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Robotic Plants Serve an Altruistic Purpose (Video)

30 August 2010

Photo via Designboom Japanese artist Akira Nakayasu's specialty is robotic plants. He creates things like sunflowers that react to human movement, making the flower seem to communicate with the people around it. His latest work is called "Plant," an interactive piece that was inspired by grass blowing in the wind. With 169 artificial leaves that react independently to the presence of a human's body, such as a hand waving over it, the unarguably interesting and relatively cool piece begs the question, "What's the point?"... Read the full story on TreeHugger

Top 15 Augmented Reality iPhone Apps for Greener Living

30 August 2010

Image via hollaa01 Augmented reality is here. If you're unsure of what that is, think of the Terminator movies when they showed you what it was like to look at the world through the robot's eyes, and all the data about whatever he was looking at popped up over the image. It's a tool that we really love around here because it can be used for so many green purposes. Already becoming widely useful for navigating p... Read the full story on TreeHugger

Better Place is Testing Battery-Swapping in Tokyo

27 August 2010

Photo: Better Place 59 Seconds Average Swapping Time Better Place, in collaboration with the Agency for Natural Resources and Energy of Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) and Nihon Kotsu Co., Tokyo's largest taxi operator, has been doing real-world testing of a battery-swapping station in Tokyo. The trial, which started last April and has just been extended until November, aims to determine the "feasibility of battery switch as means for taxis to have instant, zero emission, range extension."... Read the full story on TreeHugger

39 More Toxic Coal Ash Sites Found to Contaminate US Water Supply With Arsenic & Heavy Metals

27 August 2010

Aerial photo of one of the sites discovered, in Uncasville, Connecticut. A new report by the Environmental Integrity Project, Earthjustice, and the Sierra Club has identified an additional 39 sites in 21 states where toxic coal ash is contaminating drinking and surface water with arsenic and heavy metals. These new sites added to those already identified by... Read the full story on TreeHugger

Northwest And Northeast Passages Are Open

27 August 2010

Arctic sea ice extent image for August 24, 2010, as compiled by The University of Illinois Cryosphere For the fourth year in a row, and for the fourth time in recorded history, the Northwest passage is completely open. For only the third time, both the Northwest and Northeast passage (north of Russia) are open. If you had a fast enough boat you could race right around the North Pole and Greenland. ... Read the full story on TreeHugger

Fertilizer Runoff Linked to Developmental and Reproductive Toxicity

29 August 2010

Stormwater runoff rich in fertilizer may be more toxic than previously thought photo

Image: eutrophication&hypoxia's photostream, Flickr Natural human optimism leads one to hope that hazardous chemicals wastes discarded by humans are broken down in the natural environment, until they are once again harmless. When scientists concern themselves with this process, it is usually to study the extent to which toxic chemicals harm the environment before they are finally degraded, or to measure the impacts of the degradation process, such as Read the full story on TreeHugger

Tobacco Plants Chemically Summon Insects to Defend Themselves Against Caterpillar Attack

27 August 2010

photo: minnemom via flickr I admit there's no direct connection between this next one and sustainability, but from a science perspective it's just too interesting to pass by: New research shows that tobacco plants have evolved a "chemical SOS" signal that attracts insect predators when caterpillars are eating their leaves. Like TreeHugger said back in 2007, Plants, they're smarter than you think...... Read the full story on TreeHugger

'Dallas' Soap Opera Oil Baron Ditches Oil for Solar Power (Videos)

27 August 2010

Photo: Youtube grab J. R. Ewing is Back I'm too young to have seen Dallas during its original run, but I vaguely remember that my parents sometimes watched it and talked about this "J.R." guy. Still, the show was so popular that even though I haven't had first-hand exposure, I know enough about it from references and parodies in other shows to know that Larry Hagman's character, J.R. Ewing, was a memorable oil-loving amoral businessman. That's why it's great to see h... Read the full story on TreeHugger

1.25 Gigawatts of Solar Thermal Power Approved in California in Past Two Days Will Double US Capacity

27 August 2010

photo: BLM There've been multiple gigawatts of solar thermal power plants planned for various places in the California desert for some time, but finally some more of them are getting the approvals need so that construction can start: The US Bureau of Land Management has issued a final environmental impact statement for the 1,000 MW Blythe Solar Power Project; and the 250 MW Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Robotic Plants Serve an Altruistic Purpose (Video)

Top 15 Augmented Reality iPhone Apps for Greener Living

Better Place is Testing Battery-Swapping in Tokyo

39 More Toxic Coal Ash Sites Found to Contaminate US Water Supply With Arsenic & Heavy Metals

Northwest And Northeast Passages Are Open

Fertilizer Runoff Linked to Developmental and Reproductive Toxicity

Tobacco Plants Chemically Summon Insects to Defend Themselves Against Caterpillar Attack

'Dallas' Soap Opera Oil Baron Ditches Oil for Solar Power (Videos)

1.25 Gigawatts of Solar Thermal Power Approved in California in Past Two Days Will Double US Capacity

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