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AmperAge Electric Yacht Looks Like a Houseboat With Sleek Performance of A Yacht
Max Zhivov has collaborated with naval engineers of AMETA company to design AmperAge, a concept electric yacht that combines a space of a small house and a vessel. It’s an innovative architectural type of vessel that provides a comfortable living space with performance of a coastal yacht. We all…
Elios Smart Bench – Urban Outdoor Furniture Uses Renewable Energy to Provide Technological Solutions
Elios Smart Bench was born out of the idea of creating public furniture that carries the philosophy of positive and sustainable design. This smart bench aims to bring public space to live where people gather together and have a good conversation in the middle of the day, or at…
Forget Rockets, Spaceship Neptune Takes You to Outer Space with a Futuristic Space Balloon
Instead of using rockets, Space Perspective plans to fly its passengers to outer space using a futuristic space balloon, Spaceship Neptune. It features a high-performance balloon and pressurized capsule, fundamentally changing the way people access outer space. Designed and developed from ground up based on 50+ years of proven…
A new climate calculator for livestock aims to help ranchers reduce emissions
When it comes to sustainable livestock production and agriculture, measurement is the first — and sometimes most elusive — step in the process of turning our food system from a carbon emitter into a carbon sink. So DSM, a science-based company that focuses on agriculture and other parts of our…
7-Eleven to install 500 EV charging ports by the end of 2022
Convenience stores are ubiquitous — and they sell the vast majority of gas purchased by consumers in the United States. But as more Americans transition to electric vehicles, a major reason people visit convenience stores will disappear. Industry giant 7-Eleven is looking to capture this growing market of EV drivers. The…
Aetral 878 Smart Sailing Jacket with Embedded Foldable Screen as Extension of Your Sailing Instruments
AETRAL 878 Collective is world’s first premium smart sailing apparels designed and manufactured in Hungary. These high-tech clothing items want to address unresolved issues of professional sailing through technology and innovative material, attempting to increase performance of both leisure sailors and professional athletes. This collection features future materials to…
Announcing the agenda for Extreme Tech Challenge Global Finals presented by TechCrunch
Here at TechCrunch, we’re big fans of startup competitions. From our Extra Crunch Live Pitch-offs all the way up to the world-famous Disrupt Startup Battlefield, we can’t get enough of ’em. So we’re hooking up with Extreme Tech Challenge (‘XTC’) to present the Extreme Tech Challenge Global Finals, a startup…
Cleo Grab and Go Wallet Wants You to Stop Overstuffing Your Pocket
Cleo, a grab and go wallet. It’s a personal project of Katherine Koons that started when she observed a problem in community around her. There are many young women who don’t want to carry purses for casual events, yet they are not left with many other options, they usually..
Endua creates hydrogen-powered clean energy storage, using tech from Australia’s national science agency
Hydrogen-based generators are an environmentally friendly alternative to ones powered by diesel fuel. But many rely on solar, hydro or wind power, which aren’t available all the time. Brisbane-based Endua is making hydrogen-based power generators more accessible by using electrolysis to create more hydrogen and storing it for long-term use….
EU and Bill Gates make joint push for $1BN to accelerate clean tech
The European Commission has announced a partnership with Bill Gates’ sustainable energy funding vehicle with the goal of unlocking new investments for clean tech and sustainable energy projects totaling up to $1 billion (€820 million) over five years (2022-2026). EU-based projects the partnership will initially focus on four sectors that are…
EV fast charger developer Tritium to go public via SPAC merger at $1.2B valuation
Another day, another mobility SPAC deal. This time, it’s Tritium, a Brisbane-based developer and producer of direct current fast EV chargers that is taking the SPAC path to the public market in a deal valuing the company at $1.2 billion. Tritium said Wednesday it will be heading to the Nasdaq via…
EV startup Fisker sets moonshot goal of making a climate-neutral EV by 2027
Electric vehicle startup Fisker Inc. has set a moonshot goal of creating its first climate-neutral car by 2027. Fisker has yet to bring a vehicle to market — climate neutral or not — making this an ambitious target. The all-electric Fisker Ocean SUV, which is still on track to go into…
Fabita Cucinotta Mini Kitchen for Small Homes and Offices
Designed for Fabita, Cucinotta offers a nice solution for small living spaces, not just homes and apartments, but perhaps offices as well. It’s a minimalist furniture that would transform any environment into temporary cooking space or you can say an instant mini kitchen. Cucinotta is a simple piece of…
Founders must show investors that sustainability is more than lip service
Todd Klein Contributor Share on Twitter Todd Klein is a partner at Revolution Growth, a VC fund that invests in growth-stage companies. During his 20-year career, Todd has been involved in financing and building over 150 venture and growth-stage companies in the media, consumer, technology, education and healthcare sectors. Ending years of debates over…
