November 14, 2024

This September we are dedicated to providing awareness of sustainable solutions that protect our environment’s resources and help our world run more efficiently. We’ll share the latest news on community-driven products and initiatives and promote our ongoing engineering contests inviting developers to create new solutions to environmental problems. We will also be interviewing some of the industry leaders in the Hackster Cafe who fights e-waste, supports the right to repair and connects developers who want to help organizations trying to make a difference on earth.

A Call to Share Projects

Within the topic of “sustainability”, there are endless possibilities for how developers can incorporate sustainable building practices into their design processes as well as create solutions that monitor or respond to the effects of change. -on climate, depletion of natural resources, protection of wildlife populations, and energy consumption. consumption in the modern world. The Hackster community has shared a wide range of applications from smart metering on a Portenta H7 to a solar tracker powered by ESP. Check out some of our favorite projects in our article, “Celebrate Sustainability with This List of Environmentally Focused Projects“.

We are excited to see the projects you build that have an impact on your community. Share your projects and chat with other users in the following channels on the topic of how you can make a lasting impact:

Remember to share your projects on social media and use #hacksterio or tag our @hacksterio handle on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, and Twitter. We’ll re-share what we receive, so post regularly and showcase your work to the Hackster world and your social media profiles.

Register for the Impact Summit and Submit a Proposal for the Opportunity to Present Your Work

Impact Summit iin a 2-day virtual event aimed at spotlighting technological solutions and ongoing initiatives that protect local air and water resources, track and monitor environmental conditions, and combat large-scale problem. Attendees can participate in workshops, hear from industry leaders during our panel discussions, network with fellow developers during a virtual event, and be inspired to go out and make a lasting impact in their local community. . Register for the free event at events.hackster.io/impactsummit.

We want to give you a spotlight. If you have created and deployed a solution that falls into one of the categories mentioned above, submit a presentation proposal for a chance to speak at the summit! There are 25-minute and 10-minute presentation slots available. The submission deadline is September 12. Submit a proposal!

Read the Latest News on Sustainable Technology Research

Start your month strong by reading our latest articles on current research in the world of sustainable innovations:

  • This Biofilm Converts Sweat Into Electricity – Read more about how engineers from the University of Massachusetts Amherst have developed a biofilm that generates continuous electricity from the wearer’s sweat.
  • Don’t Throw It All Away – See how a group of Australian middle school students and Australia’s national science agency designed and built an intelligent recycling bin that automatically sorts materials, provides incentives to recycle and easily manage a network designed by students and agencies.
  • Combined Battery and Solar Cell Can Power Wearables for Ten Minutes After Just 30s of Sun – Read more about a prototype battery designed by the University of Surrey and Cyprus, Zhengzhou University, and the National Physical Laboratory in Middlesex that stores consumables powered by mere seconds of exposure to sunlight.
  • Liquified Gas Electrolytes Reduce Fire Risk for Lithium Metal Batteries – See how researchers from the University of Chicago have developed liquefied gas electrolytes that reduce fire risks, increase energy density, provide a wide range of voltages, and can also be recycled.
  • Paper Battery Can Power Consumer Electronics – Learn more about how researchers created a disposable paper battery that activates when saturated with water. This battery is made of a greater amount of eco-friendly materials compared to everyday batteries and it can power basic electronics.

Register for Ongoing Contests and Win Giant Prizes!

IoT Into the Wild Contest for a Sustainable Planet 2022 with Seed Studio

Show the global Hackster community the power of IoT, AI, and Edge Computing to protect Earth’s natural resources and biodiversity by using SenseCAP K1100 Sensor Prototype Kit in your project. Your project can focus on any of the following topics: mitigating the effects of climate change, conserving wildlife, protecting marine environments, creating open science solutions, and creating sustainable agricultural activities.

The grand prize of the contest, worth $10k, aims to help you scale your solution and deploy it in real life. Receive product samples for on-site testing, manufacturing and distribution services, cobranding and even introduce for additional investment and pilot project opportunities.

The deadline for submission is September 27.

Smarter Sustainable World Challenge with Nordic Semiconductors

Fight climate change by creating new projects with Nordic Thingy:53, a multi-protocol IoT prototyping platform that enables embedded machine learning, allows environmental sensing, and has a variety of use cases for environmental projects that you can see on the contest page. Since 2020, the Nordics have committed to the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals including climate action, sustainable cities, clean energy, as well as good health and well-being and want to support your new journey to show us how !

The grand prize is an all-expense paid trip to meet the Nordic team at Electronics this November in Germany!

Submissions close on October 17.

HoverGames 3: Earth, Sky, Food Supply with NXP

NXP’s HoverGames will start later this September but pre-registration is now open! This year is the fastest challenge of HoverGames – accepting project submissions that not only use the NXP HoverGames drone development kit but also their newly announced NXP HoverGames rover. The theme of this year’s competition invites people to explore how autonomous vehicles can be used to manage food ecosystems around the world. Pre-register now to be notified once the competition launches.

Join This Month’s Hackster Cafe Livestreams

Hackster’s talented hardware host, Alex Glow, talks to a selection of amazing guests who will share insights on building smart, sustainable prototyping practices, demonstrate their own work and discuss how your skills can contribute to organizations that need them. Subscribe to our YouTube channel and click the bell to get notifications for all our new videos for the month ahead.

A visitor is our good friend, Sarah Maston. Sarah is currently the Director of Global Partner Development at Microsoft. He has an amazing rap sheet from his 20+ years in the industry, especially the founder of Project 15: Open Platform for Conservation and Ecological Sustainability Solutions. Sarah is also the inventor of Project Edison and designed a safety communication solution accelerator for safe schools and workplaces, for which she won the Microsoft Polaris Award.

Mark your calendars for the livestream on September 27th at 10 AM PT!

Follow Alex Glow’s green-EE Page

As part of his 2022 Open Hardware Summit presentation, “A Better Hardware Lifecycle: Building Things Without Feeling Like a Jerk“, launched Alex green-EE page, compile a directory of resources for building assistive electronics in a sustainable, ethical, and mindful manner. This is a great starting point for developers who want to learn more about upcycling materials, responsible construction, and creating projects with a meaningful impact on the environment.

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