Each week our friends at Inhabitat recap the week’s finest green developments and clean tech news for us — it’s the Week in Green.
It was an incredible week for green transportation as San Francisco broke ground on its massive green-roofed Transbay Transit Center and unveiled plans to install 5,000 EV charging stations through the Bay Area. We were also wowed by several fun new types of alternative transportation – a single-person helicopter that emits nothing but water vapor and a human-powered car which could go 30 MPH while driving uphill!
It was also a thrilling week for energy storage tech as Big Apple prepared to power up the world’s first grid-scale flywheel energy plant and researchers cracked the code on a new cryogenic energy storage system. We also showcased a plan for a ribbon-like solar field that unfurls over the desert and saw researchers unveil a transparent solar spray that may transform practically any surface into a sun-capturing source of energy.
In other news, solar tech energized the world of interior lighting as we showcased an adorable solar-powered table lamp and were dazzled by this set of folding OLED origami lights. Finally, a team of scientists blew our minds with this light-bending invisibility cloak made out of gold-coated silk.
Sprint launches New Ventures arm, adapts ID and Zone apps for foreign markets
Proton and Yes team as much as offer Malaysia’s first 4G-connected car, promise more to return
