...it would not be complete without photos to satisfy my inner geek.
An ad for a Volvo electric car at the airport
A wind turbine outside the Bella Center. Even in a seemingly light wind, it still spins.
Google "Galaxy" - Google Earth in near 3D!
Project Gaia - these ladies are working to set up arrangements in developing countries to manufacture and distribute low-cost ethanol stoves to replace wood burning stoves, which contribute to poor air quality and adds black carbon, a powerful climate change agent. The stoves use a re-usable canister as a safety measure. They envision establishing the entire supply chain - including stove manufacture and ethanol production in-country in order to create a self-reliant community.
The Lotus Eco Elise, in the lobby of the Crowne Plaza Plaza Copenhagen. It is gasoline powered, but made from eco-friendly materials and paint.
A portable LED flood light, used by a film crew. They said it costs about 5x more, but they can run it off a battery, and it's much lighter than a conventional lamp!
Hidro+ Linear Generator. This Australian company uses a 15m water column with counterbalanced bouys to drive a linear generator. Compressed air is injected into a buoy, which floats to the top of the column. The air is released at the top, causing it to fall. The buoys are connected mechanically to a weight, and the up-and-down motion drives a linear generator as well as a piston or flywheel to generate electricity. The founders envision this as a distributed, base-load system. A set of 13 towers has approximately 1MW capacity.
Posted By: Thomas Lee @ 1:32 AM |