Billions in Change Official Film - YouTube

Billions in Change Official Film - YouTube

an inspiration for all humanity  = fixing energy.water and health challenges humanity wise

Free Electric bike generates electricity with pedal power

Free Electric bike generates electricity with pedal power

AirBn’P apartment packs all a traveler's needs into 30 sq m

AirBn’P apartment packs all a traveler's needs into 30 sq m

small design is beautiful?

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Share on Google+ Rebuild the "Rights"

http://talkandcomment.com/p/386285523f9d6c96dfdb7ec9 (voice note)

http://talkandcomment.com/p/386285523f9d6c96dfdb7ec9 (voice note)

The ultimate home maintenance guide

The ultimate home maintenance guide    Nothing is free in ownership a useful costing quide for home owners/  http://talkandcomment.com/p/ed093597fa33258f06c23086 (voice note)

Luxurious and energy-efficient Pond House shoots for net zero

Luxurious and energy-efficient Pond House shoots for net zero

Robot future: Highlights from iREX 2015 - Images

Robot future: Highlights from iREX 2015 - Images

The biennial International Robot Exhibition is billed as the largest robot trade show in the world. Gizmag went along to this month's 21st edition in Tokyo, which attracted more companies and 20 percent more visitors than iREX 2013, to check out the latest developments in the world of robotics.

March of the drones: 10 ideas that moved flying robots forward in 2015

March of the drones: 10 ideas that moved flying robots forward in 2015



A wave of the future that KEEPS GROWING -GREAT

Could triple-decker floating farms address future food issues? - Images

Could triple-decker floating farms address future food issues? - Images

With the world’s population expected to hit 9.1 billion by 2050, coupled with the growing effects of climate change on our ability to grow crops, a company out of Barcelona has proposed a solution to feeding the future world. Forward Thinking Architecture's triple-decker Smart Floating Farms would feature 2.2 million square feet (2.04 sq km) of fish farm, hydroponic garden, and rooftop solar panels to power a floating barge, which could be anchored to the beds of oceans, lakes or rivers. The company estimates that each of its floating farms could produce about 8 tons (7.3 tonnes) of vegetables and 1.7 tons (1.5 tonnes) of fish per year.

Self-sufficient floating home to create its own water and energy

Self-sufficient floating home to create its own water and energy



love those Germans for innovation

Inflatable ferry supports the weight of a car

Inflatable ferry supports the weight of a car

great idea

Trunki for grown-ups: Jurni ride-on suitcase lets you glide through your travels

Trunki for grown-ups: Jurni ride-on suitcase lets you glide through your travels

great design great idea
Form follows function

Andrew Carnegie: Biography, Net Worth, Quotes, Charity, Education, Invention (2002) - YouTube

Andrew Carnegie: Biography, Net Worth, Quotes, Charity, Education, Invention (2002) - YouTube

self made men that we can learn from

Andrew Carnegie (/kɑrˈneɪɡi/ kar-nay-gee, but commonly /ˈkɑrnɨɡi/ kar-nə-gee or /kɑrˈnɛɡi/ kar-neg-ee;[1] November 25, 1835 – August 11, 1919) was a Scottish-American industrialist who led the enormous expansion of the American steel industry in the late 19th century. He built a leadership role as a philanthropist for the United States and the British Empire. During the last 18 years of his life, he gave away to charities, foundations, and universities about $350 million[2] (in 2015, $13.7 billion) – almost 90 percent of his fortune. His 1889 article proclaiming "The Gospel of Wealth" called on the rich to use their wealth to improve society, and it stimulated a wave of philanthropy.

Carnegie argued that surplus wealth is put to best use (i.e. produces the greatest net benefit to society) when it is administered carefully by the wealthy. Carnegie also argues against wasteful use of capital in the form of extravagance, irresponsible spending, or self-indulgence, instead promoting the administration of said capital over the course of one's lifetime toward the cause of reducing the stratification between the rich and poor. As a result, the wealthy should administer their riches responsibly and not in a way that encourages "the slothful, the drunken, the unworthy".

