Tag Archives: Green

Chairigami is a small company founded by Zach Rotholz. The company grew out of Zach Rotholz senior project at Yale and grew out of just $5,000 seed money. So just what is Chairigami? It's furniture made from refoldable triple-wall cardboard.

Chip Yates built the Long-EZ based on the design of the Rutan Long-EZ, but the Long-EZ has one difference, it's electric. The Long-EZ is almost 17 feet long and 8 feet high and its wingspan is just over 26 feet. Unlike the traditional plane on which the Long-EZ is based it is quite possibly going to be able to surpass the power provided by the 115 HP Lycoming O-235 air-cooled flat-four engine.

Let us preface by saying that if this is any indication of what the future holds, we don't want to be any part of it. This odd contraption built by Katharina Ungel is called the Farm 432 and is designed to allow people to both grow and harvest fly larvae.

BMW has unveiled its i3 electric car and despite the fuss that BMW has been making about the car, the overall response seems to be tepid.

According to a recent article, atmospheric concentration of Carbon Dioxide has officially passed 400 parts per million. What does this number mean? Well, it's the first time that CO2 levels have passed this mark during human existence.