Derek Markham
Derek is a digital dad with an analog streak, as comfortable with a smartphone as he is with pencil and paper. He's got a soft spot for babies, bicycles and bouldering, and is the Head Shoveler at his mini-farm startup in New Mexico. You can also find him letting it all hang out on Twitter, Facebook, and NaturalPapa.
Latest Stories from Derek Markham
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Buycott app helps keep your money out of the hands of Monsanto, Koch Bros., and more
This app helps you put your money where your mouth is by only buying products from companies that reflect your principles.
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Monitor your world from your smartphone with these tiny wireless sensors
Keep an eye on temperature, humidity, light levels, and more in your garden or home with these rugged little wireless sensors.
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Meet Earl, your solar-powered backcountry survival tablet
This rugged Android tablet could bring backcountry travel and emergency survival into the 21st century.
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Big Data will provide accurate analysis of wind/wildlife impacts
A new centralized database being developed by the American Wind Wildlife Institute will help wind energy developers minimize the impact of future projects on wildlife.
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Google's new timelapse project shows 30 years of disappearing rainforest in just seconds
Using Landsat imagery taken from as early as 1984, Google Earth's animated GIFs are potent proof of how quickly our world changes.
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Scientists are putting drones to work studying the natural world
The topic of unmanned drones usualy comes up in a military context, but some scientists are embracing the technology to further our understanding of the natural world.
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New portable water filter uses nanoparticles to remove biological and heavy metal pollutants
Using a simple and low-cost technology, researchers have built a point-of-use water filtration device that produces potable water at a cost of less than $3 per year per family.
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Researchers use off-the-shelf 3D printer to build bionic ear
If this cyborg ear is any indication, the high-tech hearing aids of the future might be built with a 3D printer.
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For this mobile phone charger, just add water
A micro fuel cell could extend mobile battery life and charge up portable devices, with just the addition of a little water.
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Internet of Things extends under your sink with new water and electricity sensor technology
New water and energy sensor technology from Belkin analyzes home water and electricity consumption and helps save both money and resources.
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This gadget turns your BBQ into a cellphone charger
A small fuel cell activated by the fire in a campstove or charcoal grill can provide power for mobile charging and LED lighting, while you cook.
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Build a solar cooker for just $5
Learn how to turn posterboard, aluminum foil, a shoelace, and a few binder clips into a solar cooker capable of reaching 375° F
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World's largest underwater observatory will enable real-time interactive ocean study
A networked infrastructure of sensors and fiber optic cables in the northeast Pacific Ocean will bring the internet to the ocean, and the ocean to the internet.
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Move over, Harlem Shake. It's time for the iPhone shake.
A new micro kinetic charger is in the works that will charge your iPhone, just by shaking it.
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Solar project development: There's an app for that.
With an increasing number of people confessing to being "solar curious", quotes for solar PV systems may be in higher demand, and toward that end, solar professionals have a new tool at their disposal for project development.
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Solar cooling panel could provide AC without electricity by sending heat to outer space
A unique solar panel has been designed at Stanford that cools buildings by reflecting sunlight and radiating thermal energy out into space.
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New material could lead to extremely rapid charging of devices
The synthesis of a new type of material may be a key component in the development of "supercapacitors", which could improve power delivery in both consumer devices and heavy equipment.
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Panasonic to donate 100,000 solar lanterns in regions without electricity
By Panasonic's 100th anniversary, the company plans to have donated 100,000 solar-powered lanterns to people in regions without access to electricity.
