All Entries in the "Green" Category
Go Invisible
Here’s a cool green suit that you can use with any Chroma Key video effect to disappear on camera. The idea is that you can use it while standing in front of a green screen to manipulate objects while remaining completely invisible. The Video Green Full Cover Suit is also available in blue and in [...]
NYC’s First Electric Vehicle Charging Station
GE may be taking time in launching designer electric vehicle charging stations, although Coulomb Technologies is already deploying quite a lot of free charge spots. The startup, which is installing nearly 5,000 public and home charging stations across the U.S. as part of the $37 million ChargePoint America program, unveiled its first New York City [...]
Oil Hits Florida Beaches
The BP Gulf Oil Disaster is just that. And the only clean up story circulating right now is the contract actor Kevin Costner has struck with BP. So if you are currently on the west coast of Florida and want to spend a sunny day on the beach, Think again! At least if you’re in [...]
New York: Urban Farms
Illustration by Don Foley. So New York’s concrete jungle is about to get more green, nice! Thanks to Gotham Greens, which is building a hydroponic rooftop farm in Brooklyn. The eco-efficient farm will take a small bite out of the $2 billion in produce that’s trucked into the city each year. Here’s how it works. [...]
New London Double Deckers
It was one of the pledges of his electoral campaign, and now London Mayor Boris Johnson has made good on his promise to bring back the iconic London red double-decker bus. However, this is a cleaner, greener and cooler looking model. Today, the new design, complete with new-generation hybrid engine, was unveiled to the general [...]
LA New Detroit?
Chinese automaker BYD plan to build its US headquarters in Los Angeles. This is the latest in a series of moves that are slowly turning California into the new electric vehicle hotspot. BYD started selling its first plug-in hybrid (the F3DM) in China this week. The company also produces EV batteries and recently established a [...]
