Saltwater Brewery was a regular microbrewery that made great craft beer - packaged with the usual plastic six pack rings. As fishermen who saw firsthand the amount of plastic pollution in the ocean, though, they felt they needed to make a change to help marine animals. They came up with the idea to create edible six pack rings made of biodegradable materials left over from the brewing process. Now, they’ve created a new company, E6PR, to sell their “Eco Six Pack Rings” to other companies like Corona that want to help clean up the oceans and improve their sustainability.
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Sustainability
DIY Factory Turns Plastic Waste Into Super-Strong Bricks
Sustainability
DIY Factory Turns Plastic Waste Into Super-Strong Bricks
Kenyan startup Gjenge Makers turns plastic waste into plastic bricks that are stronger, lighter, and cheaper than their concrete counterparts.
Kenyan startup Gjenge Makers turns plastic waste into plastic bricks that are stronger, lighter, and cheaper than their concrete counterparts.
Entertainment
This Haptic Suit Lets You 'Hear' Music Through Your Skin
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Future of Cities
Getting Aerial Ridesharing Off the Ground
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Getting Aerial Ridesharing Off the Ground
It’s been the ultimate futuristic dream for decades: flying cars! But now, the future finally has a deadline. At least to start, it will land in the form of a small air taxi operated by Uber, not something you’ll park in your garage.
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Innovation
Hacking Surfboard Fins to Fight Climate Change
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Hacking Surfboard Fins to Fight Climate Change
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Dispatches
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The only way to make self-driving cars safer is to take the risk of more testing.
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Challengers
Let's Talk About Failure
Challengers
Let's Talk About Failure
Are we fetishizing failure? What are the costs of failing? How do we bounce back after it inevitably happens?
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Challengers
Four Crazy Ideas From the Golden Age of Nuclear
Challengers
Four Crazy Ideas From the Golden Age of Nuclear
For a couple decades people thought nuclear power was the answer to pretty much everything. And they came up with...
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Change Agents
Could Ugly Produce Change the World?
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Could Ugly Produce Change the World?
Meet the startup that wants to sell you ugly fruits and veggies
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