innovation

Jul
26

DiCaprio, Nasheed join Zayed Future Energy Prize jury

Maldives President Mohammed Nasheed and Oscar-award-winning actor and environmental activist Leonardo DiCaprio are among the new members of the jury
1 min read
Jun
20

Zayed Prize offers $4m for energy innovators

Small businesses and individuals who are leading the transition to cleaner, more sustainable energy can now enter the Zayed Future
2 min read
Apr
18

Cash prizes! Smarter energy?

Looks like Siemens has taken a page from GE’s playbook by launching a large-scale competition to find and fund
1 min read
Mar
17

IBM opens innovation centre in Mexico

IBM has opened its first IBM Innovation Centre in Mexico. Local startups, venture capitalists, developers and academics will gather there
1 min read
Jan
06

Crowdsourcing a sustainable future

“Crowdsourcing” might be just the label du jour for what is really simple collaboration or competition for the best ideas.
2 min read
Nov
04

Shanghai goes all-out for green

Despite now being the world’s top greenhouse gas emitter, China is going all-out to improve its sustainability with a
2 min read
Jul
06

The carbon tax hiding inside your drawers

Amid all the questions about where companies can meet their carbon reduction commitments, not often would attention turn to the
4 min read
Jul
02

Magnets could be key to cleaner, greener refrigerators

Magnets could hold the secret to ultra-efficient household refrigerators and cooler laptops, but the theory probably has years to go
2 min read
May
19

'Sharkskin' paint could make planes, ships more fuel-efficient

A nanomaterial-based paint inspired by the flow-efficient texture of shark scales could help reduce fuel consumption for airplanes and ships,
1 min read
Nov
02

Silent, simple and easy to maintain: Meet a better wind turbine

Matthew Luethi knows a few things about those wind turbines you see cropping up everywhere that you might not know.
3 min read