Closely seeing real problems hounding Peru’s remote areas such as rural forest communities, researchers from the Universidad de Ingeniería y Tecnología (UTEC) developed a low-cost LED lamp powered by ...

I had a question about indoor grow ops. I have been an outdoor man for a couple years because it’s easy to grow and can produce plenty of flower. I am now starting an indoor op, and I am doing some ...

When you think about renewable energy, you usually think about solar power or wind power, but you probably don’t think about plants. That may change if a team of researchers — one professor and eight ...

You know what they say (and by "they," we mean millennials, basically): Pets are the new kids and plants are the new pets! And just like any pet, you want to give your lush little plant babies the ...

Amanda Blum is a freelancer who writes about smart home technology, gardening, and food preservation. Previously, Amanda has worked as a technology strategist specializing in problem solving and ...

An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link If you live in a city apartment without a lot of sunlight, starting a garden can be a challenge. The Mygdal lamp by Nui Studio, a design ...

In off-grid communities, the power of plants can be harnessed to create just enough electricity to change lives. As its Spanish name suggests, the Plantalámparas is a lamp that runs on plant power.

German design team We Love Eames, which is composed of Emilia Lucht and Arne Sebrantke, were inspired to envision a lamp that would enable people to grow plants anywhere indoors. They realized that as ...

HPS, or high-pressure sodium, bulbs are one of the most popular HID (high-intensity discharge) lamps in use today. Heavier in the orange-to-red wavelengths, HPS bulbs provide excellent spectrum for ...

Mushrooms are disgusting, but growing a lamp out of fungi is both weird and cool. That’s the idea behind New York-based biomaterials company Ecovative design, which sells mushroom and hemp-growing ...