Sherpa Light for indoor farming wins CES 2020 Innovation Award
Developed with the tagline "Grow whatever your heart desires, wherever you are," Sherpa Light is a tunable artificial...
Record-breaking paper water purifier operates at near 100% efficiency
Researchers at the University at Buffalo have created a highly efficient device that uses sunlight and black carbon-dipped...
New Antarctic farm will grow produce despite temperatures of -100 degrees F
Imagine having to go months without an adequate supply of fresh, nutritious fruits and vegetables. Scientists based...
New rooftop cooling tech beams excess heat into outer space
Heat rises, and, with a little help from scientists, can soar as high as outer space. A team at Stanford University...
The world’s largest artificial sun could fry any living thing in an instant
Scientists at the German Aerospace Center want to shine light on new ways to generate environmentally friendly...
Startup creates renewable hydrogen energy out of sunlight and water
California startup HyperSolar and University of Iowa researchers have teamed up to make renewable energy in a way...
Residential Palace for an extended family tackles Saudi’s harsh desert environment
The residence brings three different dwellings for all members of the family under the same roof. The design offers...
Scientists develop new way to generate electricity via seawater
Scientists from Japan's Osaka University are close to obtaining solar energy from one of the most abundant resources...
The Prefab MUJI House is a Daylit Minimalist Dream Home in Tokyo
The Japanese retailer recently built their first new dwelling in Tokyo. Designed to maximize its small city plot,...
GREEN BUILDING 101: Environmentally Friendly Lighting for Health and Well-Being
Lighting is one of the most critical—and most visceral—qualities of an indoor space, and the difference between...
Modular Photon Pod Provides Insight into How Light Affects Mood and Health
To study the effect of light on health and wellbeing, Phillips, Cantifix and <a href="http://Oxford University"...
Solar-Powered SunnyBot Directs 7000 Lumens of Daylight Into Your Home
What if you could have sunlight in every room in your home, regardless of its orientation? Solenica, a manufacturer...
New Window Skins Block Sunlight in Summer and Let it Through in Winter
Windows have one basic limitation: They let light in, but if you want to keep light out you have to use blinds...
New Photosensitive Carbon Sponge Could Soak Up Coal Emissions
Despite its high carbon footprint, expense, and negative effects on human health, coal still remains one of the...
Chuck Hoberman Designs Kinetic Building Canopy to Filter Sunlight in Riyadh
Imagine lounging at a spa poolside, relaxing as the delicate interplay of light and shadow filtering from the canopy...
Ingenious 14 Year-Old Invents Solar-Powered Water Purification System for the Developing World
When most of us were teenagers, we were more worried about an embarrassing outbreak of acne or who to ask to homecoming...
Reflecting Sunlight Into Space Is The Cheapest Way To Prevent Climate Change
A few months ago we posted "5 Crazy Ways To Stop Climate Change" - a list of geoengineering concepts put forward...
Morphing Kinetower Skyscraper Concept Is a Mind (and Literal) Bender
[youtube width="537" height="344"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0C1sWImmvAE&[/youtube] In an interview...
Solar Machine Mimics Plants to Transform CO2 Into Fuel
Plants have long harnessed sunlight to create 'food' for themselves, and now a joint American and Swiss team have...
LED Light Fixtures Create the Illusion of Daylighting
Daylighting is one key to keeping our mental states balanced when we're indoors, but sometimes it's impossible...
Tiny Solar Pebble Can Replace Kerosene Lamps in Rural Africa
In the poorest regions of the world, exposure to kerosene kills one person every 20 seconds. That's why we're really...
An Inflatable Building in Barcelona Provides A New Kind of Insulation
The city of Barcelona and Ruiz-Geli want [email protected] to transform from an abandoned industrial hub into a center...
COLD LIGHT – Fiberoptic lamp brings sunlight indoors
The Cold Light, a new fiberoptic sunlight tranport device, is the main attraction on display in Vienna at the Haus...
PARANS SUNLIGHT TRANSPORT SYSTEM
When I first saw discovered this amazing technology, I instantly wondered why no one has come up with a sunlight...