Envision Solar, a San Diego-based company known for its solar-powered carports, has announced a new product in line with the company’s goal to make use of solar energy in unconventional places.
This new product, the LifeVillage, is aimed towards areas needing temporary shelters. The product is a series of prefabricated structures with light-gauge steel framing [...]
Filed under: Community, Environment, News on July 30th, 2010 @ 7:00 am
Tagged with: charity, clean energy, Community, innovation
The simple act of detecting anemia plays a large part in the diagnosis for various other health problems such as malnutrition, malaria or HIV/AIDS. Yet, in impoverished parts of the world, where resources are lacking, patients have to wait for extended periods of time for expensive laboratory test results to come back from big cities. [...]
Filed under: Community, Healthcare, News on July 26th, 2010 @ 7:00 am
Tagged with: charity, Community, global, healthcare, innovation, research
It’s great to see how big companies such as General Electric are making waves by encouraging people to contribute towards the development of cleaner energy. Through projects such as the Ecomagination Challenge, the company sparks the minds of people who wish to contribute to this development. This year’s challenge will last until September 30, 2010. [...]
Filed under: Business, Environment, News on July 20th, 2010 @ 7:00 am
Tagged with: Business, clean energy, entrepreneur, innovation, sharing, start-up, strategies
Out of sheer luck, researchers may have found a pill that can possibly be a cure for Alzheimer’s or at least stop it from progressing.
This drug, according to researchers at the University of Texas Southwestern, stops brain cells from dying and boosts their numbers, thus sharpening memory. If given early enough, the drug could prevent [...]
Filed under: Healthcare, News on July 19th, 2010 @ 7:00 am
Tagged with: healthcare, innovation, research
A recent report reveals that the Australian New South Wales (NSW) Department of Education’s Fiber Optic broadband project is ahead of schedule. Telstra Corporation Limited, which agreed to have the project finished by September, has already laid out 99 percent of the 4500km fiber optic network.
“There has been no delay with the project, which is [...]
Filed under: Community, News, Technology, education on July 14th, 2010 @ 7:00 am
Tagged with: government, growth, innovation, opportunity
One of the main problems with electric vehicles (EVs) is that they don’t go as far as gas vehicles do because you usually have to charge them at home. This may be the case today, but the problem will soon be a thing of the past as yet another company, Younicos AG from Berlin, has [...]
Filed under: Business, Environment, News, Technology on July 12th, 2010 @ 7:00 am
Tagged with: Business, clean energy, effective, energy, Environment, innovation, sustainability
An Israeli startup company recently won a prestigious technology award with a product that addresses a need that may sound trivial, but actually affects millions upon millions of computer users worldwide.
A program by Tel Aviv-based Soluto targets a widespread source of frustration – computer boot-up time – and earned a TechCrunch Disrupt award in the [...]
Filed under: News, Technology on July 6th, 2010 @ 7:00 am
Tagged with: entrepreneur, innovation, News, startup, success, Technology
For the semi-arid country of Israel, the availability of fresh water has long been an issue. However, with the opening of the country’s third desalination plant, a greater abundance of fresh water may soon be available.
This desalination plant, operating in the northern city of Hadera, is being celebrated as the largest reverse osmosis facility of [...]
Filed under: News, Technology on July 5th, 2010 @ 7:00 am
Tagged with: Community, infrastructure, innovation, Technology
Fiber optics has not yet even become widespread for home use and already, scientists have come up with something potentially better. Unfortunately, the technology isn’t developed well enough for it to replace what’s currently out there, anytime soon.
This new laser technology actually works opposite from the way that most traditional lasers work. Instead of shooting [...]
Filed under: News, Technology on June 24th, 2010 @ 7:00 am
Tagged with: innovation, Technology
A new company called IamaSource (I am a Source) presents an innovative alternative to the traditional advertising and marketing business module. Instead of hiring a team of advertisers who may or may not be capable of producing the results they need, companies are given the opportunity to take advantage of the concept of streamlined crowdsourcing.
Crowdsourcing [...]
Filed under: News on June 23rd, 2010 @ 7:00 am
Tagged with: innovation, innovative, marketing
Ever since the Academy Award-winning song “Jai Ho” made it to hit charts, the music world has been wondering if other South Asian talents can go global as well.
Envision Solar, a San Diego-based company known for its solar-powered carports, has announced a new product in line with the company’s goal to make use of solar energy in unconventional places.