Category: New Technology

  • Revolutionary new Swiss ‘water battery’ will be one of Europe’s main renewable sources of energy

    A water battery capable of storing electricity equivalent to 400,000 electric car batteries will begin operating in Switzerland next week. The pumped storage power plant was built into a subterranean cavern in the Swiss canton of Valais. With the ability to store and generate vast quantities of hydroelectric energy, the battery will play an important…

  • These smart farms are 100 times more productive than traditional agriculture

    Food security is a global challenge and it’s only getting more critical, says Irving Fain, founder and CEO of Bowery, the vertical farming company using hydroponics and digital agriculture to reimagine the future of produce. “The problem we’re solving at Bowery is a problem that’s not only relevant to the cities we’re in today or…

  • California to Become First State to Install Solar Panels Over Water Canals

    California is home to about 4,000 miles of canals. For decades these complex networks have delivered more than 600 million gallons of water per day to agricultural areas and to residents throughout the state. At the same time, California’s water supply has dwindled. Rising temperatures, groundwater depletion, and decreased precipitation have resulted in an unprecedented,…

  • How companies draw on science fiction

    This article is available at https://www.ft.com/content/f603e438-a4ba-11e7-9e4f-7f5e6a7c98a2  In 1964 Sir Arthur C Clark stood in front of a BBC camera and predicted that by the year 2000 people would be able to communicate instantly with their friends, even when they had no idea where they were.  The author of 2001: A Space Odyssey described a world…