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SolidWorks Sustainability Software Helps Designers Make The Greenest Products (Video)

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Images via SolidWorks

How can designers make products that they can be sure have a minimized environmental footprint? The software they use during the design phase can make all the difference.

Cisco Saving $24 Million With Packaging Diet

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Photo via casers jean

We're fast to post about packaging failures, which are all too common. But happily, we sometimes get to post about packaging brilliance. Cisco is giving us just such an opportunity.

SolarFold and SolarFan Use Thousands of Tiny Spheres to Charge Your Gadgets

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Image via Engadget

Two new foldable solar chargers from AmbienTech have hit the market. But...They look a little odd, right? That's because they're the first mobile chargers to use spherical solar cells. Each cell has around 1,900 spheres collecting solar energy. They're strong, bendable, and just look cool.

The Port of NY/NJ Will Replace Dirty Old Diesel Trucks to Slash Air Pollution

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Photo: Public domain

Other Truck Fleets, Pay Attention
Did you know that replacing a pre-1994 diesel truck (or at least the engine) with a 2004-2006 model could cut soot pollution by about 2/3, and reduce smog-forming nitrogen oxides (NOx) emissions by more than

MIT Scientists Discover a Way to Generate Electricity with Thermopower Waves in Carbon Nanotubes

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Image: MIT

Could Store Power at 100x More Energy/Weight Than Lithium-Ion
A team of scientists at MIT has discovered a new way to generate power with carbon nanotubes.

How Best to Debate Climate Deniers on TV? Simple: Don't.

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Photo via Sheerman-Chase

I can't wait to see the comments on this one. Really, I can't. But this is a concept that I think is important to think about, especially at a time when much of the media appears to be buying into the narrative that the science supporting climate change is being 'called into question'.

New Charging Method Could Mean Exponentially Faster Battery Recharge Times

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Photo of batteries via Moria, molecules via Technology Review

Powering Up Electronics With Cotton Fabric? It's Happening.

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Photo via WonderMike

Cornell University is about to have a fashion show. And at that fashion show will be clothing made of fabric that is simply electrifying. No, really.