The Green Post

Written by Kaber Vasuki on 1/04/2009 11:06:00 AM

The recession is the best thing to have happened to the world because we'll get a few years more to tackle climate change.

Here are some inventions/ innovations that might be the answer. I'll keep updating this list when I come across something. If you know about something that should be on this list, contact me here .

1. The Air Car

I wrote a huge article about this on my older blog. That link is here. Another article I came across is here. Production starts 2010.

2. The NovaTorque motor

Imagine a more efficient, lighter, motor. A motor such as the one NovaTorque have developed would reduce energy consumption in almost every device we know, which in turn would make a huge difference. Production starts this year. The Time magazine article is here.

3. Green Buildings

Buildings are turning eco-friendly. Materials, energy sources, construction methods. Here is an article about it from the Times of India, and this is a neat site about it.

4. The Atmospheric Water condenser

Water from thin air, even in a desert. Need I say more? Here.

5. Domestic Windmills.

We are moving towards decentralized energy production. Domestic windmills and solar panels will powers our homes quite soon, the grid will become history. Or maybe a backup. Here is a site.

6. LEDs

They will light up your rooms, they will become your screens. They will become smaller. They will change the world. LEDs.

7. Bloxes

I came across this one on the Google blog, the idea is wonderful. Bloxes are cardboard boxes that you can fit about in different ways to create different stuff. They were invented by Jef Raskin. Bloxes was founded by his son Aza Raskin. You might be thinking why it made it to this list. Make bloxes from recycled paper = Viola! We'll have something that can drastically reduce the consumption of concrete, cost of construction, and can be reused. What's more, a few scented cardboard bloxes, and your office cabin will smell sweet (you can even change the scent from time to time). The craziest colours you can think of will be possible - be sure you're using water based paints though :). Huge 3-d jigsaw puzzles. If you build a small creche room with it, your baby will never get hurt. Giant build-them-yourself toys. Your imagination is the limit. I would have classified it under "Green Buildings" but, it seemed so versatile, I had to add it separately.

8. The Smart Grid.

Thanks Kido for the tip off. Here's a link.

This list will be updated from time to time. If you know about something that should be on this list, contact me here .

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  1. 23 comments: Responses to “ The Green Post ”

  2. By Ashish on January 4, 2009 10:05 PM

    nice compilation....
    I've one more thing to say
    I've heard of cells developed from viruses or bacteria but I don't know much about them!!!

  3. By Kaber on January 4, 2009 10:10 PM

    Ashish - I'll google that and write about it soon :)

  4. By Luscious Sealed Lips on January 5, 2009 2:16 AM

    Interesting stuff.

    Kisses.

  5. By surya on January 5, 2009 6:34 AM

    what made you think climate change is real and not fad? Do you know that from late 1940s to early 70s, Global cooling was the buzzword?

    Dont tell me you fell for Al Gore's the inconvenient truth ;-)

  6. By Kaber on January 5, 2009 1:01 PM

    Luscious Sealed Lips - :)

    Surya - 1.No body is talking about global warming here buddy. It's climate change. Big difference.

    2.Even if we do assume climate change is 'fake', the innovations I've listed above would reduce pollution, and energy consumption. We could all do with cleaner air and cheaper electricity. I think you would agree :)

  7. By asit dhal on January 6, 2009 8:56 PM

    Let the climate change.....I think its a law of nature.

    This is way in which the worst are going to get killed and the best will only survive.....

    U may say I am paranoid.....but this is reality.

  8. By Kaber on January 7, 2009 1:05 PM

    asit dhal - dude, you need to get your self checked by some pschyocologist, lol :D

  9. By Tina on January 7, 2009 1:36 PM

    Kaber, Interesting post. Specially the one on Green buildings. I work for a consulting co and we do research on Green Buildings. Thanks for the link to the times of india article

    Cheers
    Tee

  10. By Kaber on January 7, 2009 3:34 PM

    Tina - Your welcome. Oh, do you have anything interesting to add about green buildings?

  11. By Kido on January 8, 2009 9:43 PM

    A seemly compilation :)

    Here's a good read (not sure if you know about it) - http://news.cnet.com/greentech/?tag=rb_content;overviewHead

    And of course, thank you for visiting my blog :)

    I shall definitely let you know once I start posting :)

    Cheers

  12. By Kaber on January 9, 2009 12:51 PM

    Kido - I didn't know about that, will add that too. Thanks for the tip Kido

  13. By Kido on January 9, 2009 1:19 PM

    :)

  14. By Julia Scissor on January 11, 2009 11:12 PM

    Great compilation. Climate change is an issue that worries me but I find myself doing little about it outside of my sphere of influence.

  15. By Kaber on January 12, 2009 4:20 PM

    Julia Scissor - Yup, that happens. I think I should put up a few other suggestions like little things that you can do that'll make a difference.

  16. By Julia Scissor on January 12, 2009 5:48 PM

    Thanks.

    @ asit: That's a twisted take on 'survival of the fittest'.

  17. By aZoed on February 3, 2009 5:56 PM

    The Bloxes were something new that I found about... thank you!

  18. By Kaber Vasuki on February 3, 2009 7:20 PM

    aZoed - you are welcome. Thanks for the follow

  19. By kicking.and.screaming on April 15, 2009 3:19 AM

    This be the only example of your Eco Geekness? Or you got more that I couldnt find?

  20. By kicking.and.screaming on April 15, 2009 3:21 AM

    PS- Help help!
    How do you make words into links to websites?

    Ive been wanting to know for a while now.

  21. By kicking.and.screaming on April 15, 2009 1:46 PM

    Rabbit tails.

    Ignore this. Its because I didnt check the 'notify me' box.

  22. By kicking.and.screaming on April 15, 2009 6:20 PM

    Why so weird? Only asking for help, no? Please help?

    Im the new one on IAW.

  23. By kang on July 10, 2009 12:09 AM

    "Three types of fuels can be produced easily via agriculture – liquid fuels like ethanol or biodiesel; gaseous fuels like methane; and electricity. These fuels can be used for transportation, electricity production and motive power for industries. "

    link is here

  24. By kang on July 10, 2009 12:14 AM

    Also check out The Ashden Award.

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