The ‘Bicycle BoosterPack’ Kit: A New Ultralight Portable Electric Assist | EngineerDog

The ‘Bicycle BoosterPack’ Kit: A New Ultralight Portable Electric Assist | EngineerDog

World's largest second-use battery storage unit prepped for grid connection

World's largest second-use battery storage unit prepped for grid connection

great use

Portland installs turbines in their city water pipes, powers city by flushing toilets | Minds

Portland installs turbines in their city water pipes, powers city by flushing toilets | Minds


Worth exploring?

Solar Energy Prices at All-Time Low - Renewable Energy - MOTHER EARTH NEWS

Solar Energy Prices at All-Time Low - Renewable Energy - MOTHER EARTH NEWS

Here’s a roundup of key findings from this year’s Utility-Scale Solar report.

1. The cost of installation has decreased by more than 50 percent since 2009.

2. Efficiency of new solar technology has increased from an average capacity factor of 24.5 percent in projects completed in 2011 to 29.4 percent in projects completed in 2014.

3. The new low average price of 5 cents per kWh has made solar power a competitive option in states outside of the Southwest, where solar power is most widely used. Notably, Southeastern states Arkansas and Alabama are seeing more solar development than ever before. 

The quest for personal energy independence is getting better with time.

We’ve Never Regretted a Private Burial - Nature and Community - MOTHER EARTH NEWS

We’ve Never Regretted a Private Burial - Nature and Community - MOTHER EARTH NEWS

idea jogs to become a hunter of solutions

- dust to dust with dignity

Greenpeace founder delivers powerful annual lecture, praises carbon dioxide – full text | Watts Up With That?

Greenpeace founder delivers powerful annual lecture, praises carbon dioxide – full text | Watts Up With That?

Co2 is important for our prosperity.

Brant-Knights of Columbus: Bios Urn lets your pet's memory live on in the tre...

Brant-Knights of Columbus: Bios Urn lets your pet's memory live on in the tre...: Bios Urn lets your pet's memory live on in the trees
 living constructive legacy product idea ?

Grillrider rolls a full grill-out by bike or foot

Grillrider rolls a full grill-out by bike or foot

great idea to build out

Biomimicry Global Design Challenge down to final eight

Biomimicry Global Design Challenge down to final eight

new permaculture ideas

ConoDrive rear-rack bicycle e-drive turns pedaling into pedelec-ing

ConoDrive rear-rack bicycle e-drive turns pedaling into pedelec-ing

Paralyzed man uses own brainwaves to walk again – no exoskeleton required

Paralyzed man uses own brainwaves to walk again – no exoskeleton required

the power of the mind harnessed by Moore's law

Portable wood-burning stove offers heat on the go

Portable wood-burning stove offers heat on the go

neat idea

Powertainer - ALL Power Labs

Powertainer - ALL Power Labs

Generate heat and electricity -a gasification solution to waste and wasted resources ?

worth exploring

World's largest green roof planned for Cupertino development

World's largest green roof planned for Cupertino development\

urban farming is real ?

Yell It from the Roof-Top Farm! Brooklyn Grange Farm is Planting the Way - Organic Gardening - MOTHER EARTH NEWS

Yell It from the Roof-Top Farm! Brooklyn Grange Farm is Planting the Way - Organic Gardening - MOTHER EARTH NEWS

a useful reuse of a scarce and expensive space resource?

