Denmark To Build Artificial Island For Wind Farms To Power The Whole Country
by Juan Cole: Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – AFP reports that Denmark’s parliament has just committed to building an artificial island off its shores that will be home to hundreds of huge wind turbines… […]
Arjuna Ardagh – Unplug
by Arjuna Ardagh: There is plenty of advice to be found these days all over the web about the necessity to unplug regularly from technology: […]
A High-Tech Path To A Blue Economy
by (Scientific American) Technological innovation and a deep conservation ethic have made Canada a destination for ocean industry leaders… […]
These Futuristic Flying Ambulances May Soon Be Zooming Around New York
by Vanessa Bates Ramirez: Ambulance use surged in 2020 because of the Covid-19 pandemic, even as emergency medical service providers struggled due to the revenue hit they took from delayed and canceled elective procedures… […]
Scientists Just Created A Catalyst That Turns CO2 Into Jet Fuel
by Edd Gent: Air travel is one of the worst contributors to global warming, burping out nearly a billion tons of CO2 a year… […]
All New Homes In Wales To Be Powered By Clean Energy From 2025
by Pamela Largue: The consultation proposals unveiled by Housing Minister, Julie James, are part of wider Welsh Government plans to address the climate emergency it declared last year… […]
Boston Dynamics Robots Dancing To ‘Do You Love Me?
by Scott Beale: Our whole crew got together to celebrate the start of what we hope will be a happier year… […]
NASA Scientists Achieve Long-Distance ‘Quantum Teleportation’ Over 27 Miles For The First Time
by Joe Pinkstone: Scientists have demonstrated long-distance ‘quantum teleportation’ – the instant transfer of units of quantum information known as qubits – for the first time. […]
Will 2021 Be The Year That Solar Becomes A Driver Of Total Home Energy Efficiency?
by Gabe Abbott: 2020 has been a challenging year for everyone, including those in the solar industry, but as we’ve persevered and adapted to new digital selling… […]
QuantumScape’s New Solid-State Battery Is Twice As Energy-Dense As Lithium-Ion
By Edd Gent: The biggest barriers to widespread adoption of electric vehicles are their limited range and long charging times compared to gasoline cars… […]
In 2020, We Reached Peak Internet. Here’s What Worked — And What Flopped.
by Geoffrey A. Fowler: Covid-19 made Zoom, WiFi, virtual school, Instacart, streaming and telemedicine parts of everyday life. What will we keep using when this is all over? […]
New Zealand Is About to Test Long-Range Wireless Power Transmission
By Jason Dorrier: A famous image of inventor Nikola Tesla shows him casually sitting on a chair, legs crossed, taking notes—oblivious to […]
Roaring Into 2021 With The Energy Policies That Matter
by Jemma King:For many, 2020 has been the worst year in living memory. But, amidst the doom and gloom, there have been positive news stories relating to energy and the environment… […]
China Is Building A Floating Train That Could Be Faster Than Air Travel
by Rosamond Hutt: China has unveiled a prototype of a new magnetic levitation (maglev) train designed to reach speeds of up to 600 km/h… […]
Could Hackers ‘Brainjack’ Your Memories In Future?
by Pablo Uchoa: Imagine being able to scroll through your memories like an Instagram feed, reliving with vivid details your favorite life moments and backing up the dearest ones… […]
Top 50 Moonshots (2000 – 2020)
by Peter Diamandis: We’re living during the age of “Moonshots”, a time where entrepreneurs and scientists are able to go 10x farther than ever before… […]
Hyperloop Hopes Perk Back Up With Branson Challenger’s R&D Deals
by Tara Patel: Hyperloop Transportation Technologies Inc. said by the end of this decade it could be rolling out a commercial version of the high-speed transport concept envisioned by Elon Musk… […]
Chinese Scientists Claim Breakthrough In Quantum Computing Race
by Shiyin Chen: Chinese scientists claim to have built a quantum computer that is able to perform certain computations nearly 100 trillion times faster than the world’s most advanced supercomputer… […]
VW’s Battery Bet Reveals Data Showing Tech Could Top Tesla
by Gabrielle Coppola: QuantumScape Corp., a battery startup that counts Volkswagen AG as its largest shareholder, says new data show its batteries can be charged to as much as 80% of full power in 15 minutes… [...]
