♻️ Green Tech
📱 Sustainable smartphone can raise the bar for the whole industry
Today's smartphone industry is responsible for a substantial carbon footprint, and the situation doesn't get any better with phones that are hard to repair and recycle. Also, some of the components, like, for example, cobalt, gold, and tungsten, might come...
🍿 Popcorn – the next sustainable building material?
Popcorn could be more than just a delicious snack. Scientists at Göttingen University, located in Germany, have found that boards insulated with popcorn had great thermal insulation and were good at protecting against fires. Protecting against fires is a very...
🚘 More sustainable driving when the cloud takes over the steering wheel
Presented by Amazon Web ServicesNot sure when it's time to change tires on your car? Not for the season, but because the tires have done their thing and are run out? Or do you want to be able to take the EV for a longer trip but get sweaty at the mere thought of...
💡 Battery prices continue to drop- what does that mean for electric cars?
In our very first Optimist's Edge article, we wrote about the future of electric cars, and when these would be as affordable to buy as the equivalent petrol or diesel car.Now the facts for 2021 have become available and it is time to update the conclusions and...
