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Ad Astra Rocket Company and Cummins use hydrogen/biogas to power Cummins generator in Costa Rica

Green Car Congress

The electrical generator designed and manufactured by Cummins is part of an experimental 7.5 and EARTH University in Costa Rica. Ad Astra is developing this system in collaboration with Costa Rica’s state-owned oil refinery, RECOPE.

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This Startup Builds USVs That Collect Data About Oceans

Cars That Think

Today, Open Ocean has more than two dozen full-time employees, plus contractors and part-time staff, bringing the total to just over 30. Her water expeditions throughout the world include five months during 2005 and 2006, when she and her husband rowed from Portugal to Costa Rica. Data Xplorer. www.youtube.com.

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Move Over, Tractor—the Farmer Wants a Crop-Spraying Drone

Cars That Think

Arthur Erickson Occupation: Aerospace engineer and founder, Hylio Location: Houston Education: Bachelor’s degree in aerospace, specializing in aeronautics, from the University of Texas at Austin Erickson founded Hylio with classmates while they were attending the University of Texas at Austin.

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Are Disposable Hotel Slippers the Next Plastic Straws?

Baua Electric

In November, managers at the Arenas del Mar resort near Manuel Antonio National Park in Costa Rica, challenged employees to come up with ways to operate more sustainably. She added that the comfort and hygiene associated with slippers has become a universal luxury standard today. And the housekeepers advised: Ditch the slippers.