Posted on October 27, 2009 by J.A. Ginsburg
It was a wonderful little bubble while it lasted. Getting up before dawn. Dressing in easy-to-peel layers for whatever the day might bring. Walking over to Boynton-McKay, a diner of rare perfection, where the wi-fi was as reliably good as the pancakes (a boon in connectivity-challenged Camden…) Ascending the stairs and more stairs of the [...]
Filed under: agriculture, climate change, disease surveillance, energy, food, forests, innovation, lighting, maps, oil, rain forests, rapid diagnostics, recycling, reforestation, solar, transportation, visualization, water | Tagged: $10 computer, $12 computer, agroforestry, Camden Opera House, Daniel Nocera, Dean Ornish, Derek Lomas, Ethan Zuckerman, FLAP bag, fuel cells, Islam, Kristen Taylor, LEDs, Logan Richardson, Mark O'Connor, Michelle Riggen-Ransom, Naif Al-Mutawa, Neri Oxman, photosynthesis, Playpower Foundation, Pop!Tech, Rachel Barenblat, Sheila Kenneday, stereotypes, Tapergy, The 99, Timbuk2, urban agriculture, Will Allen, Willie Smits, Zoe Keating | 3 Comments »
Posted on October 23, 2009 by J.A. Ginsburg
Blame it on the birds. And the elephants, lions, biochar, Indonesian agroforestry, dirt batteries, mechanical caterpillar waves, global maps, messenger bag-cum-lighting systems, a cyber-dance experience and one very lovely essay about migration. But not too far into the first day of PopTech, the conference’s “Reimagining America” theme disappeared. Which was fine. It seemed too limited [...]
Filed under: agriculture, charcoal, climate change, eWaste, energy, food, forests, innovation, lighting, mobile devices, rain forests, recycling, reforestation, solar, traffic, visualization, water | Tagged: Braddock, Chris Jordan, Eben Mayer, Emily Pilloton, Erik Hersman, FLAP, Flexible Light and Power, FrontlineSMS: Medic, Great Pacific Garbage Patch, Hope Phones, Jason Araburu, John Fetterman, LEDs, One Laptop Per Child, Pennsylvania, plastic pollution, Project H Design, Sheila Kennedy, solar power | Leave a Comment »
Posted on February 12, 2009 by J.A. Ginsburg
CFLs (compact florescent light bulbs) may have become the symbol for greener lighting over the last couple of years, but LEDs — those ubiquitous light emitting diodes on everything from digital alarm clocks to laptops — are poised for a global come-from-behind take-over. The key stumbling point has always been the cost the production. That’s [...]
Filed under: TrackerNews, energy, lighting, solar | Tagged: CFL, d.light, Dean Kamen, LED, light emitting diodes, Light Up the World Foundation, lighting, Lumina Project, One Million Lights Foundation, phytophotonics, Ross Lovegrove, solar, Solar Tree | 1 Comment »
