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There’s no reason you should have to do anything besides exist in the cold dark of winter, including cleaning. Cyber Monday sales on iRobot’s vacuums are making it much more affordable to put your feet up and let a machine do the work for you. A range of iRobot’s vacuums are currently discounted, including a 42 percent off deal on the iRobot Roomba 694. The robot vacuum is down to an all-time low price of $159 from $275.
The Roomba 694 is already one of iRobot’s more affordable options, but it becomes much easier to justify getting when saving $116. It’s also a great product — we named it this year’s best budget robot vacuum thanks to its sleek design, good cleaning power and iRobot’s always great app. You can control its functions on the device or through that app (except spot-cleaning, which only works with the physical button). It’s especially great if you have a smaller place, like an apartment, as the robot vacuum lasted about 45 minutes in our test before recharging in its dock.
If you want to use the iRobot sale to go all out, then check out the iRobot Roomba Combo j9+ — currently 29 percent off. The self-emptying and auto-fill vacuum and mop is usually $1,399 but has dropped to $999 for Cyber Monday. This 2-in-1 model has a retractable mop to leave you out of any system switches. In fact, the dock can refill water for 30 days and empty any debris for 60 days, making cleaning the floors something you rarely need to think about. It also has a dirt detective (which weirdly sounds fun?) that determines which rooms are usually dirtiest and starts with those.
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Yi Design, a Chinese materials company established by curator and artist Caroline Cheng and designer Karl Yin, has introduced an innovative solution to address the issue of ceramic waste by creating water-permeable bricks named Permeable YiBrick.
These bricks are composed of 90% recycled ceramic waste sourced from industrial porcelain manufacturers in Jingdezhen, known as the ceramics capital of China — Yi Design aims to tackle the substantial amount of waste generated by the country’s ceramics industry.
China generates approximately 18 million tonnes of ceramic waste annually, a significant portion of which is illegally disposed of by dumping or burial. The Permeable YiBrick presents an eco-friendly alternative by repurposing this waste into functional bricks with water-permeable properties.
This not only addresses the environmental impact of ceramic waste but also provides a practical application for flood prevention in urban areas.
China produces millions of tons of ceramic waste every year. Photo courtesy of Yi Design (taken from the video)
Yi Design’s commitment to sustainability is evident in its use of recycled materials, contributing to a circular economy. The Permeable YiBrick has already found application in various projects, including the creation of a tiled wall for the COS fashion brand store in Shanghai’s Century Plaza shopping mall.
The innovative brick has garnered attention and recognition, being shortlisted in the sustainable building product category of the 2023 Dezeen Awards. It competes alongside other environmentally conscious solutions, such as a hexagonal paver system by Norwegian firm Snøhetta and Erosion Mitigation Units crafted from recycled oyster shells.
This initiative by Yi Design aligns with a growing trend in exploring alternative materials for construction, as seen in various examples worldwide. From construction waste to expanded cork and even human urine, these alternatives offer sustainable options to conventional brick production.
The Permeable YiBrick stands as a noteworthy example of turning waste into a functional and environmentally friendly building material.
YiBrick Permeable Photo from Yi Design’s product page
Yi Design’s Water-Permeable Bricks Tackle Ceramic Waste For Flood Prevention
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Google is now using geothermal energy to meet the massive power needs of its data centers. Google announced a first-of-its-kind geothermal project is now operational in Nevada in a blog post on Tuesday, using heat from the Earth’s core as energy.
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Google says a first-of-its-kind geothermal energy project is now feeding carbon-free electricity (CFE) into the Nevada grid that powers its data centers in the area. The company says that the enhanced geothermal system (EGS) is delivering a round-the-clock supply of CFE to the grid. It’s a step toward Google’s goal of entirely powering its data centers and offices on CFE by 2030.
Google teamed up with clean energy startup Fervo Energy in 2021 to work on an EGS. Unlike other sources of CFE such as solar and wind, geothermal projects can operate at any time (solar projects, for instance, can only capture energy during the day).
