Could your phone be powered by your...sweat?
Cool tech edition
Morning eco-nnecters,
What if we could harness energy from…sweat? Awesome technologies that don’t rely on mining are taking shape in University labs! Read up below,
This Week in Climate News:
🇫🇷 France becomes first European country to ban fossil fuel advertising.
🇲🇽 New regenerative farming initiative in Mexico would restore 2.5M acres of land, in Chiapas.
🇵🇰 Never before seen floods in Pakistan kills 1,000 people and impacts 33M people.
🔥 Amazon Rainforest hits worst day for forest fires 15 years.
🌊 UN fails to reach agreement for high seas treaty again, after 15 years of negotiations.
📈 Cool Trends
💧Powered by sweat?
Researchers at the University of Massachusetts have figured out how to harness our sweat for electricity using a biofilm that powers wearable devices.
The biofilm would stick to our skin like a band-aid and uses bacteria that converts energy from evaporation into electricity.
"This is a very exciting technology, it is real green energy, and unlike other so-called 'green-energy' sources, its production is totally green."—said team member and electrical and computer engineering graduate student Xiaomeng Liu.
The best part? The film is produced naturally by the microbes, with no need for unsustainably produced material or toxic waste byproducts.
So far, the biofilm produces enough energy to power small devices such as medical sensors or personal electronics.
👾 The Merge: Ethereum goes green
Crypto has gone eco. This September Ethereum will undergo “the merge,” its mainnet will merge with the Beacon Chain, making it a fully proof-of-stake system instead of its traditional proof-of-work model. The merge will decrease Ethereum’s energy consumption by 99.95%!
💩 WTF? news
🗿 Mysterious Spanish stonehenge and dinosaur tracks in USA revealed due to drought.
📱 Apple admits that it slows down old iphone models so you buy new ones.
🌏 The Culture Club
📺 What we’re watching: The Ghost Rainforest
🎧 What we’re listening to:
👁 Profile of the week: @wisdom.keepers
🤯 Crazy fact we learnt this week: 70% of all birds on earth are farmed poultry.