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Oct 23 2020October 23, 2020

Replacing fossil-based plastics with renewables – introducing Mysoda’s new sparkling water makers made of innovative UPM Formi EcoAce

1 Comment / ChangeMaker, Innovation, sustainability, Technology / By SLSV / October 23, 2020 October 23, 2020

UPM Biocomposites and Finnish Mysoda have collaborated to create a range of sparkling water makers made almost entirely out of renewable materials. Traditionally, small kitchen appliances are made out of fossil-based plastics, so this innovation takes the sustainability of this type of product to a completely new level by substantially reducing the carbon footprint of …

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Oct 20 2020October 20, 2020

From trains to desalination plants, nature is inspiring radical designs

Leave a Comment / CSR, Innovation / By SLSV / October 20, 2020 October 20, 2020

Our appreciation of nature has led to interesting innovations in design and engineering. The concept of “biomimicry” could have a big role when it comes to ideas about sustainable design. From birds that can fly for months on end to giant redwoods stretching hundreds of feet into the air, the natural world inspires awe and …

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Oct 14 2020October 14, 2020

A team of researchers from Deakin’s Institute for Frontier Materials (IFM) has won a global green business ideas competition for developing sodium batteries to electrify motor scooters, buses and auto-rickshaws in Indonesia with the goal of cutting carbon dioxide emissions.

Leave a Comment / ChangeMaker, Innovation / By SLSV / October 14, 2020 October 14, 2020

Climate Launchpad 2020 is the world’s largest green business ideas competition, attracting 3,000 entries from 56 countries with the top two finalists in each of the eight categories pitching their ideas to win the Global Final on 2 October. The Deakin team, ElevenStore (from sodium’s atomic number), was victorious in the Sustainability Mobility category and also …

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Sep 28 2020September 28, 2020

Saurabh Mehta’s Team Won Rs 73 Lakh For Inventing Phone-Based Saliva Test

Leave a Comment / ChangeMaker, Covid - 19, Innovation, Technology / By SLSV / September 28, 2020 September 28, 2020

The importance of conducting quick tests for infectious diseases has come to light like never before with the outbreak of the novel Coronavirus. Building on the same, a research team led by an Indian-American has now come up with a quick and non-invasive way that uses a mobile phone to detect infectious diseases. The Cornell researchers’ team, …

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Sep 15 2020September 15, 2020

The prodigious little girl and her timely invention

Leave a Comment / ChangeMaker, Covid - 19, Innovation / By SLSV / September 15, 2020 September 15, 2020

Neha Shukla, a 15-year-old girl from Pennsylvania, felt helpless watching the horror of the pandemic unfold and invented a sensory device that beeps or vibrates when social distance is breached. A toothy grin adorned Nasdaq screen on Times Square in New York City. It read, “Nasdaq congratulates Neha Shukla on the development of SixFeetApart to …

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