MEDOLOGY

• Top 5 Global Green Building Trends of 2017
• Scientists Just Used Einstein's 100-Year-Old Theory to Weigh a Dwarf Star
• Elon Musk Says Almost All Tesla Superchargers Will Go Off-Grid
• This Alarm Clock Donates to Charity Every Time You Hit the Snooze Button
• Samsung Just Unveiled the Biggest Ultrawide Monitor Money Can Buy
• This Imaginary Subway Map Features Ancient Roman Roads

Top 5 Global Green Building Trends of 2017 Thanks in part to the U.N.'s 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, green building projects are increasing worldwide. As a matter of fact, from 2015 to 2018 the percentage of global builders with at least 60 percent of their projects certified green will double, according to the World Green Building Trends report. The main motivation behind green construction is to reduce carbon emissions. And the most successful ways to do that revolve around energy usage. Namely, to decrease energy consumption and increase energy efficiency in homes and buildings around the world. [Image Source: Pixabay] Here's how those goals break down into the top 5 global green building trends this year: 1. Read More at Interesting Engineering

Scientists Just Used Einstein's 100-Year-Old Theory to Weigh a Dwarf Star Albert Einstein's almost century old theories are still being used for new science discoveries. The latest being the breakthrough in star research using a theory called gravitational lensing. A team of scientists used Einstein's theory to measure the mass of a dwarf star. [Image Source: NASA, ESA, and A. Feild (STScI)] Einstein's friend R.W. Mandl asked him to research and publish on a particular part of Einstein's famous "Theory of Relativity". He wanted to know more about the way stars should deflect the light that passes by them like a lens would. Read More at Interesting Engineering

Elon Musk Says Almost All Tesla Superchargers Will Go Off-Grid Tesla is proving just how serious they are in making solar energy the standard. This week they announced their plans to disconnect almost all their Superchargers from the electricity grid. Instead, the Supercharger stations will rely totally on solar and battery power. Tesla has been talking about adding solar arrays to its Supercharger stations since the network debuted in 2012. But until now only about 6 out of the 800 stations have solar arrays. Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced the company's plans to roll out more battery and solar systems in time for the launch of the Version 3 of their supercharger. Read More at Interesting Engineering

This Alarm Clock Donates to Charity Every Time You Hit the Snooze Button There are two kinds of people in the world – one who only sets one alarm and one who sets multiple alarms. By multiple, we mean one initial alarm then twenty snooze alarms with five-minute intervals. If you're not a morning person and always struggle to find the will to drag yourself out of bed then this article is for you. We found this interesting alarm clock that will teach you how to stop hitting the snooze button. Snoozing for five more minutes after your alarm ringed won't be an option anymore as this alarm clock will give away your real money if you do so. Read More at Interesting Engineering

Samsung Just Unveiled the Biggest Ultrawide Monitor Money Can Buy In a world constantly attempting to upsize just about everything, Samsung has quashed the competition with the official release of their newest 49-inch ultrawide monitor. Samsung's curved CH90 ultrawide monitor in all its mighty glory [Image Source: Samsung] An ultrawide monitor is great for extending the view of your computer without breaking up the display with multi-screen setups that leave ugly bezels between each screen. Wide monitors provide the extra room to multitask with more windows side-by-side while providing the ultimate immersive experiences for gamers. To many, an ultrawide monitor is well worth the extra few dollars. Read More at Interesting Engineering

This Imaginary Subway Map Features Ancient Roman Roads An undergraduate student from the University of Chicago, Alexandr 'Sasha' Trubetskoy, created a subway-style diagram of the major Roman roads. He based the modern-looking subway map on the road network of the Roman Empire around the ca. 125 AD period. [Image Source: Sasha Trubetskoy] The making of the Roman roads map Trubetskoy is a statistics student originally from Washington DC. As a self-proclaimed geography and data nerd, he spends his free time making maps. Creating the map required serious research according to Trubetskoy. He had to look up the links between cities and by which road they are connected with. Read More at Interesting Engineering