British man builds helicopter from 54 drones & garden chair (VIDEO) — RT UK

British man builds helicopter from 54 drones & garden chair (VIDEO) — RT UK

New California housing community has its own urban farm

New California housing community has its own urban farm

breaking out of the conventional box -balance

Living on Less! - Homesteading and Livestock - MOTHER EARTH NEWS

Living on Less! - Homesteading and Livestock - MOTHER EARTH NEWS

useful ideas to be used and modified

How to Make Drinkable Water Out of Thin Air - GEreports

How to Make Drinkable Water Out of Thin Air - GEreports

great idea

Canada’s banks rethink branches for a disruptive era - The Globe and Mail

Canada’s banks rethink branches for a disruptive era - The Globe and Mail

Shipping container-based skyscrapers proposed for Mumbai

Shipping container-based skyscrapers proposed for Mumbai

A interesting concept with lots of bugs

Project Sunroof calculates rooftop solar potential using Google Maps

Project Sunroof calculates rooftop solar potential using Google Maps

tech worth watching for--

Basic Pulley Mechanisms : Make Something with Pulleys!

Basic Pulley Mechanisms : Make Something with Pulleys!

This is a great reference piece on how pulleys work .

Solar-powered Sure House will stand up to the elements

Solar-powered Sure House will stand up to the elements

Interesting idea

Polarmond sleep system rolls three camping essentials into a warm personal cocoon

Polarmond sleep system rolls three camping essentials into a warm personal cocoon

good idea -what do you think?

Are bridge-mounted wind turbines a viable option?

Are bridge-mounted wind turbines a viable option?

How Elon Musk Could Help You Save Money on Your Utility Bill | PROFITguide.com

How Elon Musk Could Help You Save Money on Your Utility Bill | PROFITguide.com

While utilities have long discouraged energy storage by homeowners and industrial consumers because it threatens their revenue model, Brown says it makes a lot of sense, not just for enabling more renewable power but for lightening the load on old, creaky infrastructure. If products like Powerwall catch on, the necessary restructuring of the electrical grid will create opportunities and demand new expertise well beyond designing and manufacturing batteries. For example, AES Energy Storage in the U.S. now sells electrical storage the way server farms sell data warehousing. Stem, a California startup, helps large energy users such as hotels finance their own battery arrays. “There’s a whole industry developing here that is all brand new,” Brown says. “There’s a whole bunch of spinoff businesses that are going to start popping up.”

"Nemo's Garden" grows terrestrial crops underwater - Images

"Nemo's Garden" grows terrestrial crops underwater - Images

The stand for the region of Liguria at the Milan 2015 Expofeatures a project as bizarre-sounding as it is intriguing: an attempt to grow crops underwater, inside air-filled biospheres. It's part of an effort that could prove a low-cost, low-energy solution to grow food in parts of the world where this was not previously possible.

good thinking 

X-Tainer shipping container expands into a giant pavilion - Images

Endless possibilities ? Many fast and cost effective uses uses? Good thinking .

X-Tainer shipping container expands into a giant pavilion - Images

PodPlants: Modular, plug and play vertical gardens for indoor spaces - Images

PodPlanGts: Modular, plug and play vertical gardens for indoor spaces - Images

Good idea -health freedom in small spaces - real plants ( not plastic) give oxygen and thrive on CO2   A natural building lung ( filtration) system?

SL-Tainer shipping container gets off the ground without a crane

SL-Tainer shipping container gets off the ground without a crane



Great idea -in versatility  and cost savings

Brain jog -Idea -Can we add a wheel system to make it move on the ground?

Solar panels made three times cheaper and four times more efficient

Solar panels made three times cheaper and four times more efficient

The new energy wave is coming?

Nissan to incorporate used Leaf batteries in home energy storage system

Nissan to incorporate used Leaf batteries in home energy storage system

affordable energy storage?

Plans call for the energy storage units to first be used at a Nissan facility in California later this summer, to help offset peak energy demand. Once they become available for purchase in the fourth quarter of this year, it is hoped that corporate and private consumers will also use the batteries with renewable sources such as wind and solar.

According to Nissan, this is the first time that used EV batteries have been commercially utilized for such an application. "A lithium-ion battery from a Nissan Leaf still holds a great deal of value as energy storage, even after it is removed from the vehicle, so Nissan expects to be able to reuse a majority of Leaf battery packs in non-automotive applications," says Brad Smith, director of Nissan's 4R Energy business in the US.

