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Green walls and rooftop gardens are great, but keeping them healthy in the Middle East and North Africa can be challenging. Green Studios, whose work in...
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Create an ocean water health sensor and win $2 million

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Ocean acidification has reached record levels, so the deep-pocketed Board of XPRIZE are at it again - using "incentivization" to spark technological breakthroughs to...
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Phinergy tests range-extending aluminum-air battery for EVs in Montreal

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The world's third largest producer of aluminum has teamed up with Israel's Phinergy to produce a new battery that would make electric vehicles as cost...
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Sensibo says it’s already cool. Now make your AC energy smart!

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Israeli start-up Sensibo is convinced it can uptick your air conditioner's IQ.  They've created a mobile app (with associated hardware) that allows you to control your...
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SmartBrick lets you play with LEGO to build your home – for real

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Following the news that 3D printed homes from China can be built in 24 hours, comes a new Israeli invention called SmartBrick. The company owned by...
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The ‘original iPad’ – 1,200 years before Apple

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Turkish archaeologists have unearthed what Discovery News calls the 'Byzantine iPad." Dated to the 9th century A.D., the wooden tool was found among a shipyard of roughly 37 ancient ships in...
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Why the octopus does not get tied in knots

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Daring Moroccan university recycles urine as drinking water

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You might not want to tell your Moroccan grandmother, but technology first developed by the European Space Agency (ESA) that recycles urine and waste...
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Ecoppia cleans solar panels for more energy

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This “Green Machine” mobile city fertilizes the Sahara Desert as it moves

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Posterity may end up migrating from place to place to find food like our nomadic ancestors did if we don't get a hold of...
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The mailman is a drone in this Middle East country [video]

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Some countries like Canada are trying to say goodbye to human-delivered postal mail forever. But a new initiative from the United Arab Emirates puts...
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Wind-powered Tumbleweed robot rolls back encroaching deserts

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Desertification has gobbled up huge swaths of the Middle East and North Africa, a fact that Jerusalem-based industrial designer Shlomi Mir knows all too...
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SodaStream stock rises as Scarlett Johansson’s banned ad sizzles (video)

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Israel’s do-it-yourself (and environmentally friendly) soft drink maker SodaStream may go down in the record books as having created the most provocative Super Bowl...
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Hybrid solar electric oven SunFocus cooks with or without the sun

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Solar ovens are great, and we've seen a lot of them. But they are limited since they only work when it's actually sunny. Sun...
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The Myths Killing Your Fleet’s Carbon Numbers

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Truck maintenance is more than an operating expense. From tire pressure and engine efficiency to idling and unexpected breakdowns, discover how smarter fleet maintenance can reduce fuel consumption, lower carbon emissions and improve sustainability reporting.

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Ukrainian design studio Pilsok, known for its popular Beetle backpack, transforms discarded car airbags into a striking designer jacket honouring Ukraine's emergency rescuers.

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