Category Archives: Saving the planet

Solving The World’s Water Crisis With A Beetle?

Posted on 27/09/2012 by tstacey

Here’s a cool bit of Biomimicry created from a beetle called the Namib Desert Beetle which has proved its resiliency and developed the ability to provide itself with water in a desert! The beetle uses its back to extract a water supply … Continue reading →

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Concentrated Solar Power

Posted on 17/03/2012 by tstacey

We’ve all seen concentrated solar power (CSP) plants — those rows and rows of shiny mirror heliostats all crowded around a 100-metre-high pillar, like worshippers peering up at a towering god. The orchestra of mirrors track the sun throughout the … Continue reading →

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