Category: Systems Science

GoodEggs fixes food system

by timbatchelder, posted in Knowledge Management, Systems Science

GoodEggs raises $8.5M to fix our food system one egg at a time
Rebecca Grant, venturebeat.com

If you are a nut for raw nuts, a grass-fed guru, an organ­ic ora­cle, a local-food loon, or a farm­ers mar­ket fiend, today is a good day.

Good­Eg­gs has raised $8.5 mil­lion to expand its local gro­cery deliv­ery ser­vice nation­wide.

Good­Eg…

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Gourmet chickens fed gourmet chicken scraps

by timbatchelder, posted in Knowledge Management, Systems Science

Gourmet restaurants are making gourmet chickens by feeding them gourmet leftovers
Sarah Laskow, grist.org

The gourmet food company D’Artagnan has come up with an ingenious (or creepy, depending on your perspective on these sorts of things) plan for recycling kitchen scraps from high-end restaurants like Per Se and Gramercy Tavern, the New York…

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The secret life of car sharing

by timbatchelder, posted in Digital health, Knowledge Management, Systems Science

The secret, sordid lives of shared cars
Greg Hanscom, grist.org

ShutterstockThis Frasier reunion show isn’t going to tape itself — better step on it.So you want to share your car. You’ve got a plan to rent it out during your off-hours. Good on you: You might help a few of your neighbors get by without…

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Site ranks car green metrics

by timbatchelder, posted in Knowledge Management, Systems Science

How green is that new car you’re eyeing? This site is the easiest way to find out
Sarah Laskow, grist.org

Americans may be driving less, but there are still more than 230 million cars cruising around the U.S. And sometimes those cars break down or get old and their owners want to buy a new one. Getting a greener car saves money on gas, and minimizes y…

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Man travels 1200 miles in solar powered Elf bike car

by timbatchelder, posted in Knowledge Management, Metadata Masterdata, Systems Science

Man Attempts 1,200 Mile Journey in Solar-Powered ELF Bike/Car
Tafline Laylin, inhabitat.com

Organic Transit’s ELF has grown from a Kickstarter project into an amazing personal transit vehicle, and now a 65-year-old man from Cambridge is attempting to ride the 1,200 miles from Durham, North Carolina, where the half bicycle/half car is…

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Economic Plancha cook stove

by timbatchelder, posted in Digital health, Knowledge Management, Systems Science

EcoZoom Plancha Cook Stove
Kent Griswold, tinyhouseblog.com

Tom Pritchard from EcoZoom located in Oregon contacted me a while back about their wood cooking stove called the EcoZoom Plancha. He thought the owners of tiny houses might be interested in the stove and asked me to review it.The sto…

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Oorja biomass stove

by timbatchelder, posted in Cognitive Science, Health Informatics, Knowledge Management, Systems Science

Oorja Biomass Pellet Stove at werd.com
werd.com

Oorja Bio­mass Pel­let Stove

Green
Prod­uct

In the past few years pel­let stoves for home heat­ing have rev­o­lu­tion­ized the way peo­ple keep warm by burn­ing renew­ables. They’re more effi­cient and t …

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Build your own evaporative cooler

by timbatchelder, posted in Cognitive Science, Knowledge Management, Systems Science

How to Build an Evaporative Cooler
Christin, wordpress.com

Portable Swamp Cooler. Click for larger image.How to build a low-cost 12 volt evaporative cooler. My husband and I built two swamp coolers that we use to air condition our tent when we camp in hot, dry weather at Burning Man. These compact units b…

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1/3rd of food wasted worldwide

by timbatchelder, posted in Knowledge Management, Systems Science

(via One-third of food wasted worldwide, U.N. says – latimes.com)

Tear out your lawn and get rich

by timbatchelder, posted in Health Informatics, Information Visualization, Knowledge Management, Systems Science

Get Rich Quick by Tearing Up Your Lawn
by Tim Layton, popularmechanics.com

DIY Central

moonlightbulb/Flickr

If you live in Los Ange­les, you might be able to earn a few extra bucks and leave behind the dread­ed job of mow­ing the lawn in one fell swoop. The Los Ange­les Depart­ment of Water and Power (LADWP) h…

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Natural, biological swimming pools

by timbatchelder, posted in Cognitive Science, Knowledge Management, Systems Science

Don’t You Wish You Were In One of These Beautiful Natural Pools?
Eric Limer, gizmodo.com

You’d be crazy not to love stark, modern design like the stunning Tangga House, but the natural look can be beautiful too. Take these awesome man-made pond pools from Water House for example. You can’t tell me you don’t want to dive in right now.R…

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Specialized turbo

by timbatchelder, posted in Cognitive Science, Knowledge Management, Systems Science

Specialized Turbo: Powerful Electric Bike Makes Cycling No Sweat
Sam Laird, mashable.com

The Specialized Turbo may represent the future of personal urban transport. The electric bike that hit the American market this year looks sleeker than its clunkier competitors, has the speed to easily pass cars on streets and offers the off-road…

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