After AI, Fashion And Shopping Will Never Be the Same
by Peter H. Diamandis, MD: AI and broadband are eating retail for breakfast… […]
Light-based Quantum Computer Exceeds Fastest Classical Supercomputers
The setup of lasers and mirrors effectively “solved” a problem far too complicated for even the largest traditional computer system. […]
AI Has Cracked A problem That Stumped Biologists For 50 years.
by Sigal Samuel: It’s a huge deal… […]
Why the World Is (Still) Better Than You Think—New Evidence For Abundance
by Peter Diamandis: Your mindset matters — now more than ever… […]
The Many Health Benefits Of Cryotherapy
by Dr. Mercola: While living in a climate-controlled environment has its benefits in terms of keeping us comfortable… […]
Bill Gates: Here’s My Plan to Improve Our World — And How You Can Help
by Bill Gates: I am a little obsessed with fertilizer. I mean I’m fascinated with its role, not with using it. […]
New Reactor Design Could Produce First Ever Energy-Positive Fusion Reaction
by Edd Gent: Nuclear fusion has gone from a scientists’ pipe dream to a technology attracting serious investment… […]
Guy Uses Drones To Rescue Animals From Disasters
We all already knew Dave Rubin was a conservative, but it’s good to hear him acknowledge it every once in a while. Sam Seder and the Majority Report crew discuss this… […]
Wind and solar are the new cash crops
by Kevin Brehm: We’re living in an era of big numbers and rapid shifts. In a matter of weeks, the pandemic transformed the lives of billions all over the world. […]
3 Things Energy Efficiency Could Do
by Sarah Golden: Regular readers of Energy Weekly know Energy Efficiency Day is one of my favorite holidays… […]
Diamonds Are Abundant
by Peter Diamandis: What’s more scarce than perfect diamonds, right? Wrong. […]
Green Hydrogen, Holy Grail For Long-Term Energy Storage, Getting Supermajors’ Attention
by Mona Dajani: Using renewable electricity to convert water to hydrogen fuel is one answer for the energy storage needed for solar and wind power to reach their full potential… […]
Peter Diamandis – Human Longevity and The Future
by Peter Diamandis: Human longevity and the future… […]
2 Connections That Will Unleash A Flood Of Human Capital
by Peter H. Diamandis: We are about to massively increase the amount of human genius on Earth in two distinct ways… […]
Earth Power: Hemp Batteries Better Than Lithium And Graphene
by Barnaby De Hoedt: Henry Ford’s Model T was famously made partly from hemp bioplastic and powered by hemp biofuel… […]
Ray Kurzweil’s Wildest Prediction: Nanobots Will Plug Our Brains Into the Web by the 2030s
by Peter Diamandis: I consider Ray Kurzweil a very close friend and a very smart person… […]
You May Not Own A Car In 10 Years
by Peter Diamandis: The era of the internal combustion engine (ICE) car is ending. We may have reached “peak ICE…” […]
How 3D Printing, Vertical Farming, and Materials Science Are Overhauling Food
by Peter H. Diamandis: Food. What we eat, and how we grow it, will be fundamentally transformed in the next decade… […]
It’s Official: Solar Is The Cheapest Electricity In History
by Caroline Delbert: Tough break for fossil fuels… […]
Reinventing Our Kids Education By Peter Diamandis
by Peter Diamandis: This week, Bill Gates announced his plan to invest almost $1.7 billion into reforming U.S. public education over the next five years… […]
5 New Battery Technologies That Will Change The Future
by Karen Wilhelm: Your phone is about to go dead—again—and you can’t find a place to plug it in… […]
Tesla’s New Structural Battery Pack — It’s Not Cell-To-Pack, It’s Cell-To-Body
by Chanan Bos: Tesla’s Battery Day was not just full of surprises… […]
Ray Kurzweil + Disruptive Technologies And Dangerous Ideas Unlisted
by Ray Kurzweil and Peter H. Diamandis: Singularity University co-founder, Google AI Director and noted futurist Ray Kurzweil joined Peter for a 90-minute Ask Me Anything, all aimed at providing you an unfair advantage for your business… [...]
The Immense Potential Of Solar Panels Floating On Dams
by Prachi Patel: Putting solar farms on water has benefits, but coupling them with hydropower amps them up and could provide almost half of the world’s electricity… […]
Top 10 Things You Didn’t Know About Wind Power
by Liz Hartman: 10. Human civilizations have harnessed wind power for thousands of years… […]
Want To Improve Wind And Solar Power? Bring Them Together
by Ben Jervey: By combining intermittent renewable energy sources through hybrid projects, developers are taking advantage of the strengths of each… […]