Malloy Aeronautics is developing its Hoverbike for the US Department of Defense

Malloy Aeronautics is developing its Hoverbike for the US Department of Defense



Is this the new hover craft of the future ?

Vurtego's V4 extreme pogo-stick gives up to 10 ft of air

Vurtego's V4 extreme pogo-stick gives up to 10 ft of air

This looks like fun ?   Would you use one ? Portable trampoline that can be adjusted to jump10 feet high .  Adult toy and fun exercise idea .....

Smart windows can be tuned for privacy, while still letting the light shine through - Images

Smart windows can be tuned for privacy, while still letting the light shine through - Images

interesting idea for retrofits and new construction?
The glass panels that let light into our homes and offices have been seen as huge windows of opportunity for engineers in recent times. If the amount of light pouring through can be managed throughout the day, it could lessen reliance on energy-sapping air conditioner units, for instance. This has led to a number of examples of smart facades that keep interior spaces from overheating, and some that even harvest energyfor lights and ventilation. But a new tunable window-tinting technology is claimed to do things the smart glass before it cannot, by allowing users control over brightness, color temperature and opacity.

Quebec students aim to develop a more authentic snow bike

Quebec students aim to develop a more authentic snow bike

Study shows how the US could achieve 100 percent renewable energy by 2050 - Images

Study shows how the US could achieve 100 percent renewable energy by 2050 - Images

Imbue brews loose leaf with simplicitea

Imbue brews loose leaf with simplicitea



Interesting idea to modify using available recycles?



thoughts -coffee jar use - tea strainer ?

Shipping container-based office is Made to be Moved

Shipping container-based office is Made to be Moved





An idea whose time has come ?

"available,affordable,portable, easy timely assembly "

Tesla Pop-Up Stores Skirt Dealer Regulations - Gas 2

Tesla Pop-Up Stores Skirt Dealer Regulations - Gas 2

Solar Ship wants to expand business at airport | Brantford Expositor

Solar Ship wants to expand business at airport | Brantford Expositor

$150,000 DARPA reward

The Robotics Fast Track (RFT) effort aims to provide more streamlined avenues of innovation, funding 6 to 12-month projects with an average cost of just US$150,000. To get things moving, the agency has recruited the non-profit Open Source Robotics Foundation (OSRF) to help out. The foundation focuses on software development and works to encourage robotics research and development in the small-scale community.

Fast track program

Centinel Wheel makes bikes into e-bikes

Centinel Wheel makes bikes into e-bikes

how it works
http://hycore.co.kr/technology/

Ecocapsule promises independent off-grid micro-living

Ecocapsule promises independent off-grid micro-living





mobile  independant living?

Technology can make the difference

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Robotic breakthrough?



https://video-ord.xx.fbcdn.net/hvideo-xpf1/v/t42.1790-2/10981718_1544715919145250_1985230743_n.mp4?efg=eyJxZSI6ImZiY2RuX3ZpZGVvX3JhdGVsaW1pdF9pdGVyYXRpb241LGVfMDQwM18xIn0%3D&oh=e4d77259107b780ed656e7c3d346d696&oe=555766CE

grey water savings

http://www.gizmag.com/re-flow-grey-water-recycle/37104/?utm_source=Gizmag+Subscribers&utm_campaign=a54a417e25-UA-2235360-4&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_65b67362bd-a54a417e25-91356605

PhoneDrone gives your smartphone wings

PhoneDrone gives your smartphone wings





good idea

Food independance and freedom

Grow your own food become independant   You are what you eat   -Quality food means quality health

http://www.motherearthnews.com/organic-gardening/gardening-techniques/intensive-gardening-zm0z14fmzsto.aspx?PageId=6#ArticleContent

johanson3 electric cargo trike keeps the rider standing, and tilts into turns

johanson3 electric cargo trike keeps the rider standing, and tilts into turns