Miriam narrated a series of short videos that feature new technology and inventors from the book.
Why these innovations are so important, and a glimpse of the technologies below.
Harnessing solar energy can be pricey, but that soon may change. One company aims to cut the price by a factor of 10 by printing cheap solar ink onto flexible film that could be your roofing material.
"Anything you can get out of a barrel of oil, you can get out of a pound of sugar with the right microbe." So says Jack Newman of Amyris Biotechnologies, who is using genetically-modified yeast to brew gasoline.
Inventor Alla Weinstein found a way to convert the up-and-down motion of waves into electricity.
An innovator in Alaska has developed the first low-temperature geothermal power plant, meaning that many more locations can take advantage of power from the Earth's core.
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