As we all know, preserving the environment is becoming more and more prevalent as the years pass and air pollution…
Browsing: Green Energy
Three new wind power projects are coming (Lucky for you if you’re living in any of these areas) One for New…
As some of you Apple aficionados know the late Steve Jobs had several projects on the go throughout his life…
Among the announcements at the start of this year, few have raised the same level of interest as those of…
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.
– Julian Assange; Google Deepmind; Fusion Plasma and facial recognition databases. That’s just a few of this week’s tech stories,…
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.
According to the World Health Organization, in 2012, approximately seven million people died prematurely as a result of exposure to air pollution.…
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.
This has been a big month for transportation. We saw a solar car, an electric bus, and now, a detailed article from Lyft…
Thanks to advances in battery technology there’s at least one company building a “solar-powered car that will be available “for everyone.”…
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 has just circumnavigated the earth. Bertrand Piccard & André Borschberg, with the Solar Impulse 2, became the first people to circumnavigate the globe by .
Pavegen – Fueled By Footsteps Pavegen provides tiles that turn kinetic energy into electricity. “I found a way to use energy from…
The Vitals Birth Name: Michael Moll Nickname / Desired Superhero Name: The Full Time Optimist Hometown: Nairobi, Kenya (Born) -…
Ten or even five years ago “impact” was seen as its own industry. Few people had heard of impact investing,…
It’s a Thursday evening and your boss just called, telling you not to come down to the office in the…
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.
Your wireless phone charger may be cool and all, but it’s never going to be ‘potted plant charger’ cool. To…
Believe it or not, we don’t cover every piece of tech news here at SnapMunk. In an effort to keep…
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.
In the age of digital devices, it seems like everything you own needs constant charging. Between your smartphone, laptop, computer…
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 fan boys and tech press are thrown into a frenzy every time Cupertino sends out a call, and yesterday…
Believe it or not, we don’t cover every piece of tech news here at SnapMunk. In an effort to keep…
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.
Lighting and electricity are the backbone of civilization, yet many citizens in developing nations are left in the dark. Without…
If you’re a lover of all things technology, you know to keep the festive spirit going past New Year’s Eve…
In the last century, humanity has achieved incredible advancements from widespread adoption of the automobile, to splitting the atom, to…
As entrepreneur extraordinaire Kermit the Frog put it, “It isn’t easy being green.” Maybe Kermit should stick to being a…
Inductive charging devices have been around for some time. We’ve seen them in electric toothbrushes, mobile phones and other household…
It has been yet another impressive week for entrepreneurs raising financial funding to back their endeavors. From mobile app startups…
From a nearly $600 million dollar valuation for a pre-launch startup to investments in sectors like solar and life sciences,…
Congrats, Mr. Musk – you’ve done it again. In fewer than 140 characters, you’ve sent the tech worlds’ rumor mill…