Every year, automakers of the world fill the Frankfurt convention center with the newest car technology and designs. This year at the Frankfurt Auto Show, that means hybrids and full-electric cars are stealing the show, with a large number of the 70 world-premier vehicles running on either battery power or hybrid gas-electric systems. http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2013/09/10/2598351/frankfurt-auto-electric/

Around 1 million tons of coffee grounds are thrown out in America each year, and most go into landfills. http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2013/09/10/2595571/coffee-tea-climate-solution/  

19-year-old inventor finds way to clean up the world’s oceans in under 5 years time http://vr-zone.com/articles/19-year-old-inventor-finds-way-to-clean-up-the-worlds-oceans-in-under-5-years-time/19381.html

  Building A Better Ocean Acidification Detector Can Now Win You $1 Million BY JEFF SPROSS ON SEPTEMBER 9, 2013 AT 12:14 PM A buoy for measuring ocean acidification. CREDIT: Matthew Alford / UW Applied Physics Laboratory The X Prize Foundationannounced a $2 million competition today to spur innovation in the equipment used to measure ocean acidification. Along with climate change,Continue reading “Win 1 Million”

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The Future Is Not Accelerating I have some bad news and some good news for you about the future. First, the bad news. The future is not coming at us any faster than it ever has. We will not become immortal cyborgs with superintelligent computer friends in the next twenty years. The good news isContinue reading “The Slow Future!”

Four New Wind Farms In The Upper Midwest Could Power 750,000 Homes BY MARI HERNANDEZ, GUEST BLOGGER ON AUGUST 24, 2013 AT 10:00 AM CREDIT: Shutterstock Last week, Minneapolis-based utility Xcel Energy proposed its fourth wind farm in the Upper Midwest since mid-July. If approved, the 150-megawatt Border Winds Project would be developed in North Dakota near theContinue reading “Wind Farms in the Upper Midwest.”

http://io9.com/10-real-technologies-that-look-insanely-futuristic-1156180204. I quoted this directly from the post but I think it says what the futuristic technologies are all about very well: Why wait for the future when many of today’s technologies look as though they got here in a time machine? Here are 10 real-life technologies that come from the future. A couple ofContinue reading “10 Real futuristic Technologies!”

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