Futuristic BMW D-05T Adventure Touring Motorcycle for Ultimate Freedom
Inspired by BMW, D-05T is a concept motorcycle that provides the freedom and fun of riding. As electric ecosystems grow in urban areas, infrastructures are built and highways connecting these electrical structures. It means that cities might be flooded with electric vehicles as part of autonomous and shared transportation…
Futuristic Crystal PC Case Concept by Alex Casabo
Alex Casabo has designed a futuristic Crystal PC Case that would look as cool as it runs. The design highlights its futuristic aesthetics along with functionality. Thanks to its lighting design, this PC Case concept with transparent crystal exterior looks like something that you see in Sci-Fi movies. We…
G2 Venture Partners raises $500 million to fund sustainable tech
G2 Venture Partners, a firm that spun out of Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, has raised $500 million to support entrepreneurs that aim to make existing industries more efficient, environmentally friendly and socially responsible. With Fund II, G2 is most bullish about technologies in transportation, logistics, manufacturing, agriculture and energy, with…
Holy Grail raises $2.7M seed fund to create modular carbon capture devices
The founders of Holy Grail, a two-year-old startup based in Mountain View, California, are taking a micro approach to solving the outsized problem of capturing carbon. The startup is prototyping a direct air carbon capture device that is modular and small — a departure from the dozens of projects in the…The founders of Holy Grail, a two-year-old startup based in Mountain View, California, are taking a micro approach to solving the outsized problem of capturing carbon. The startup is prototyping a direct air carbon capture device that is modular and small — a departure from the dozens of projects in the…The founders of Holy Grail, a two-year-old startup based in Mountain View, California, are taking a micro approach to solving the outsized problem of capturing carbon. The startup is prototyping a direct air carbon capture device that is modular and small — a departure from the dozens of projects in the…
Jaguar Land Rover to develop a Defender-like hydrogen fuel cell EV
Jaguar Land Rover is developing a hydrogen fuel cell vehicle based on the new Defender SUV, and plans to begin testing the prototype next year. The prototype program, known as Project Zeus, is part of JLR’s larger aim to only produce zero-tailpipe emissions vehicles by 2036. JLR has also made a…
Jerry Can Water Filter Tool – Practical, Low-Cost, and Effective
JERRY is water filter designed work with Jerry Cans. According to WHO, there are more than 780 million people worldwide lack access to clean drinking water. They are forced to consume unsafe drinking water as you probably know, together with lack of access to sanitation, they contribute to 80%…
LED Headphone Stand Also Serves As a Cool Lantern in Your Bedroom
This futuristic LED headphone stand that doesn’t look like ugly coat hanger, it also doubles as a cool lantern for your gaming desk. It’s a beautiful stand that doubles as your lighting accessory to match your cool computer system. These days, many people love colorful lights on their gadgets,…
Michelin WISAMO Inflatable Wing Sails Contribute To The Decarbonization of Maritime Shipping
During Movin’On global sustainble mobility summit, Michelin launched two innovations that address major challenges in future mobility. One of them is WISAMO, an inflatable wing sails that can be fitted on merchant ships as well as pleasure craft. This inflatable wing sails harness the wind, a free source of…
Moon Light – A Poetic Lamp Design Inspired by Rising Moon Behind Tree Branches
Moon Light, just like its name suggests, this light source was inspired by the beautiful moon at night that you can see as if hanging in the tree. It provides a light source for reading and writing as well as a secondary light source as a night lamp. It’s…
Morning Scroll Coffee Set Is Your One-Stop Coffee Station
Made by Californian based maker, Corky Cholakian, this coaster set serves up form and function to become companion of your morning beverage. Place this on your desk, it holds your coffee mug and phone in style. Each piece is handcrafted from bamboo and ebony, it aims to organize your…
Nebia by Moen Quattro – World’s Most Water-Efficient Showerhead
Nebia by Moen Quattro is claimed to be most water-saving showerhead yet, it’s affordable too! Coming from an award winning startup, this showerhead offers you luxurious, functional, and water-efficient product to complement your bathroom. This is the first time, Nebia offers you four spray modes that include two powerful…
Nixie’s drone-based water sampling could save cities time and money
Regularly testing waterways and reservoirs is a never-ending responsibility for utility companies and municipal safety authorities, and generally — as you might expect — involves either a boat or at least a pair of waders. Nixie does the job with a drone instead, making the process faster, cheaper and a…
Nuclear waste recycling is a critical avenue of energy innovation
Tristan Abbey Contributor Share on Twitter Tristan Abbey is president of Comarus Analytics LLC. He served as senior policy adviser at the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources and as director for strategic planning at the National Security Council. No single question bedevils American energy and environmental policy more than nuclear waste….
