Technology innovation

In this beginning of the 21th century, we are becoming more and more aware of the importance to preserve our environment. Our planet as been here for millions of years, but we’ve only been there for a couple thousands. If we want to survive as a race, we have to take care of our surroundings. For the last century, we have come to develop very interesting technologies. Some technologies we’ve invented are harming the environment very badly. A good innovation strategy could help us improve new technologies without doing any harm to our planet. A growing number of scientists are working hand in hand to develop new gadgets using solar power, wind power, plants…

High-end new electronic gadgets are rarely green. We can easily imagine that in our near future, there will be even more laptops, cell phones, pdas, cars, etc. Thats why we need to innovate to create new solutions. The term innovation refers to a new way of doing something. We don’t have to reinvent everything here. We just have to think better when we are creating a product or buying a product. In our economy, what we decide to buy can change everything. If everyone would start buying green gadgets tomorrow, those would become more affortable and there would be more green gadgets on the market in a flick of switch. In my opinion, we need an innovation strategy that will help us change the way we are thinking about new technology.

Here is a short list of new green gadgets that will most certainly help improve our situation:

• Green roofs: more and more cities are loosing there parks and their green spots to build skyscrapers. This new idea is really great: by covering your roof with plants, you help our planet’s health and it eliminates the need for air conditioning
• Home wind turbine: very recently, we’ve seen more and more houses installing this piece of equipment. They are still expensive, but if you stay in a windy environment, it could worth the deal.
• LED lighting: light-emitting diodes have been around for a while now. But, it is just recently that we have started to see them replace more and more incandescent bulbs. Right there: it’s a 80% energy saving.

But, that’s just the beginning. If we really want to makes things change in the next century, we have to do this as a team. New technology like Internet, teleconferencing, blogs and forums can help us work together by exchanging ideas. Our world as never been so connected than today and we have to take advantage of this situation. That’s part of our innovation strategy. The second part of this strategy is making the decision to become greener together. Most of us would rather make more money with a new gadget than creating a greener gadget and making a little less money. Organizations that produce electricity don’t want us to use alternative green energy sources, they want us to buy their electricity. When we will decide to turn our back to these companies and to pay a little bit more for green gadgets, a new world will be born.
The green gadgets are just one part of the innovation strategy I am talking about here. But, I think it is a very good start. Children of the new generation are craving for new gadgets. Maybe if they have more green gadgets, they would be inspired to create and buy more green technologies. After all, children are our future…