http://news.discovery.com/contributors/alyssa-danigelis/ Articles by author Alyssa Danigelis en-us Copyright 2008, Discovery Communications Inc. http://news.discovery.com/images/icons/rss-feed-logo.png http://news.discovery.com/contributors/alyssa-danigelis/ 144 19 Wed Feb 10 2010 06:04:11 GMT Wed Feb 10 2010 06:04:11 GMT 1440 http://news.discovery.com/tech/super-beans-aim-for-the-sky.html f4c14cbd-4261-4820-9d1d-635efd914e36 Family Farms Food Sources Green Tech Mon, 08 Feb 2010 11:42:00 EST Super Beans Aim for the Sky I have some exciting bean news that bodes well for struggling smallholder farmers in Africa. The Rwanda Agricultural Research Institute announced that it has unveiled 15 varieties of climbing beans that put the common "bush bean" in the dust. The ... http://news.discovery.com/tech/machine-makes-toilet-paper-in-the-office.html ff47474e-52dc-493c-8604-e56de614b8ae Green Tech Recycling Waste and Recycling Wed, 03 Feb 2010 13:11:14 EST Machine Makes Toilet Paper in the Office File this under "I'll tell you where you can stick that report." Now it really will be possible to turn TPS reports into TP, thanks to a Japanese machine called the White Goat that recycles office paper into rolls of ... http://news.discovery.com/tech/flywheel-tech-spins-for-the-grid.html 87851436-285b-4135-9b4a-e5cee93030a8 Alternative Power Sources Electricity Energy Green Tech Mon, 01 Feb 2010 12:52:00 EST Flywheel Tech Spins for the Grid A technology that goes back to nearly the dawn of mankind isn't just enduring--it promises to clean up energy production and storage. Time to get reacquainted with the flywheel. Grid operators usually reserve one percent of their energy generation...just in ... http://news.discovery.com/tech/electric-car-charging-stations-en-route.html e446a6fd-9c40-4730-897e-45bb59fb2ee5 Batteries Cars Electric Cars Green Tech Fri, 29 Jan 2010 16:12:00 EST Electric Car Charging Stations En Route With all the electric vehicles on deck, I wonder how recharging them all on the road will actually go. Fast and easy, or like searching an old airport terminal for a place to charge a laptop? New stations could settle ... http://news.discovery.com/tech/another-lightbulb-revolution-brewing.html 20bbcdcf-96bd-46ff-86a7-6432e8a6f961 Compact Fluorescent Light Bulbs Energy Efficiency Green Tech LEDs Light Bulbs Thu, 28 Jan 2010 13:06:00 EST Another Lightbulb Revolution Brewing Lightbulb manufacturers are preparing to sell new residential light-emitting diode bulbs designed to be more efficient and last longer than compact fluorescent bulbs. I want to be excited, but I'm irritated instead. Every light source has some sort of tradeoff--even ... http://news.discovery.com/tech/engine-tech-knocks-back-the-nox.html 049f231c-dd4b-48d4-bc71-eafe10511780 Cars Engineering Green Tech Pollution Tue, 26 Jan 2010 14:55:00 EST Engine Tech Knocks Back the NOx Biodiesel has advantages over diesel, but one drawback is higher nitrogen oxide emissions. Fortunately, researchers at Purdue University created an engine framework that cleans up. Greg Shaver, assistant professor of mechanical engineering and a member of the Purdue Energy Center ... http://news.discovery.com/tech/let-slime-mold-pick-the-route.html 949a84d3-2ed8-4760-a601-7e33fbe39db7 Computer Networking Green Tech Transportation Fri, 22 Jan 2010 15:52:00 EST Let Slime Mold Pick the Route Japanese scientists have made a curious discovery with a particular form of slime mold. Transportation planners, take note, because the mold could save us some money. Postdoc Atsushi Tero of Hokkaido University and a team of Japanese and British researchers ... http://news.discovery.com/tech/low-tech-camel-solution-to-scary-plant.html c60da5a8-d690-4ac4-a419-bc5eba3a4527 Conservation Green Tech Thu, 21 Jan 2010 15:35:00 EST Low Tech Camel Solution to Scary Plant I'd heard of the notoriously invasive plant kudzu but not tamarisk, which is spreading throughout the West. Since chemicals and even fire haven't been effective on the tamarisk shrub, camels might be a low-tech solution. Rancher Maggie Repp has unleashed ... http://news.discovery.com/tech/strong-green-reconstruction-for-haiti.html 3c060d99-e3ed-4efb-940e-bf19abe4d41b Buildings and Structures Engineering Green Building Green Tech Materials Tue, 19 Jan 2010 12:04:00 EST Strong Green Reconstruction for Haiti The overwhelming destruction in Haiti reminds one engineer of the shoddy buildings that collapsed during the massive 2008 quake in Sichuan, China. For him, it's not too early to think about sustainable reconstruction. Civil and environmental professor Yan Xiao at ... http://news.discovery.com/tech/chinese-ev-promises-crazy-mileage.html 3c0c5827-faec-4247-b6ac-3c12ba07555d Batteries Cars Electric Cars Green Tech Fri, 15 Jan 2010 13:48:00 EST Chinese EV Promises Crazy Mileage With the Detroit Auto Show in full swing, this week a Chinese company touted a new all-electric vehicle that gets 205 miles on a single