💡 Innovation
🍄 Plastic-eating mushrooms - a key to removing plastic waste?
Some scientists believe that certain mushrooms with the ability to consume polyurethane - which is one of the main ingredients in plastic products - is the key to cleaning up our earth.
⚡ Laser beams can deflect lightning strikes
By shooting thousands of laser pulses into the air, it is possible to divert lightning strikes.
💄 A type of handle makes it easier for people with reduced mobility to apply lipstick
A type of handle makes it easier for people with reduced mobility to apply lipstick.
🍟 France’s ban on single-use restaurant tableware is a fast-food “revolution”
On January first, many different fast-food chains in France, like McDonald’s, pioneered new waste-reduction laws that bans single-use restaurant tableware.
💡 Optimist's Edge: Why we should make the future come sooner
Do you think fast progress is dangerous? Use the seat belt test. What if the seat belt had been invented ten years earlier? If progress in vehicle safety had been faster, thousands of lives would have been saved.
♻️ Sustainability Boosts Zero-Waste Packaging Market
The zero-waste packaging market is anticipated to expand significantly due to the growing focus on sustainable packaging together with improving waste management infrastructure.
🌤 A solar project that is a Win-Win-Win-Win
A 10 megawatt community solar landfill project is being developed in New Jersey. The solar farm consists of two 5 MW systems and they can produce enough electricity for about 2000 homes.
🚬 Crows help remove cigarette butts from the streets of Sweden
In Sweden, a startup is training wild crows to pick up cigarette butts from the streets.
🦈 Drones will protect surfers from sharks - and sharks from people
Drones can detect sharks long before they pose a danger to surfers and swimmers and reduce the risk of sharks becoming entangled and dying in safety nets around beaches.