Now an NYC refugee, Curtiss P. Martin serves as a contributing editor of all things clean and green at ScribeMedia. When he isn’t out on the road or in the field researching and reporting on controversial science and tech topics, Curtiss can be found communing with the creative kids at the Elsewhere artist collaborative in Greensboro, NC.
Archive for Curtiss P. Martin
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In Search of Sustainable Interaction: IxDA
VIDEO: A group of experts culled together by the IxDA ruminate, ideate and pontificate on matters interactive.
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Is the market ready for alternative wind?
Is the market ready for alternative wind?
Greentech Media has a series of excellent articles today profiling a few companies trying to tap wind energy in a different way than what we see from conventional wind farms.
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Holy Crap! Japanese Turbo Bike Locker!!
Holy crap! This Japanese turbo bike locker just blew my mind!!
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FloDesign Wind Interview / Video
EcoGeek has a delightful section entitled EcoGeek of the Week. This week they feature an interview with Stanley Kowalski, CEO of FloDesign Wind, not to mention the convincing video for FloDesign Wind’s interesting turbine project. Three cheers for vortexes!
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Showing Some Solar Thermal Love
Digging deeper into my RSS feed shows that solar thermal tech has been getting some love letters lately. Both the NYT and Salon have articles this week featuring the technology, with Salon breathlessly calling it “the technology that will save humanity.” **Bum bum buuuum!**
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Popcorn-ball Design Doubles Efficiency of Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells
A dramatic improvement in the efficiency rates of dye-sensitized solar cells (DSC) has been discovered in Washington. Researchers at the University of Washington (UW) have found that by using a popcorn-ball design — tiny kernels clumped into much larger porous spheres — they have the ability to manipulate light and more than double the efficiency [...]
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Biomimetics: National Geographic
Brilliant article on biomimetics in this month’s National Geographic. Then again NeoGeo, I’m still waiting for my shipment of Gecko Tape to arrive…
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Vertical Farm Project w/ Dr. Dickson Despommier
VIDEO: Not too long ago, Andy Mannle (editor of Arcwire) and I dropped in on Dr. Dickson Despommier up at Columbia University’s medical school to talk about his Vertical Farm Project. But wait a minute, you might be saying, why in the world would the man behind something like the Vertical Farm Project be up at Columbia’s medical school? Dig in to find out why.
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Mary Lou Jepsen at Greener Gadgets: XO Laptop Keynote
VIDEO: Mary Lou Jepsen talks about the technical innovations that went into the XO Laptop and the decisions that contributed to making it cheaper, longer-lasting and more energy efficient than the status quo.
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Chris Jordan: Electronics Industry needs to ‘Be Like Mike’
VIDEO: Chris Jordan talks at the Greener Gadgets Conference about his work depicting modern consumption and the need for a Michael Jordan figure in the Green Movement.
