Researchers have developed a method that turns durian into super-capacitors that can charge phones, laptops, and more. Behold the durian. A fruit so storied for… Read More »Scientists turn stinky durian waste into energy storage
There’s almost nothing that can’t be done with an app and a phone anymore. TreeHugger Katherine doesn’t own a printer or a scanner; when she… Read More »How to get by without a home printer or scanner
I want to know what I am breathing and I don’t leave home without it. We talk a lot about air quality on TreeHugger, and… Read More »The latest in wearables is the Flow air pollution monitor
Introduced at CES, this could be a very big deal. It has always been counterintuitive, trying to explain how absorption fridges and coolers which run… Read More »OxiCool air conditioner uses plain old water as a refrigerant
Want to make the best purchasing decision? Use your PC instead of a mobile device. In a perfect TreeHuggerian world, all holiday gifts would be… Read More »Why you shouldn’t shop online using your phone
Who needs a cloud when you can have a hive? Every month I send money off to Apple for two terabytes of cloud storage so… Read More »Cubbit stores your data with a footprint that is a fraction of the cloud’s
They are bigger! More powerful! Easier to install! And there is a huge market for this right now. As electricity gets turned off for millions… Read More »Tesla introduces Solar Roof, Version 3, and just in time
Too bad we can’t buy it in North America. That new iPhone 11 Pro looks really nice, but I have always wanted a Fairphone. They… Read More »Fairphone 3, a more ethical, reliable and sustainable phone, is released
You thought ‘text neck’ was bad? Kids these days are growing ‘enlarged external occipital protuberances.’ I used to joke that soon enough humans would evolve… Read More »Young people are growing horns, thanks to phones + tablets
It can help you find water refills anywhere. A few months ago, my request to have a reusable water bottle refilled at a burger joint… Read More »Carry a water bottle? Get the Tap app