How Ocean Plastic Isn’t The Problem
I was a teenager on a cruise when I first saw ocean pollution up close. Late at night, I heard a noise over the railing. I looked down and saw crew dumping garbage into the ocean. A stream of trash stretching off toward the horizon. That image stuck with me.
Why This Vertical Farm is 500x More Efficient Than Farming
This is Vertical Harvest. Sitting on half an acre of land, it produces as much food as an equivalent 250-acre farm. That’s a 500 times more efficient use of land than traditional farming. But if vertical farming is so great, why isn’t it more popular? And where and
How Graphene is Changing the World … Right Now
What if your phone battery charged in seconds instead of hours? What if buildings could cut their carbon emissions in half? What if medical sensors could detect diseases years earlier than they do today? Graphene was supposed to deliver all of this and more. Since 2004, researchers called it a
Plastic Recycling Not Requiring Sorting Could Be Coming
What if every piece of plastic waste, like bottles, bags, even clothes, could be rebuilt from scratch, no sorting required? Not just melted and reshaped, but broken down to pure chemical building blocks and made new again. That’s what a new wave of recycling tech promises. At Northwestern University,
Why Nothing Is Truly Waste Anymore
When we talk about the circular economy, we picture batteries stripped for their metals, factory floor scraps spun into sweaters, and agricultural waste transformed into biogas. We don’t picture mucking out the barn to collect material for surgical masks and food packaging. Engineers are constantly looking for ways to
How Deep Sea Water is Now Drinkable
Freshwater may soon flow from the depths of the ocean to drought-stricken coastal cities. A handful of companies are betting that crushing deep-sea pressures can replace the energy-hungry pumps and toxic chemicals that are desalination’s inconvenient truth. By going the extra quarter-mile into the ocean, they’re pioneering a
5 BEST Alternatives to Finally Replace Plastic
Plastic is firmly established in our daily lives, but it’s only existed for about a century or so. As we consider the long-term harms of rapidly accruing pollution, it begs the question…would it be so bad to finally break up with plastics? And is it even possible at
Why NASA’s New 3D Printed Rocket Engine Matters
3D printing rocket engines? It seems like these days you can 3D print just about anything. Just on this channel, we’ve talked about 3D printed next-gen perovskite solar panels, houses, and the development of advanced toroidal propellers for boats and drones. So you probably shouldn’t be surprised to
One Year On YouTube - What I Learned
What I learned from one year on YouTube. I wanted to take a look back at where things have gone, where things are going, as well as to talk about some of the amazing people I’ve been able to meet and opportunities the channel has opened up to me. And is it too late to create a YouTube channel in 201
Channel Update in Under 3 Minutes
I don’t have my usual video this week because I’ve been catching up on work and getting over being sick, but I did want share a quick update and ask for some input.
Google IO 2019 - Pixel 3a, Google Nest, and more
Google IO 2019 unveiled new smart home hardware, the Google Pixel 3a, the death of Nest, and some good privacy changes to Google Home and Android. I was also able to attend a Google open house in New York City to get some face to face time with the products and Google employees.
Best Educational Video Award
I'm still in a "did that really happen" state of mind around this, but I'm honored to have received the "Best Educational Video" award for my EV Myths vs. Facts video from the Electric Auto Association.