Exploring how computers, AI, and other technologies are impacting our lives.
Exploring Passing House Design - 90% Energy Savings! What if I told you that it’s possible to build a house that uses up to 90% less energy than your current house? And combining that with solar panels you could heat, cool, and even charge an EV for just a few hundred dollars a year? Let’s take a cl
From smartphones and laptops to the rapidly growing EV market, we need an incredible amount of lithium ion batteries to make it all work. Materials like lithium are difficult and time consuming to mine and extract ... and can have a major impact on the environment. Can nanotechnology solve our lithi
With a global population that's expected to hit 9.7 billion by 2050 and have less arable land to grow food on, what do we do? How about putting robots, AI, and some really cool technology to work to grow food in three dimensions? Let's take a look at the future of food and the growth of vertical far
Imagine a skyscraper with smart windows and walls made from fungus … yes, a fungus. Let’s explore green building and the future of construction. And can going net-zero really make a difference?
In the world of vehicle manufacturing, not just EVs, bigger is usually seen as better for economies of scale. Gigantic Gigafactories pumping out thousands of vehicles. What if there was another way? A new EV company on the scene is challenging that notion. Arrival's microfactories are rethinking how
Imagine a future where every home, office or building is painted with solar panels and its bricks operate as batteries thanks to nanotechnology. There's a lot of promise, but what is nanotechnology? And is it more science fiction than fact?
I've had my Tesla Model 3 for over two years now and thought it was worth doing an updated review. How's it been working out? What hasn't been so great? Yep, that happened. And probably the one thing that's surprised me the most ... this isn't the same car I bought two years ago.
When Kevin Song lent me his Porsche Taycan to review, one the negatives he pointed out was the charging network. So I thought I'd take a closer look at how electric vehicle DC fast charging is stacking up against something like the ubiquitous Tesla Supercharger network. And how are things looking fo
The Porsche Taycan made a splash when it was first released at the end of 2019, as one of the first credible, potential competitors to Tesla’s reign over the electric vehicle world. But is it really a competitor to Tesla at all? After driving this EV the past couple of days, I don’t think it is ...
Why haven't electric planes taken off yet? Electric aircraft explained. There's a lot of talk about whether or not electric planes have a future compared to electric cars and trucks. They’re often represented as the future of air, but where are the electric planes? Are there any electric plane desig
Carbon capture and storage is one of the solutions brought up as solution, but do we really need it, how much of an impact could it really make, and is it in fact just an excuse to keep burning fossil fuels and let heavy polluting industries off the hook? It's time to find out the truth.
What if you could tap into the power of machine learning to help you monitor your energy use? To find out where it's coming from and where it’s going? To potentially let you know if one of those devices is failing and in need of being replaced? Would you be willing to add that artificial intelligenc
