China's New Dredgers Build Islands

Innovations can change the world and can at the same time be very controversial. China has built an amazing machine that can build islands in a short amount of time, that they are using to control the seas in shipping channels. It is alarming the amount of destruction it can cause environmentally. They hold record of reef destruction in the seas. Not a record to be respected. It is impressive what the machine can do, but in the wrong hands it is equally amazing the destruction it can do.

The machine / ship pulls up massive amounts of materials from the sea bottoms and displaces it on reefs or rock formations on the sea to make islands appear where they never existed in recent times. For China it is a territory grab to control ship travel and build defense platforms.

This is not a new idea. Palm Tree Island in the Dubi was built for real estate development. It to changed the environment we live in. It to dredged the bottom of the sea to develop human inhabitable  land from the creatures and materials that had previously lived there.   

The question will remain, Can we use this technology for good? Will it be used to save land for humans as the seas rise for global warming. Stay tuned!

Drones to Plant Trees .... Or Change Landscapes

Imagine using a drone to plant trees or anything else. Use your drone to take pictures from the sky. Use the picture and your laptop to develop how you would like it to look. Load your drone with seed capsules and send it on its programed way. Ten foot off the ground it launches the capsules exactly where you programed it to. Its becoming more of a reality as we speak.

Check out this link to see:

Plant 100,000 Trees a Day

Farming Without Sweat and Things You Don't Want in Your Food ... FARMBOT

I had the privilege to participate in Green Bay, WI's first Victory Garden effort a few years ago. It is an effort to get the next generations interested in the art of growing your own food in your backyard or a community garden. There are so many reasons why this is a good thing. These devices are going to help this effort and many around the globe. While I feel that mentors will be a good help in the implementation of these great machines, Farmbot is reaching out to you to make it work. So many times we went to deliver the square foot gardening and had to point out that the garden needed the location changed for the simple need of sun light. Seems simple, yet it may not be for the person totally unfamiliar with the requirements for growing things. I was a farm boy. You study what makes plants grow while you get your hands dirty.

I am very excited about this innovation. It can make a huge difference in our future. The Farm Bot Blog helps you get excited about the progress of the overall program its at Farm Bot Blog - Click Here

Their website is very exciting to the nerd guy and maybe a little intimidating to the average gardener. However it is very worth every minute of your time. Visit : Farmbot Genesis

It is a very great start to gardening automation with your help it will be improved and perfected.

Vertical Farming, Fresh, Ripe on Vine Harvests for Local Restaurants Year Around

Farming takes a different direction....... UP! Recently I had the opportunity to visit the hydroponic gardens at the Chicago Airport. I had reported on this a few years ago and was pleasantly surprised it had grown and was still supplying veggies for the local restaurants. This year in Jackson Hole Wyoming, an even more commercial farm opened up. This farming structure moves the plants by conveyors to southern exposure. It uses different areas of the greenhouse building to fit demands of different plant varieties. Tomatoes go on top because they like heat. This farm supplies fresh products for the local restaurants year around.

Read more at their Website: Clip here go to the future of farming

Sources of Energy in Water Pipes?

Portland Oregon's green power commitment has forced them to be creative to reach their desired outcome. Made by Lucid energies the water main generator could prove to tap green energies for many cities. Cities have long used water towers to elevate the supply and demand by using gravity and volume. Why not use this movement to generate electricity? Watch the 2 posted videos and checkout my link to the Lucid Energy website

Key to the generator efficiency is in the blade design.

Xprize Innovation Challenge Incites Competition

One of the X Prize winners is a space innovation.

X Prize is an organization that has a goal to benefit humanity by inciting competition with monetary prizes. This is the premise for their existence:"That it’s part of our DNA. Of humanity itself. That tapping into that indomitable spirit of competition brings about breakthroughs and solutions that once seemed unimaginable. Impossible." - Visit the X PRIZE website: Click here to help humanity!

The website includes a list of career paths and ideas to change the world. It is a very innovative way to organize ideas and gather sponsors to fund challenges. This site is definitely a great way to focus on large needs and organize resources to encourage investment.

Tesla Inovation Shines Into Solar Energy Production

On an earlier post I had mentioned that a electric car manufacturer other than Tesla was doing research to see what they could possibly do with their cars batteries after their cars life had expired but not the batteries life. They were looking at using them to store power in the home solar market. Tesla recently announced in a Steve Jobs like product announcement, they are producing special batteries for solar systems used in homes and business.  

Elon Musk does a great job of presenting the problem and the describing the solution and how important it is to all of us on earth. The Tesla Power Wall will be an important element to make solar power a more affordable and exceptionable solution to where we are now. This will not only affect advanced countries but make it so much easier for 3rd world to power up as well. The Tesla Power Pack is the larger answer to business and city demands. April 30th, 2015 will be mark in the history of mankind of a very big change in how energy will be produced for the future.

Recent advancements in solar panel construction in chemical and materials has made solar panels more affordable. Now combining the Tesla battery and panel advancements, the solar energy systems will get payback earlier. Electric cars , homes and business will charge off the sun, thus making a smaller carbon foot print.  This will be important for this and generations to come. Tesla Energy Company Website