new invention Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Tue, 29 Mar 2016 19:18:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Bakey’s Edible Cutlery Could Reduce Plastic Waste https://www.greenoptimistic.com/bakey-edible-cutlery-plastic-waste/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/bakey-edible-cutlery-plastic-waste/#respond Tue, 29 Mar 2016 19:18:31 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=59690 New type of edible cutlery can put an end to careless disposal of plastic spoons and chop sticks. Plastic pollution is an enormous problem, which continues to pick up speed. In many countries around the world awareness is being raised, plastic recycling is being stimulated, yet the amounts of plastic waste that end up in […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/bakey-edible-cutlery-plastic-waste/feed/ 0 59690 Cheaper Fuel Cell Material Discovered: 50% more power https://www.greenoptimistic.com/cheaper-fuel-cell-material-discovered-50-more-power-20080519/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/cheaper-fuel-cell-material-discovered-50-more-power-20080519/#respond Mon, 19 May 2008 07:34:46 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=347 Several researchers from the MIT succeeded in making a new kind of fuel cell. This one is a Direct Methanol Fuel Cell (DMFC), and it doesn’t need the prior extraction of hydrogen from methanol, but instead, as the name suggests, it extracts and uses it directly. Until now, methanol fuel cells have had a great […]

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