Oleg Multifunctional Furniture Blurs The Line Between Art and Furniture
Inspired by the shaped of virus, Oleg Multifunctional Furniture features unique design that demonstrates that furniture piece can be both simple and complex at the same time. It creates a new characterized furniture that offers new solutions to adapt to your space. Just like the ability of microorganisms to…
One Concern raises $45M from SOMPO to scale its disaster resilience platform across Japan
Climate change is intensifying across the globe, and one of the most challenging cases is Japan. In addition to lying on a major fault, the archipelago is increasingly inundated from rising sea levels that make the country more prone to disasters. A decade ago, the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami dealt…
OPUS SoundBed Emotional Fitness Platform Provides Holistic Wellness and Healing from Your Own Home
Partnered up with FuseProject founder, Yves Behar, OPUS just launched an emotion fitness platform that combines self-care practices with modern technology to empower you: SoundBed. It features patent-pending design that combines targeted and full-body vibration with spatial sound in order to create a more personalized experience through immersive SoundHealing…
OroraTech’s space-based early wildfire warnings spark $7M investment
With wildfires becoming an ever more devastating annual phenomenon, it is in the whole planet’s interest to spot them and respond as early as possible — and the best vantage point for that is space. OroraTech is a German startup building a constellation of small satellites to power a global…
PINKTOP x inDare Portable Fridge To Keep Your Beauty Products
PINKTOP has collaborated with inDare Design Studio to design a portable fridge to keep your beauty products. It’s a revolutionary way to make sure your skin care products and cosmetics fresh longer and less prone to expiring prematurely. The elegant and minimalist design of this portable fridge represents your…
Register for Product Hunt’s Makers Festival for a chance to launch at Disrupt for free
Builders, creators and developers, this one’s for you! TechCrunch has always been about discovering fresh solutions and shining the light on exciting, new products that have the potential to make a difference. Our past hackathons have been the breeding ground for products like Alexa Shop Assist, Quick Insurance, reVIVE and…
Solar concentration startup Heliogen basks in $108M of new funding
Sunlight is a great source of energy, but it rarely gets hot enough to fry an egg, let alone melt steel. Heliogen aims to change that with its high-tech concentrated solar technique, and has raised more than a hundred million dollars to test its 1,000-degree solar furnace at a few…
Stratosfera Acquatica Watercraft Concept Flies Above Water Surface
Stratosfera Acquatica, a concept watercraft that’s able to fly above water surface. Pierpaolo Lazzarini, an Italian designer, has designed an innovative motor watercraft that is able to move on water, land, and in the sky. It’s an ultra-light carbon fiber sphere watercraft with diameter of 1.65 meters that can…
Terraformation gets $30M to fight climate change with rapid reforesting
Every startup is trying to fix something, but Terraformation is tackling the only problem that must matter to all of us: climate change. This is why it’s in such a big huge hurry. Its mission — as a “forest tech” startup — is to accelerate tree planting by applying a startup-y…
Tesla has installed 200,000 Powerwalls around the world so far
Tesla has installed its 200,000th Powerwall, the company’s home battery storage product, the company said in a tweet on Wednesday. Tesla’s CFO Zachary Kirkhorn told investors during a first-quarter earnings call in April that Tesla is continuing to work through a “multi-quarter backlog on Powerwall,” suggesting that the volume of…
UP Adjustable School Furniture Set for Schools in Taiwan
As a school furniture set, UP has been designed to be adjustable to meet different height of school children, from 120 to 180cm. The design also makes the furniture stackable, it would dramatically save costs and reduce environmental burden by recycling more than 80% of these old desks and…
What SOSV’s Climate Tech 100 tells founders about investors in the space
Benjamin Joffe Contributor Share on Twitter Benjamin Joffe is a partner at SOSV. More posts by this contributor 10 key lessons about tech mergers and acquisitions from Cisco’s John Chambers What every startup founder should know about exits Meghan Hind Contributor Share on Twitter Meghan Hind is an operations analyst for SOSV. Her role includes gathering and analysing data…
X-1 Basketball Shoe Concept Features Sturdy, Bio Structure Layer Sole for Impact Protection
X-1 is a concept basketball shoe that helps to reduce injuries while playing. Whether you are a professional basketball player or a regular people who plays basketball, you still need high-quality pair of basketball shoes. You need to realize how much time you spend pounding your feet into the…
