Each week our friends at Inhabitat recap the week's most interesting green developments and clean tech news for us -- it's the Week in Green. This week the Chevy Volt lit up the newswires after GM announced plans to
temporarily halt its production -- Inhabitat brought you an
interview with Chevy on the shutdown and explained why it
doesn't foretell electric vehicle doomsday. We also showcased you the hottest new vehicles straight from the Geneva Motor Show -- including Infiniti's sexy
Emerg-E sports car, Toyota's ultra-compact
FT-Bh hybrid, and Nissan's
Hi-Cross hybrid crossover. On the lighter side of things, this week a
LEGO space shuttle soared into the stratosphere, we featured an insane Russian bicycle
powered by a chainsaw, and
DARPA's robotic cheetah broke a world land speed record.
Groundbreaking green architecture projects reached for the sky as
Tokyo's Sky Tree was crowned the world's second tallest building and the eVolo Skyscraper Competition unveiled its futuristic finalists -- including an energy-generating tower
made entirely from trash, a spiraling
water-storing spire for the Himalayas, and a
spherical underwater skyscraper that recycles plastic pollution. New York City also made waves as Mayor Bloomberg called for a
solid waste to energy facility, Terreform proposed plans for a
self-sufficient NYC covered with vertical gardens, and a new
cupcake ATM hit the streets of Manhattan.
It was also a big week for consumer tech as Apple launched its brand new iPad -- however in the light of recent criticism over Apple's labor conditions we took a look at the
human cost of Apple's products and we shared
5 things you should know before buying the iPad 3. Meanwhile, researchers at MIT developed a
breakthrough LED light that exceeds 100 percent efficiency, and we brought you an inside look at
5 high-tech green data centers that serve the environment. Finally, scientists discovered several amazing new uses for spider silk by weaving it into
violin strings that create superior symphonic sounds and insulation that conducts heat
800 times better than any other organic material.
Inhabitat's Week in Green: interview with Chevy, breakthrough LED light and spider silk violin strings originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 11 Mar 2012 18:00:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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