Cabin began making overnight trips between Los Angeles and San Francisco last month. The company?s emphasis on providing passengers with a good night?s sleep separates Cabin from other forms of transportation. Once on board you can relax on leather chairs in the bus lounge, retreat to your pod to rest or watch a movie. The buses depart around 11pm and arrive at their destination about 500 miles away the next?day?at 7am. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/innovations/wp/2017/08/10/can-a-better-nights-sleep-in-a-hipster-bus-replace-flying/?
Eco Cycle towers have been installed in Japan and the UK. There are two models, with one providing storage for up to 204 bikes and a smaller version that can store up to 58 bikes. Both models resemble small towers and can be installed either above or below ground. Once you have swiped your Eco Cycle Card to retrieve your bike, it is returned to you at ground level within 13 seconds. http://newatlas.com/eco-cycle-automated-cycle-storage/40496/
CSIRO's solar thermal heliostat mirrors are hitting the world stage to help China meet its renewable energy targets. The CSIRO has announced a new partnership with Chinese company, Thermal Focus, to use their unique heliostat (mirror) technology for concentrating solar thermal electricity generation. An advantage of the CSIRO system is the very low cost of storing thermal energy, giving their technology great potential for medium to large-scale solar power, even when the sun isn?t shining, meaning the power can be used through the day, and the night!
https://blog.csiro.au/aussie-solar-know-how-provides-a-ray-of-sunshine-for-china/
