AlwaysOn is a silicon valley media that hopes to “identify the sweet spots in the market, where technology innovation is disrupting behavior and creating explosive new entrepreneurial opportunities for both startups and big businesses” so it’s not surprising that they’re tracking the ‘green’ market. They’ve just announced their Top 100 list: Investment and public interest […]
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What Can Architecture Learn From Nature?
Blue Turns Green
Long known as “Big Blue“, IBM is turning green… The challenges have become clear: the need for clean water and air; affordable and reliable delivery of energy; the dwindling supply of fossil fuels; the reality of climate disruption and its implications for future generations. At IBM, our approach is twofold: we are working to make […]
From the Jaws of Nereis Virens
Tendril + Zigbee = Smart Grid @ Home
Cnet’s Green Tech blog offers a write-up on Tendril: “Most in-home displays take information from the outside meter, but because ours are networked devices and because we’re talking to the utilities’ back office, we know what the price plan is and we can present it in dollars and cents.” Continued at Green Tech… Smart indeed! […]
Biomimicry Workshop in September
Bay Area Public Transport via Google Maps
Funding News: Measure & Monitise Carbon
Cnet News reports on two recent fundings: Software company Carbonetworks on Monday is expected to announce it has secured $5 million series in A financing, led by clean-tech venture firm NGEN Partners. Continued at Cnet… CarbonFlow has raised $2.9 million in its first round of venture funding from Clean Pacific Ventures, OVP Venture Partners, and […]
Re-thinking Animal Intelligence
Fascinating program this morning from one of my favorite radio shows/podcasts: In Baltimore, Maryland, there’s an octopus that likes to play with toys. In Vienna, Austria, there’s a border collie with a vocabulary of 340 words – more than many toddlers. Southeast Asia is home to dozens of elephants who like to paint. In this […]
Human Health Depends on Biodiversity
One of the key things that attracted me to the field of biomimicry was that it showed in very clear terms the value of protecting biodiversity. I just heard the authors of “Sustaining Life: How Human Health Depends on Biodiversity” interviewed on PRI’s Living on Earth and thought it well worth sharing: Variety isn’t just […]