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- Liberland may be the world's first sovereign nation powered by algae Fri, 3 Jun 16, 5:04amThe winning proposal is a pedestrian-friendly design that supports a growing populace with stackable horizontal structures. Called Inverted Archeology, this groundbreaking technique constructs the city-state in consecutive...
- The Top 10 Most Innovative Algae-Powered Designs Wed, 22 Oct 14, 1:00amAlgae is blessed with qualities such as bioluminescence—the ability to glow in the dark—and photosynthesis, which is a process used by plant life that converts solar energy into chemical energy, the latter of which can...
- Spanish Town Become World’s First to Run its Vehicles on Sewage Fri, 28 Jun 13, 4:30amPhoto via Shutterstock Say you're a small town looking to add some green energy options to your city. You could invest in good old wind or solar power, or in the case of one Spanish town, you could just ask your citizens...
- Gyula Bodonyi’s Algae Powered LED is Truly a “Green” Light Bulb Sat, 1 Jun 13, 7:28amThe tear-shaped bulb is made up of an air pump, LED, hidrophob container, PC Shell, and air outlet. The system sucks in carbon dioxide and water through the pump near the E27 screw-top, and as the air passes through the bulb,...
- The World’s First Algae-Powered Building Opens in Hamburg Thu, 11 Apr 13, 5:09amThe world’s first algae-powered building just opened in Hamburg! Dubbed the BIQ House, the project features a bio-adaptive algae facade and it will serve as a testing bed for sustainable energy production in urban areas...
- Biophotovoltaic Moss Table Generates Electricity Through Photosynthesis Fri, 27 Apr 12, 9:30amWhat if your lamp and laptop could be powered by plants? ‘Moss Table’ by Biophotovoltaics is an innovative concept product demonstrating the future potential of Bio-Photo-Voltaic (BPV) technology...
- Moss Table by Biophotovoltaics Generates Electricity Through Photosynthesis Thu, 26 Apr 12, 4:20amWhat if your lamp and laptop could be powered by plants? ‘Moss Table’ by Biophotovoltaics is an innovative concept product demonstrating the future potential of Bio-Photo-Voltaic (BPV) technology...
- High-Flying Algae Airships are Self-Sufficient Airborne Cities Mon, 10 May 10, 3:44pmArchitect Vincent Callebaut recently unveiled a blue-sky plan for a high-flying fleet of self-sufficient aircraft that are one part zeppelin cities and one part hydrogen-generating floating farms...
- Stanford Scientists Harvest Electricity From Algae Photosynthesis Fri, 16 Apr 10, 6:10amScientists at Stanford have just discovered the greenest source of energy yet — harvesting electricity directly from plants! They’ve successfully collected energy from photosynthetic processes in algae by tapping...
- Algae-Covered Buildings Boost Biofuel Production Tue, 8 Sep 09, 11:00pmAre living green buildings just around the corner? A report recently released by the Institute of Mechanical Engineers suggests that sealed containers of algae photobioreactors could be integrated into the sides of buildings...