Tag: Algae
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Glowing algae makes for a living night light
With the right set-up, phosphorescent algae can create a lightshow in your room at night.
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Fighting Slime Crimes in Florida
Florida's waterways are rapidly become gross slimy things.
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Luminous Laser-Cut Lamps Made Out of Kelp
Kelp isn't just for eating; this designer is experimenting with the fast-growing, large algae for lighting.
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Pond Biofuels Takes CO2 From Cement Kiln, Grows Algae And Turns It Into Biofuel
We really do need more of this kind of thinking.
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This Micro-Algae Lamp Absorbs 150-200 Times More CO2 than a Tree! (Video)
French scientist has invented a light powered by algae that absorbs CO2 from the air--1 ton per year! The microalgae streetlamp has the potential to provide significantly cleaner air in urban areas and revolutionize the cityscape.
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Tweetable, Interactive Algae Farm is Energy-Generating "Cyber-Garden" (Photos)
This fascinating installation where algae, bioluminescent bacteria, humans and smartphones interact may chart where a new generation of urban "cyber-gardeners" may go.
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It's Not Just Asian Carp: U.S. Identifies 40 High-Risk Species
Concerned about Asian carp? Meet the invasive cousins, you might say, of the monster fish. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has released a white paper on 40 high-risk species to watch out for,
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Mexico Aims to Be Top Biofuel Producer With Algae Oil
When you think Mexico, think biofuels (not just tequila). That's the message of OriginOil, a Los Angeles, California, company that's been contracted by the Mexican government to produce 1 percent of the
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Ferran Adrià 's elBulli Restaurant Aims for Zero Emissions with Architect Enric Ruiz-Geli's Smartgrid
Image credit: El País According to El País on sunday, celebraty chef Ferran Adrià is plotting a zero emission premises for his restaurant elBulli on the coast of Catalonia, Spain. The 2010 chef of the decade (nominated by The Restaurant magazine) closed
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Stunning Underwater Plants and Sea Life on the Ocean Floor (Slideshow)
The ocean is full of uncharted territory -- and of breathtaking natural wonders that look like they'd be more at home on Pandora than in the blue depths just off the beach where you spent your summer vacation. These stunning underwater plants offer an
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Stunning Underwater Plants and Sea Life on the Ocean Floor
The ocean is full of uncharted territory -- and of breathtaking natural wonders that look like they'd be more at home on Pandora than in the blue depths just off the beach where you spent your summer vacation. These stunning underwater organisms offer an
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Scientist Solves Mystery of Fertile Persian Gulf
On land, a fierce dust storm blots out any sign of life. But offshore, these banes of desert-dwellers' existence can be providers of life in what might otherwise be empty waters,
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Amazing Lamp Powered by Algae, Water, and Your Breath
Treehugger has noted before how one can generate electricity from algae; Now Designboom shows a lamp designed by Mike Thompson that uses the principle. Place the lamp outside and the algae generates electricity during
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Bio-Grow: Electronic Waste To Grow Algae For Biofuels
It's hard to imagine that the widespread issue of electronic waste could be seen as anything more than a problem, but what if it could be reused to make homegrown algae biofuels? That's what industrial design students at of the
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Cost-Competitive Algae Jet Fuel Just Months Away: Pentagon
I'm not sure whether the Pentagon's clean energy projects count toward the idea that environmentalism is socialist, or whether they get a free pass because, well, they are the Pentagon and they know a thing or two
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Forget Fish Oils. Are Algae Oils an Omega-Rich Solution to Overfishing?
To fish oil or not to fish oil has been the ongoing question among wellness- and eco-minded folks such as myself. For good reason, too. The benefits from omega-3 supplements are hard to give up: healthy skin, hair and joints
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Is Algae the Fuel of the Gods?
Image credit: Good Is algae the fuel of the gods? Well, on paper, it very well could be. Industry evangelists predict a bright future in which algae farms produce the equivalent of the entire amount of petroleum the United States' currently uses in a
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The Best of Fast Company: A Green Version of the Red Wagon, Electronic Polar Bears, and the Freedom Leg
This week at Fast Company, we looked at a Silicon Valley designer's green take on the little red wagon, a zoo that replaced real polar bears with electronic versions, a prosthetic leg that replaces crutches, and Joule Biotechnologies' attempt to make
