Trees

Science

Want To See Every Tree In America?

8:30PM January 14, 2012 | Andrew Tarantola

We may sing about purple mountains and amber grains, but one of world’s most vital resources is its vast amount of carbon-catching, oxygen-spewing trees. Now, after six years of effort, NASA knows how many the US has, at least. More »

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British Artist Builds Forest Of PVC Trees

1:00AM November 24, 2011 | Andrew Tarantola

This light-dappled glen of pale trees isn’t a scene out of the next Avatar flick, it’s an awe-inspiring stand of plastic Cherry trees created by designer Tom Price. More »

Gadgets

Finally! A Solar Tree That Can Charge Your iPhone

5:20AM September 20, 2011 | Kwame Opam

It only took few years and a few fascinating if controversial breakthroughs in solar power. Now, thanks to designer Vivien Muller, you can finally have a decorative-houseplant-cum-solar charger for your iPhone right on your desk. Just give it plenty of light. More »

Science

Scientists Sail Among The Tree-Tops With This Canopy Raft

1:30AM August 24, 2011 | Andrew Tarantola

Exploration of forest canopies is no easy task — since researchers can’t cross between tree-tops, they have to clamber up trunks, explore, descend, and then climb the next. Or they did, until the advent of the SolVin Bretzel Canopy Raft. More »

Science

Genius 13-Year-Old Has A Solar Power Breakthrough

8:10AM August 20, 2011 | Brent Rose

When I was 13 I was smoking cigarettes I’d found on the ground and playing Super Nintendo like it was my life’s work. This kid discovered a way to draw 20-50 per cent more power from solar cells. He is way cooler. More »

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The P-Tree Is Just Begging For You To Pee In It

10:00AM July 10, 2011 | Kwame Opam

You’re out with your friends one night. Tipsy. Falling asleep at the bar. Good times. You’re on your way home when, suddenly, nature calls. In your drunken stupor you wish there was a urinal on the tree you’re already peeing on. Et voilà! A toilet for drunks! More »

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These Machines Eat Forests

6:00AM June 14, 2011 | Andrew Tarantola

At the turn of the 20th century, the logging industry relied on armies of lumberjacks swinging axes and band saws to fell a forest. These days, we just send in Harvesters. More »

News

Larry Ellison Is No Friend Of The Majestic Redwood

2:00AM May 30, 2011 | Jack Loftus

Lest we forget that the mega-rich simply do not think like we common folk, take a look at this lawsuit from Oracle founder Larry Ellison. More »

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Light The Way And Grow A Tree Simultaneously Within This Green Lantern Concept

10:00AM May 15, 2011 | Jack Loftus

While the LED’s heat light might actually end up doing more harm than good to the tiny sapling growing within, I have to give a nod to the effort. More »

Mobile

The Art Of Disguising Mobile Phone Towers

1:00AM May 13, 2011 | Rachel Swaby

What would you rather have: crappy mobile phone service, or mobile towers scarring every visible surface? The two are at odds, but, thankfully, there are companies whose entire business is making those radio-wave spreaders disappear. And they’re great at it. More »