green innovations Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Fri, 31 Jul 2015 11:13:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Smog-Capturing Tower to be Built in Rotterdam https://www.greenoptimistic.com/smog-capturing-tower-rotterdam-20150731/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/smog-capturing-tower-rotterdam-20150731/#respond Fri, 31 Jul 2015 11:13:14 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=56059 Carbon-harvesting, smog-capturing tower is soon to emerge in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. All carbon that is collected will then be turned into jewelry. Not too long ago, when Beijing smog was making the news nearly every day, there was a Dutch designer, Daan Roosegaarde, and his team at Studio Roosegaarde, who invented a technology that harvests […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/smog-capturing-tower-rotterdam-20150731/feed/ 0 56059 Top 5 Super Green Technologies at Consumer Electronics Show 2015 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/top-5-super-green-technologies-consumer-electronics-show-2015-20150108/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/top-5-super-green-technologies-consumer-electronics-show-2015-20150108/#respond Thu, 08 Jan 2015 14:32:10 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=51175 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2015 held this week in Las Vegas has provided a platform for numerous emerging inventors and established technology makers to showcase the latest green breakthroughs and innovative ideas. As it is every year, the annual event is seen as the place where the technologies of the future are introduced to the […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/top-5-super-green-technologies-consumer-electronics-show-2015-20150108/feed/ 0 51175 Dutch Designer Extracts Smog Particles, Turns Them into Jewelry https://www.greenoptimistic.com/dutch-designer-extracts-smog-particles-turns-jewelry-20141023/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/dutch-designer-extracts-smog-particles-turns-jewelry-20141023/#respond Thu, 23 Oct 2014 08:38:19 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=49818 Air pollution in the Chinese capital of Beijing is becoming a major disaster. Cutting down emissions from traffic and industry is no longer sufficient, and thankfully governmental officials acknowledge it. They set tough targets, pushing people to come up with incredible innovations, just like turning deadly smog particles into jewelry. Some time ago we told […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/dutch-designer-extracts-smog-particles-turns-jewelry-20141023/feed/ 0 49818 Justin Capra: The Green-Hearted Creator of The Jetpack and Several Alternative Inventions https://www.greenoptimistic.com/justin-capra-jetpack-inventor-20110120/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/justin-capra-jetpack-inventor-20110120/#comments Thu, 20 Jan 2011 12:35:03 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=16807 After presenting Vasile Karpen and his wonderful but yet not understood invention of the battery that's been running for 60 years, now it's time for another brilliant Romanian green-hearted genius: Justin Capra, the original inventor of the jet pack.

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