Fervo Energy achieved a geothermal breakthrough earlier this year when its system achieved flow and power output records for an EGS. It was capable of producing 3.5 megawatts of electricity — enough to power around 2,600 homes. That test result was said to be the first time an energy company proved an EGS is capable of working on a commercial scale.
Scientists have been trying to make an EGS work since the 1970s. A natural geothermal system requires a blend of heat, rock permeability and fluid to generate electricity. In areas where there’s sufficient heat but not enough permeability, an EGS creates the latter by drilling deep into the earth and injecting fluid to create fractures in the rock.
At its Nevada site, Fervo drilled 8,000 feet into the ground, then extended the well horizontally to reach more of the hot reservoir. It drilled a second horizontal well to intersect the fractures in the rock. The company pumps cold water from the first well through the fractures into the second well. The water absorbs heat from the surrounding rock. This is used to generate steam and that produces CFE.
The Department of Energy has acknowledged that, unlike with gas and oil fracking, EGS poses a low risk of water contamination. EGS reservoirs are typically much deeper in the ground than oil and gas reservoirs and aren’t close to groundwater or near-surface drinking water supplies. Geothermal power plants don’t release any water on the surface either.
A 2019 report by the DOE found that — through advancements in technology as well as in policy and procurement — EGS could generate up to 120 gigawatts of clean energy by 2050. That would be enough to cover over 16 percent of the US’ expected electricity needs.
Google says it’s working to accelerate adoption of EGS as a clean energy solution. To that end, it recently teamed up with Project InnerSpace, a non-profit organization that’s focused on removing barriers that are limiting the global development of geothermal energy. Fervo, meanwhile, is building an EGS site in Utah that it expects to deliver 400 megawatts of 24/7 carbon-free electricity — enough to power as many as 300,000 homes. Fervo says that site will start delivering power to the grid in 2026 and reach full-scale production two years later.
This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/googles-first-geothermal-energy-project-is-up-and-running-162630603.html?src=rss
New research by an international team of scientists adds weight to the idea that the mass extinction event leading to the demise of non-avian dinosaurs was not solely caused by an asteroid impact but was influenced by pre-existing environmental challenges — The study focuses on sulfur levels in the atmosphere, presenting evidence that before the asteroid impact 66 million years ago, the Earth was experiencing significant volcanic activity.
The researchers, led by University of Oslo geoscientist Sara Callegaro, analyzed rocks from the Deccan Traps, a massive volcanic region in present-day West India. Using a new measurement technique for sulfur concentrations, they found that volcanic sulfur degassing from this region could have led to repeated, short-lived global drops in temperature.
‘T Rex’ Canada’s Dinosaur Museum.” by Bernard Spragg is marked with CC0 1.0.
The Deccan Traps released an immense amount of molten rock, approximately one million cubic kilometers, with the sulfur-containing lava coinciding with the cooling Cretaceous climate.
The sustained sulfur emissions from this volcanic activity may have substantially altered the global climate, causing temperature fluctuations of up to 10°C within 100,000 years before the asteroid impact.
The findings challenge the traditional narrative that attributes the extinction event primarily to the Chicxulub asteroid impact. Instead, the research suggests that the Earth’s climatic conditions were already unstable due to volcanic activity, creating a series of volcanic winters that could have lasted decades.
This environmental instability likely made survival challenging for both plants and animals, setting the stage for the eventual extinction of dinosaurs.
The study contributes to the ongoing debate between the asteroid and volcano theories regarding the cause of the mass extinction. Some researchers propose that the asteroid impact triggered increased volcanic activity, while others suggest that volcanic activity may have played a role in helping life recover from the asteroid strike.
The research underscores the significance of the Deccan Traps volcanism in shaping global climatic conditions and its role in the lead-up to the mass extinction event.
Due To Volcanic Activity, Dinosaurs Were Doomed To Extinction, Even Without A Meteorite
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