This annual furniture fair takes place every year in NYC in

Inhabitat Reports from ICFF 2009!

This weekend team Inhabitat took the International Contemporary Furniture Fair by storm, seeking out the freshest green designs amid this year's crop of over 2,500 exhibitors. From sleek and chic chaises

Monitoring Water Pollution With Robotic Fish

Soon, the water in Gijon, a harbor in Northern Spain will be monitored by robotic, battery-powered fish. These mechanical, articulating sea creatures were designed and tested by the Robotics Department at

ECO ART: San Jose Climate Clock

Wired Wilderness So how do we gauge the effects of climate change? Not just empirically but aesthetically, viscerally, visually? This is a question the city of San Jose has put to different groups of

The Solar-Powered Robotic Automower

Anyone who has ever spent an afternoon mowing lawns knows the downsides of the job: walking in monotonous straight lines with the filthy emissions of a two-stroke engine in their face, and a subway's

HIGH TECH OIL SPILL SOLUTION: oil busting robots

The OSP robot is an ingenious solution to something that has devastling effects on wildlife and the environment: oil spills. The faster a spill can be dealt with - the better the outcome. With this in

Andrew Maynard’s Suburb Eating Robot

If the current US trends of foreclosures and suburban flight continue, one might expect that the suburbs of the future will be desolate, abandoned places. How will we ever recover those large swaths of

Greener Gadgets Videos… Here they come!

Drumroll please.... Many of you have been asking for videos of the groundbreaking Greener Gadget Conference - which was held last week in New York City - and here they come! We've got a bunch of

GREENER GADGETS STARTS TOMORROW IN NYC!

FRIDAY FEB 1st - LIVE WEBCAST OF GREENER GADGETS CONFERENCE HERE > It's finally upon us! The groundbreaking Greener Gadgets Gadgets, which we've worked so hard at Inhabitat to organize over the

GREENER GADGETS: Student tix sold out! Discounts end Friday

LATEST UPDATE ON THE GREENER GADGETS CONFERENCE! The one-day Greener Gadgets Conference that we've been talking so much about here is taking place NEXT WEEK. Student tickets have just sold out, and

Greener Gadgets Launches Free Ticket Giveaway w/ Engadget

If you've been reading Inhabitat at all recently, you can't have failed to notice that we've been talking a lot about our upcoming Greener Gadgets Conference on February 1st in NYC, and the fast

Project H Design at Greener Gadgets Conference!

If you want to see some truly innovative greener gadgets up close and personal, come by the Project H Design booth at next week's Greener Gadgets Conference. The clever and socially-responsible BOGO

GREENER GADGETS IS FAST APPROACHING! – Feb 1st 2008

If you've been keeping up with Inhabitat, hopefully by now you have read about the Greener Gadgets Design Competition and the fast approaching Greener Gadgets Conference on February 1st in NYC. If you

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