Collaborate Disseminate
Cog railways are a somewhat unusual way of train locomotion, typically only installed when a train needs to climb steep terrain. Any grade above about 10% needs the extra traction …read more Continue reading All Aboard the Garbage Express
If there’s one thing that never seems to suffer from supply chain problems, it’s litter. It’s everywhere, easy to spot and — you’d think — pick up. Sadly, most of …read more Continue reading Machine Learning Does Its Civic Duty by Spotting Roadside Litter
The longevity of plastic is both a blessing and a curse. On the one hand, it’s extremely durable, inexpensive, and easy to work with, but it also doesn’t biodegrade and …read more Continue reading Discarded Plastic Laser-Cut And Reassembled
Home automation is a fine goal but typically remains confined to lights, blinds, and other things that are relatively stationary and/or electrical in nature. There is a challenge there to be certain, but to really step up your home automation game you’ll need to think outside the box. This automated …read more
Home automation is a fine goal but typically remains confined to lights, blinds, and other things that are relatively stationary and/or electrical in nature. There is a challenge there to be certain, but to really step up your home automation game you’ll need to think outside the box. This automated …read more
No matter who you are, you produce garbage of some kind or another. Two students decided they wanted to create a smart garbage can that could alert them when the can is full or even when it is stinky.
We will go on on the record: we didn’t know that …read more
A government clean up operation launched this week near the Indonesian capital has removed more than 40 tons of trash each day. Continue reading Indonesian Islands Are Drowning in Trash
For the first time, scientists have calculated how much plastic we’ve produced, and its fate. It isn’t pretty. Continue reading Earth Is Choking on 8.3 Billion Metric Tons of Plastic Waste
Humanity has come up with some unbelievably bad storage solutions for radioactive waste over the years. Continue reading Kitty Litter, Ocean Burial, Shooting It at the Sun: The Worst Ways to Stash Nuclear Waste
Drones are adding functionality to our everyday lives, and automation is here to help humanity whether we’re ready for it or not. In a clever combination of the two, [Richard Hardiman] of RanMarine has developed small drone-boats that scoop up garbage from the ocean — he calls them ‘Waste Sharks.’
The two models — slim and fatboy — aim to collect up to 1,100 pounds of garbage apiece in the ‘mouths’ just below the water’s surface. The Waste Sharks are still restricted to remote control and are only autonomous when traveling between waypoints, but one can see how this technology …read more
Continue reading Waste Shark Aims To Clean Our Harbours And Oceans