charge and is set to hit the U.S. market later this year. The Shenzhen-based company ... http://news.discovery.com/tech/creating-hospitals-from-thin-air.html 82fbf6e8-728b-4e08-9f45-e0344d80c68d Buildings and Structures Green Tech Modern Medicine Reuse Wed, 13 Jan 2010 17:23:00 EST Creating Hospitals From Thin Air After a 7.0 magnitude earthquake hit the capital of Haiti yesterday, I watched the aftermath unfold in the news with horror. Yet something mentioned in passing during a Doctors Without Borders press conference gave me hope for the survivors. "We're ... http://news.discovery.com/tech/green-highlights-from-the-consumer-electronics-show.html 71794b69-7714-4c24-974b-4064c76b20ad Electronics Electronics Trade Shows Energy Efficiency Green Electronics Green Tech Mon, 11 Jan 2010 13:20:00 EST Green Highlights from CES 2010 The recent Consumer Electronics Show in Vegas made a splash with 3-D TV. Oh to have seen it. But, probably much like you, I was bundled up for winter instead. Here's green tech from the show that will haunt my ... http://news.discovery.com/tech/mining-brown-gold-for-dairy-farmers.html d2bd71f6-11db-41b0-b0a7-b4a0d0bebfc8 Alternative Fuels Energy Family Farms Green Tech Thu, 07 Jan 2010 13:11:00 EST Mining Brown Gold for Dairy Farmers A new dairy in Texas promises to green the farming process and put more money in farmers' pockets at a time when they are feeling the greatest pinch. The demonstration dairy facility under construction at Tarleton State University in Stephenville, ... http://news.discovery.com/tech/cell-phones-zoom-in-on-air-pollution.html 599330de-bb5f-4722-8996-360fd16ca2b0 Cell Phones Computers Green Tech Pollution Sensors Mon, 04 Jan 2010 15:38:00 EST Cell Phones Zoom In On Air Pollution A project out of the University of California, San Diego, aims to combine artificial intelligence, sensor technology, cell phones, and innocuous crowd-sourcing to monitor air quality on a hyperlocal level. The nascent system is called CitiSense and is being developed ... http://news.discovery.com/tech/times-square-celebrates-a-greener-2010.html 49dbfed4-f854-4208-bb4d-5bdce19c10b7 Batteries Energy Efficiency Green New Year Green Tech LEDs Thu, 31 Dec 2009 13:38:00 EST Times Square Celebrates a Greener 2010 The famous Times Square New Year's Eve ball has been lit with LEDs for a few years now, but this time the rest of the display is making the big switch. Now the "2010" numerals are being lit with custom-designed ... http://news.discovery.com/tech/top-10-green-tech-stories-of-the-year.html 06db154e-609e-4445-8309-aaed367d3656 Green New Year Green Tech Nanotech Solar Power Waste and Recycling Wed, 30 Dec 2009 09:56:00 EST Top 10 Green Tech Stories of the Year Happy New Year! It's time for a highly subjective list of my favorite sustainable tech news from the year. If you're looking for a decade rundown, I recommend the tech team's top stories here. Here's what recharged my batteries in ... http://news.discovery.com/tech/self-healing-grid-more-like-a-splint.html 40725343-a6da-49d1-b239-059d12f7fd4e Communication Electricity Green Tech Smart Grid Tue, 29 Dec 2009 12:42:00 EST Self Healing Grid More Like A Splint The words "self healing grid" are an instant lure, but grid experts would be happier if we stopped throwing the term around. What actually happens is lighter on the magic, heavier on the helpful. In recent years, utilities added distributed ... http://news.discovery.com/tech/wind-turbine-puts-on-holiday-show.html 7769e199-ea3f-454a-bbc1-f3481c35fd8f Green Tech LEDs Visual Arts Wind Power Fri, 25 Dec 2009 13:42:00 EST Wind Turbine Puts On Holiday Show Travelers on Germany's A9 Autobahn are likely to do some double-takes this holiday. That giant light isn't an alien--it's the world's largest spinning Christmas star. Power giant Siemens contracted multimedia artist Michael Pendry for the massive project done in partnership ... http://news.discovery.com/tech/teeny-tiny-ev-practically-free.html 3d4a4ea0-5ad5-47e1-be09-692afdb26409 Cars Electric Cars Green Tech Rechargeable Batteries Transportation Wed, 23 Dec 2009 11:24:00 EST Teeny Tiny EV Practically Free Oklahoma residents have a fun choice to make before year-end: get a micro-mini electric vehicle for under $900 or invest the money in some other alt transport. Like a bike. Federal and state tax credits in Oklahoma pushed down the ... http://news.discovery.com/tech/glitter-voltaics-bring-sparkle-to-solar.html dbc14619-e11c-4efa-b646-24f87303e0fe Alternative Power Sources Energy Green Tech Solar Power Tue, 22 Dec 2009 12:24:00 EST Glitter Voltaics Bring Sparkle to Solar Perfect timing, Sandia National Laboratories. The government-owned lab's new microphotovoltaic cells are highly functional, and festive. The Sandia research team, led by investigator Greg Nielson, created tiny glitter-sized PV cells from crystalline silicon using micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) techniques. The cells ...