Articles Tagged with the word ‘technology’
30 May 2013
With social media and email waiting to fill our every spare moment, many have become dependent on connecting via technology. So what happens when you take a digital detox, reconnecting with new experiences, other people and the land instead?
UK / Environment, Positive Products
06 May 2013
10% of profits from new mobile phone service will go to WWF
18 Apr 2013
A new breed of online courses offers in-depth learning for free, from anywhere in the world. Nicola Slawson tries one out and considers the effects Massive Open Online Courses will have on traditional education
UK / Technology
12 Apr 2013
London-based designers dream up a gravity powered lamp, which could light the far corners of the developing world using a bag filled with rocks or sand
31 Jan 2013
Cramped, windowless dwellings in impoverished parts of the world are being given a new lease of life thanks to a remarkably simple invention
18 Jan 2013
Marine energy has the potential to provide the UK with 20% of its power requirements. Jacqueline Easby considers its future role in energy supply and asks why the technology has not seen more investment
16 Jan 2013
Thanks to a new collaborative programme and its open source ethics, young farmers in the US are working together to share sustainable and innovative farming technologies, ensuring the longevity of their livelihoods
06 Dec 2012
Reflecting on his internship at Positive News, Tom Lawson considers the benefit of the internet at a time of change in the media
11 Jun 2012
A new phone app called Buddy is being used by mental health service providers to help patient wellbeing
Algae Powered Airship
03 Nov 2010
Introducing a new concept airship that is effectively powered by algae based bio-fuel derived from brackish and waste water.
Practical Use for the Heat from Your Feet
18 Aug 2010
Orange along with researchers and manufacturers GotWind have devised a charger, integrated in your boots that will power your mobile phone.
Super Tram
18 Aug 2010
The Fraunhofer research facility is set to change the face of German public transport for the better with its new concept, the Super Tram.
TEDGlobal 2010
22 Feb 2010
The TEDGlobal 2010 Conference will run between the 12-16 July in Oxford UK. If you want to participate in this positive event, now is the time to register.
Orange Pitches a Tent with Juice
07 Sep 2009
Mobile network operator, Orange, have utilised state of the art, eco-technology to come up with the tent of the future.
Jacque Fresco's Vision of a New Future
15 Jun 2009
Jacque Fresco, at the age of 93 is a scientist, architect, inventor, designer and urban visionary, who has spent a lifetime conceiving ways to build a better world.
Plastic Fantastic
15 Jun 2009
Recycling company Nextek has recently developed new technology, which is helping to clean up the South Pacific Ocean.
The Ziggurat Project
10 Mar 2009
Timelinks, an innovative environmental design company based in Dubai, have recently unveiled their vision of a city of the future' at the 2008 Cityscape Dubai exhibition.
Changing World -Energy
30 Nov 2008
Changing World looks at innovation all around the world from Seawater Greenhouses, how South Africa is investing clean technologies.