As reported on TechCrunch. by Darrell Etherington I’ve never driven a BMW, or an electric car, so I might have been an odd choice to test drive the new BMW i3, the German car maker’s all-electric hatchback, which packs the equivalent of 170 HP into its electric engine. But an unexpected reviewer might be the perfect candidate for an unexpected car. The car, which was on limited display at CES back in January, is on sale as…
As reported The Verge. By Carl Franzen Travel writer stumbles upon a deep, dark secret There’s something particularly eerie about an abandoned shopping mall. Perhaps it’s the stark contrast from its intended purpose: to see such a sterile place once designed to entice throngs of shoppers into its doors, now so completely devoid of any human life, dilapidated and darkened with time. It’s basically the very definition of post-apocalyptic. But in the case of the (now ironically…
As reported on Engadget. BY STEVE DENT Right now, you can install relatively cheap technology on your own roof and power your house, gadgets and even your car. For free! Sorcery? Not so much. The Earth receives more energy from our sun in about one hour than humans consume in an entire year. That’s why solar power was the second leading source of new energy last year, and why companies like Google and IKEA are now in the solar panel business. However, many…
As reported on The Verge. By Kwame Opam In an extensive report released today at the White House, the US Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) gave its clear vision of the dangers of global warming, stating, “Climate change, once considered an issue for a distant future, has moved firmly into the present.” Reiterating points made by the UN earlier this year, the report shows that the effects of increasing temperatures can already be felt across globe, and…
As reported on TechCrunch. by John Biggs The company will supply 1,000 shared bicycles at the new HQ and will use 30% less energy than the typical office building. It will also include solar and other renewable energy sources. Built in the “fruit bowl of America,” the new 2.8-million-square-foot space will house 13,000 engineers and be finished in 2016. Below are some more shots of the amazing new space.
As reported on Engadget. BY MAT SMITH Reiterating what the Apple CEO said at last month’s shareholder meeting, Tim Cook still wants to “leave the world better than we found it”, and nows he’s trying harder to deliver on that. Starting today, all of the company’s stores will accept any Apple product for recycling at no charge. Better still, if it looks resalable, the company will offer some store credit (read Apple gift card) to sweeten…
As reported on TechCrunch. by John Biggs A German company, Biozoon, is working on a 3D-printed food extruder that creates food that literally melts in your mouth, allowing elderly patients with dysphagia – the inability to swallow – to eat without choking. Biozoon uses molecular gastronomy to create food that can be “printed” using a standard extruder-based printer. The food solidifies and is completely edible but when it’s eaten it quickly dissolves in the mouth. Over 60% of older…
As reported on The Verge. By Rich McCormick Two years after Greenpeace slammed Apple for using “dirty energy” to power its cloud data, the environmental group has praised the company for its usage of renewable energy in maintaining its datacenters, calling it “the most innovative and most aggressive” firm in Silicon Valley in terms of using clean power. Apple’s datacenters scored 100 percent in Greenpeace’s clean energy index, with none of their energy coming from coal, nuclear, or natural gas…
As reported on The Verge. By Amar Toor Panel warns that impacts may be ‘severe, pervasive, and irreversible’ unless greenhouse gas emissions are brought under control A United Nations panel today said that the effects of climate change are already being felt across the globe, warning in a major report that they will likely be “severe, pervasive, and irreversible” in the years to come. The report, released by the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), concludes…
As reported on Wired. BY BEN PAYNTER Monsanto’s new veggies are sweeter, crunchier, and more nutritious—with none of the “Frankenfoods” ick factor. Nicholas Cope In a windowless basement room decorated with photographs of farmers clutching freshly harvested vegetables, three polo-shirt-and-slacks-clad Monsanto executives, all men, wait for a special lunch. A server arrives and sets in front of each a caprese-like salad—tomatoes, mozzarella, basil, lettuce—and one of the execs, David Stark, rolls his desk chair forward, raises…