Sustainability

Bee Friendly's Insector is a solar-powered, cost-effective, site-specific data collection and AI processing system that tracks biodiversity and ecosystem health. It analyzes data essential for compliance with...

Voltaic's customers power their industrial IoT applications with our solar panels and solar power systems, and many of these products have a positive climate impact by: Reducing fuel consumption...

A public art installation called Hedgework was recently deployed outside of Building 77 at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. It is a biodiverse habitat for birds and bees that listens to the environment and engages with...

My wife and I are both using the  SON 28 Hub, an all-purpose hub dynamo which supports a Sinewave USB port on my stem and a front headlight. It is via the Sinewave that we charge our Voltaic V50s ....

The first 100% solar-powered boathouse has recently deployed a first of its kind highly visible solar-powered channel marker lights!  The Marin Rowing Association (MRA), a world-class rowing facility on Corte...

Poor air quality causes a range of very bad health outcomes, but we still know relatively little about the air we breathe. To address this problem, there are a growing range of commercially available air...

We now recommend the 25 Watt CORE Solar System with the 5V MicroUSB output for most locations. Upgrade to the 50 Watt panel for the Pacific Northwest and high northern...

Voltaic first met Sebastian Kennerknecht at an International League of Conservation Photographers event several years ago. He is a wildlife and conservation photographer with a specific focus on wild cats and...

StreamBeam a community funded, volunteer run organization has built some beautiful stream monitoring gauges using ultrasonic sensors, Particle Boron and Voltaic solar panels. The monitors are placed on bridges...

Most IoT projects include a number of the same components including a real time clock, data logging and power management. Robert Mawrey, founder and CEO of Sentient Things, built the IoT Node to shorten the...

FieldKit, a core project of Conservify, was recently awarded the Grand Prize of the 2019 Hackaday Prize. Conservify works to build and develop tools and technologies that make it easy for communities to...

Conservation Lower Zambezi is a wildlife protection organization located in southeastern Zambia, right on the edge of Lower Zambezi National Park. They run a variety of programs with the local wildlife...

Open Source Drifting Buoy As sensors and communications hardware drop in price, there are entire new worlds that are opening up for exploration and monitoring. One of those is the ocean. The Maker Buoy Shop...

The black-capped petrel lives high in the mountains of Hispaniola and makes its nest in a deep burrow, among dense ravines or dry rocky ridges. It is an endangered seabird known as Diablotin (“little...

The SensorTeam in the Netherlands recently launched the IoT SoundSensor to accurately monitor sound levels in real time. The system is powered by a Voltaic 9 Watt, 18 Volt Solar panel. The noise pollution...

In this post, we test how to run an Apogee full spectrum sensor from a small solar panel or simply a battery. The sensor measures PPFD which is the number of photons in the 400-700nm range of the visible...

Wildlife Protection Solutions uses technology to save endangered species and ecosystems. They have combined their wildlife conservation and technology expertise to create a real-time solution to combat...

Solar Powered Remote Water Level Monitoring Pacific Watershed Associates, based in Northwestern California, is an environmental and engineering firm that specializes in complex watershed issues. One of their...