User-centered, technically grounded product design. Making things that fold, bend, open, close, collapse, expand, conform, adjust and look good doing it.
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Watch: Prof. @DeblinaSarkar59, who leads the @NCB_MIT, explains how harnessing the “spin” of electrons opens a path toward producing highly energy-efficient computers—a vital need as computation demands increase worldwide. Learn more about her work: media.mit.edu/projects/2d-ne…
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The decision at #COP28 to finally recognize that the climate crisis is, at its heart, a fossil fuel crisis is an important milestone. But it is also the bare minimum we need and is long overdue. The influence of petrostates is still evident in the half measures and loopholes included in the final agreement.
Fossil fuel interests went all out to control the outcome, but the passionate work of millions of climate activists around the world inspired and motivated delegates from many nations to loosen the industry’s grip.
Whether this is a turning point that truly marks the beginning of the end of the fossil fuel era depends on the actions that come next and the mobilization of finance required to achieve them.
We must ask ourselves how much longer will the world have wait before all nations summon the political will to overcome these narrow special interests and act on behalf of the future of humanity. It is up to all of us to hold our leaders accountable to their promise to transition away from fossil fuels once and for all.
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On July 12/13, the @MassLegislature is holding hearings on the Future of Clean Heat Act. This is a "utility-scale solution to a utility-scale problem." Check out our webinar and attached summary. The future is electrification! @HEET_ma @350MA @CleanH2OMA salemsafe.org/2023/07/01/the…
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Professor Kevin Anderson is addressing all of us in very clear words:
»We are heading towards 3 to 4°C of warming across this century, an absolute climate catastrophe for all species incl our own. And all we are doing so far is giving rhetoric and optimism and greenwash.«
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Together with our project partners, including @heet_ma, we broke ground today on our first-of-its-kind networked geothermal system in @Framingham_MA. 👀 Watch for reports from @wcvb & @WBUR and read more here: eversource.com/content/resid…
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Great turnout at the #FutureofCleanHeat briefing this week! HEET's @zeynebmagavi talked about the growing national excitement around #networkedgeothermal, which the bill would permit gas companies to build. Just last week, CO passed a bill doing the same. Let's #gogeo in MA!
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I want to tell stories about people who are doing (or have done) extraordinary things related to climate action.
Could be activists, inventors, bureaucrats, policymakers, anyone really! Present or past.
Whose stories should I tell?
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Yixing clay teapots are made from Yixing clay. This traditional style originated in China, dating back to the 15th century, and are made from clay produced near Yixing in the eastern Chinese province of Jiangsu
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As currents in the metallic wire encounter resistance, the metal heats up, enough to build a simple hot wire styrofoam cutter with a 1.5V battery and two keys
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This is a rice-based 3D printer filament (not just a fill for standard PLA) being created by @archi_peace. Rice Resin is a new bioplastic from Japan- similar to corn-based PLA but more suitable for Asia since it uses inedible rice.
via @YuTR0N
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It's a new day for collaboration with everyone jumping on the #Geothermal Energy Networks efforts at @Geo_Rising Conference. Represented were @Geo_Exchange, @NREL, @bakerhughesco, and @HEET_MA in wonderful harmony at yesterday afternoon's panel. @WING_geothermal
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The world’s biggest car company, Toyota, released an electric vehicle in May.
Weeks later, it recalled 2,700 of them because there was a risk their wheels — arguably the most fundamental component of a car — would fall off trib.al/EW4jTai
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This headline from the @LATimes isn't just blatantly false and misleading; it's also the result of a years-long propaganda campaign by the fossil fuel industry to halt progress on climate change. Thread:
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"Two thirds of the 18,000 megawatts needed was provided by solar power loaded into the energy grid — or 12,391 megawatts. The rest came from wind, geothermal and other renewable sources."
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The sequel to Maus is on prominent display in the library today. Why the sequel? All copies of the original are checked out. Massachusetts says no thank you to Tennessee.
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Somebody in the background is fighting for her life!!! nitter.gq/7SpringsPA/status/1484…