As long as there’s some water available, it can be turned into drinking water and into water for growing crops. iDew is a simple solar water distiller—similar to what was built in the show Voyage of the Mimi. Take a look:
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As long as there’s some water available, it can be turned into drinking water and into water for growing crops. iDew is a simple solar water distiller—similar to what was built in the show Voyage of the Mimi. Take a look:
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Here’s a Twitter feed from the EDF Design Challenge. The results of the July 12th jury will be announced there.
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Scientific American just published an article on the use of computers to conserve water: “Satellite control of company and municipal irrigation systems, based on custom weather data, saves billions of gallons of water nationwide.” The article, “Smart Irrigation: A Supercomputer Waters the Lawn” by Ingfei Chen, was published on July 4, 2011 in the...
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Domingos is a farmer living in the highlands of Serra Malagueta. He says that they get 1000 liters per day from one of his fog nets! He grows potatoes, many different varieties, like we did. Check out the cool use of old beer bottles—he recycles them to help build his structures for farming. The...
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To make our collection of resources a bit more international in scope, here are few videos we found on how to make fog collectors with cheap materials and use them around the globe. Enjoy! The cool addition here are the fans inside the cage that lower the temperature for better fog collection (at least...
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We’ve got an invitation to The Energy Lab — EDF’s new pavilion in France, featuring the winning designs from the EDF Sustainable Design Challenge....
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Our project and its video was just posted on The Water Channel! Here’s a description of what they do: TheWaterChannel was launched at the...
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So now we have three prototypes: two from India and one locally-produced. They are very different. But the latest version is what we are...
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We just got our first glimpse of DRIPS from India — these were produced in India and are being shipped to us now. Can’t...
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This year (2011), we are still focusing on food. We want to know the true cost of food — its price; the distance it...
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