Glow Sticks on Steroids!

Glow sticks are very cool because they are colorful, bright, and can actually be useful sometimes and not just fun for raves. Unfortunately, the glow does not last very long and they are toxic and not very good for the environment. What if there was a new kind of glow stick that could glow for years, now that would be cool! MPK Co, a glow-in-the-dark paint company has invented new micro particles called Litrospheres that will emit light for 12 years. Litroenergy is a betavoltaic technology that is inexpensive and non toxic. The Litroenergy can be injection molded, or added to paint and can emit any color. I can think of plenty of ideas that this could be useful for and I am sure there are plenty of products that can use this technology as well. It can be great tool for safety at night and could possibly save some electricty to provide lighting. It would probably look really cool in nightclubs and bars as well!

You can read more Litroenergy here.

via TreeHugger 

Add comment December 11th, 2007 Alex

Ski Resorts Impact on environment

The results of the Annual Ski Resort Scorecards for California are announced and Kirkwood Mountain Resort received an F. So I guess if you want to ski green, you shouldn’t be going there. Bear Valley Mountain Resort and Northstar at Tahoe didn’t do so well either. Alpine Meadows was number 1, and the usual favorite ski resort, Squaw Valley was ranked number 2. The Ski Area Environmental Scorecard criterias aer based on storm water runoffs, wetland destructino, the amount of energy burned, and how many pollutants are given off from the resorts. There is practically no real snow right now up in the Sierras although the storm this weekend might bring a little. Thanks to global warming, I am not even looking forward to going up to go to snowboarding anymore since there never seems to be any snow!

via SFGate

Add comment December 4th, 2007 Alex