Inhabitat's Week in Green: Ferrari, Porsche, and the Glucowizzard
The Week in Green is a new item from our friends at Inhabitat, recapping the week's most interesting green developments and clean tech news for us.
The Maldives also made waves this week with hopeful plans to float their sinking nation using miniature man-made islands. That may be a while off however, so in the meantime why not enjoy the comforts of home at sea aboard this bizarre sofa boat -- a steal at only $16,064. Rounding off our flotilla of floating news, Hexicon unveiled a smart design for a floating array of wind turbines that can be easily installed in deep seas.
We also saw several developments in wearable tech that stand to change how we interact with the wired world. The Glucowizzard is a tiny solar powered chip that can be implanted in a person's wrist to easily monitor glucose levels. If implanting gadgets gets under your skin, then you might be a fan of Microsoft's Skinput system, which uses a micro projector to beam a touchscreen display onto your arm. And to power all that gear on the go, look no further than Bourne Energy's backpack power plant -- a bright blue generator that provides portable hydroelectric power.
This car is Green. literally :)
@mominshahab
Avoid the green ones. They aren't ripe yet.
"while Porsche upped the ante with its stunningly beautiful Nano EV, an all-electric version of the world's cheapest car."
I'm pretty sure the 918 Spyder will be anything but cheap.
I have been looking forward to that city on the sea idea for some time now, glad to see it still hasnt died....btw need to check out that 'worlds cheapest car" --- I needs one soon.
@abedinthehouse
omg nvm, I take that back....theres a reason its called the worlds CHEAPEST car
Hey... Nano EV is not by Porsche.. It is by TATA...
The link to the nano isn't working for me
"[...] while Porsche upped the ante with its stunningly beautiful Nano EV, an all-electric version of the world's cheapest car."
Yeah, that's what happens when you don't close a link tag, guys. :)
Porsche link is:
http://www.inhabitat.com/2010/03/02/918-spyder-is-porsches-first-ever-plug-in-hybrid-electric-car/
Rest of the sentence should be:
"[...] 912 Spyder Hybrid. Finally, Tata unveiled the Nano EV [...]"
What happened to This Day In Tech?
Yup.. the Nano link doesn't work for me either.. but I am sure that Nano EV is by TATA, an Indian company. Tata is the company that recently took over Land Rover and Jaguar brands too.
Full Points to Slash3
The Porsche 918 concept is stunning. Porsche perfection.
Umm... the Nano EV is from Tata, not Porsche ("Porsche upped the ante with its stunningly beautiful Nano EV")
The link to the Nano EV is incorrect: the HTML in that part of the page is totally messed-up. Please clean it up. Thanks.
The two problems related above are inter-connected.
The Nano EV is a Tata car!
That Glucowizzard thingy has nothing to with solar power. Those inhabitat editors must be playing "let's make up titles for photos" or they were high ;p How can something that is implanted be solar powered anyway?
Don't see people who can afford such thing cared much about green car or even global warming.
@cdf74dc9 Why do rich people have no morals?
Cause you know I love 'em young, fresh and green (with no hair in between, know what I mean?)
ow can you have this conversation and NOT mention the Audi??
http://www.wired.com/autopia/2010/01/audis-electric-car-gets-even-hotter/
Fast, Green and dazzling