As we all know, preserving the environment is becoming more and more prevalent as the years pass and air pollution […]
Xcel Energy Has 3 New Wind Power Projects On The Way
Three new wind power projects are coming (Lucky for you if you’re living in any of these areas) One for New […]
The Coolest Features in Apple’s New Campus, Apple Park
As some of you Apple aficionados know the late Steve Jobs had several projects on the go throughout his life […]
Arconic Cleans Air & Fights Pollution With New Skyscrapers
Among the announcements at the start of this year, few have raised the same level of interest as those of […]
“Invisible” Styled Solar Panels Are A Thing Thanks To Solar City & Startups
Who says solar panels need to be ugly and clunky? Elon Musk and other entrepreneurs are making renewable energy stylish and sexy with these green-energy materials that look like standard building supplies such as tile, slate, glass, and stone.
SnapMunk Weekly Tech Feed October 21, 2016 Transcript
– Julian Assange; Google Deepmind; Fusion Plasma and facial recognition databases. That’s just a few of this week’s tech stories, […]
SnapMunk WTF: Julian Assange, DeepMind AI, Fusion Reactors, Face Recognition
Welcome to WTF, the new weekly tech news web series from SnapMunk. Join Eric & Devin as they take you through this week’s biggest stories.
A French Startup Is Launching A Fashionable Pollution Protection Scarf
According to the World Health Organization, in 2012, approximately seven million people died prematurely as a result of exposure to air pollution. […]
This Luxury Tent Goes Up Anywhere And Only Costs $100K
The Autonomous Tent Co makes semi-permanent structures that can be disassembled without leaving a trace. Two days to build, $100K … and you’ve got a kind of glamping that puts a cabin in the woods to shame.
Lyft Plans To Be Mostly Electric Self-Driving Cars in Five Years
This has been a big month for transportation. We saw a solar car, an electric bus, and now, a detailed article from Lyft […]
A Solar-Powered Car Got Crowdfunded & Plans To Sell for Under $20K
Thanks to advances in battery technology there’s at least one company building a “solar-powered car that will be available “for everyone.” […]
Water-Cleaning Energy-Generating Smart Bricks: A Dream Tenant For Smart Homes
Smart bricks may be the smartest future of the smart home market, thanks to a team of scientists out of the University of the West of England. These “living” bricks will do things like clean water, reclaim phosphate, generate electricity and facilitate the production of new detergents.
A Solar Powered Airplane Just Circumnavigated the Globe – It Took A Year, But It Made It
A solar powered airplane has just circumnavigated the earth. Bertrand Piccard & André Borschberg, with the Solar Impulse 2, became the first people to circumnavigate the globe by .
5 London Startups Striving For An Eco-Revolution
Pavegen – Fueled By Footsteps Pavegen provides tiles that turn kinetic energy into electricity. “I found a way to use energy from […]
Founder of the Week: Mike Moll of My Green Space
The Vitals Birth Name: Michael Moll Nickname / Desired Superhero Name: The Full Time Optimist Hometown: Nairobi, Kenya (Born) – […]
Impact Entrepreneurship: Where We Are Now And Where We’re Going
Ten or even five years ago “impact” was seen as its own industry. Few people had heard of impact investing, […]
Tesla’s New Air Filtration May Accomplish Something Bigger Than a Gigafactory
It’s a Thursday evening and your boss just called, telling you not to come down to the office in the […]
10 Minutes with Robin Chase, Co-Founder of Zipcar, Buzzcar & Veniam
Robin Chase, co-founder of Zipcar, Buzzcar and Veniam – and obviously, a beacon of transportation technology – talks to us about who she is, why she is, and where everything is headed.
Bioo Uses Photosynthesis to Make Plants Phone Chargers
Your wireless phone charger may be cool and all, but it’s never going to be ‘potted plant charger’ cool. To […]
Weekly Snapshot: Tech News To Know April 18-22
Believe it or not, we don’t cover every piece of tech news here at SnapMunk. In an effort to keep […]
What’s The Startup Status In Renewable Energy?
Here’s what’s going on with clean, renewable energy when it comes to startups in the world of geothermal, solar, wind, and hydropower. You know – earth, sun wind, and water – the most renewable resources around.
Add Salt Water to Charge Your Phone & Shed Some Light
In the age of digital devices, it seems like everything you own needs constant charging. Between your smartphone, laptop, computer […]
LEAOS, The First Self-Sufficient Solar Panel eBike
This electric bike with integrated solar panels comes from Leaos Solar, winner of a 2015 Red Dot Product Design Award. With a top speed of either 25 km/hr or 45 km/hr (depending on the model), automatic and manual transmission, and high performance design, this eBike is generating some buzz. The question is whether it will pay off with funding.
The “Big” Apple Event: Everything You Need to Know
The fan boys and tech press are thrown into a frenzy every time Cupertino sends out a call, and yesterday […]
Weekly Snapshot: Tech News To Know Mar 14-18
Believe it or not, we don’t cover every piece of tech news here at SnapMunk. In an effort to keep […]
Vegas Street Lights To Be Powered by Pedestrian Footsteps
Startup EnGoPlanet has created street lights that can run on solar energy and kinetic energy, the kind created by people walking. They may be a perfect solution for pedestrian-friendly cities like Las Vegas, saving energy and dollars, while also offering unique features like seating areas and smartphone charging stations.
Helping Light Up Developing Nations with Luci and LuminAID
Lighting and electricity are the backbone of civilization, yet many citizens in developing nations are left in the dark. Without […]
5 Exciting Things to Watch for at CES 2016
If you’re a lover of all things technology, you know to keep the festive spirit going past New Year’s Eve […]
By Tinkering With Cars, Elon Musk Is Trying to Stop a Trainwreck
In the last century, humanity has achieved incredible advancements from widespread adoption of the automobile, to splitting the atom, to […]
Green Rules The Day at the TechCrunch Disrupt Battlefield
As entrepreneur extraordinaire Kermit the Frog put it, “It isn’t easy being green.” Maybe Kermit should stick to being a […]
UK to Build Roads that Charge EVs
Inductive charging devices have been around for some time. We’ve seen them in electric toothbrushes, mobile phones and other household […]
Startup Funding Roundup – 3/6/15
It has been yet another impressive week for entrepreneurs raising financial funding to back their endeavors. From mobile app startups […]
Startup Funding Roundup – 2/13/15
From a nearly $600 million dollar valuation for a pre-launch startup to investments in sectors like solar and life sciences, […]
Decoding The Cryptic Tesla D Tweet
Congrats, Mr. Musk – you’ve done it again. In fewer than 140 characters, you’ve sent the tech worlds’ rumor mill […]
