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KickSat: Our goal is to dramatically lower the cost of spaceflight, making it easy enough and affordable enough for anyone to explore space

Posted by Richard Christophr Saragoza in biotech/medical, computing, solar power, space travel, sustainability

Jun 10
2019

We can do this by shrinking the size and mass of the spacecraft, allowing many to be launched together.

The Sprite is a tiny (3.5 by 3.5 centimeter) single-board spacecraft. It has a microcontroller, radio, and solar cells and is capable of carrying single-chip sensors, such as thermometers, magnetometers, gyroscopes, and accelerometers. To lower costs, Sprites are designed to be deployed hundreds at a time in low Earth orbit and to simultaneously communicate with a ground station receiver.

Skyscraper Farms Are About to Go Global

Posted by Quinn Sena in food, sustainability

Jun 10
2019

Spread is producing pesticide-free vegetables.

World’s First Hydraulic-Driven Vertical Farm Produces 1 Ton of Vegetables Every Other Day

Posted by Quinn Sena in climatology, sustainability

Jun 10
2019

Year-round vegetables, minimal resources, climate-resistant—we’ve sung praises about vertical farms many times before. But Singapore’s Sky Greens is something very special.

The “Quantum Glass” Battery Hype

Posted by Quinn Sena in finance, quantum physics, sustainability, transportation

Jun 9
2019

There is a new battery type being hyped, with terms such as “Quantum Glass” battery or even “The Jesus Battery” and a claim that “It Will Ignite the Global $3 Trillion Electric Car Revolution.” Go and see it for yourself at investorplace.com (video transcript available from me), Forbes, and other financial information services.

This touted breakthrough in battery technology is the latest in a slew of innovative ideas that include “batteries made with sand,” “stretchable batteries,” “foam batteries,” “pee powered batteries,” “laser-made micro-super-capacitors” and more (13 Amazing Battery Innovations That Could Change The World).

‘High Likelihood of Human Civilization Coming to an End’ in 2050, New Report Suggests

Posted by Paul Battista in climatology, military, sustainability

Jun 9
2019

The climate change analysis was written by a former fossil fuel executive and backed by the former chief of Australia’s military.

50 Years Ago, Scientists Wanted to Build Solar Panels on The Moon

Posted by Klaus Baldauf in solar power, space, sustainability

Jun 9
2019

In 1969, scientists proposed building solar panels on the moon to convert the sun’s energy into electricity that can be used on Earth.

“Sun in a box” would store renewable energy for the grid

Posted by Quinn Sena in energy, sustainability

Jun 8
2019

Design for system that provides solar- or wind-generated power on demand should be cheaper than other leading options.

We Have Room to Add 35% More Trees Globally to Store 160 Billion Tons of CO2

Posted by Quinn Sena in sustainability

Jun 6
2019

There is enough room to plant another 1.2 trillion trees on Earth. If we plant 1.2 trillion trees this could cancel out the last 10 years of CO2 emissions and sequester 160 billion tons of CO2.

Above – Potentially possible tree density: Additional trees in yellow. (image: Crowther Lab / ETH Zurich)

Michelin and GM Reinvent The Wheel With Airless Tire That’s Totally ‘Puncture Proof’

Posted by Quinn Sena in sustainability, transportation

Jun 6
2019

Michelin and General Motors have teamed up to literally reinvent the wheel with a new generation of high-tech airless tires.

The automotive companies’ Uptis (Unique Puncture-proof Tire System) prototype grabbed headlines after it was presented at the Movin’On Summit on sustainable mobility in Montreal this week.

It doesn’t have a traditional sidewall and carries a load by the top via a resin-embedded fiberglass material that Michelin already has 50 patents for, according to Car and Driver.

Drugs make headway against lung, breast, prostate cancers

Posted by Paul Battista in biotech/medical, food, sustainability

Jun 5
2019

CHICAGO (AP) — Newer drugs are substantially improving the chances of survival for some people with hard-to-treat forms of lung, breast and prostate cancer, doctors reported at the world’s largest cancer conference.

Among those who have benefited is Roszell Mack Jr., who at age 87 is still able to work at a Lexington, Kentucky, horse farm, nine years after being diagnosed with lung cancer that had spread to his bones and lymph nodes.

“I go in every day, I’m the first one there,” said Mack, who helped test Merck’s Keytruda, a therapy that helps the immune system identify and fight cancer. “I’m feeling well and I have a good quality of life.”