A Japanese inventor named Rikiya Fukuda has developed an automatic door that seems like something straight out of a sci-fi movie. The door uses motion sensors to open just enough to accomodate the shape and size of whatever is passing through it. This saves energy by only opening as much as is r
Posted bySteveon05.15.2006inGreen Building, Society
The number of real estate developers applying to have their projects certified as meeting environmentally friendly green standards has almost doubled over the past 11 months as they scramble to keep up with public demand. When the Canada Green Building Council (CaGBC) launched its LEED (leadership
Posted bySteveon05.13.2006inGreen Building
A project at MIT run by architect Carlo Ratti measures usage on wi-fi access points and cell phones to build a realtime map of human activity on campus. Ratti's research, which uses location data to make real-time maps of how people move through space, gives insight into where people like to work an
Posted bySteveon05.12.2006inSociety
Due to increasing costs of metals, it now costs more to produce pennies and nickels than the finished products are worth. The US Mint estimates that this year it will cost 1.23 cents per penny and 5.73 cents per nickel to produce the coins, a 27% and 19% increase respectively. These rising costs h
Posted bySteveon05.11.2006inSociety, Sustainable Tech
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