Archive for category New Inventions

Excess Human Body Heat Used to Keep Buildings Warm

Posted by Mircea Sandru in New Inventions, Power Saving on March 31, 2012

Already being used in many places around the world, the idea of using human body heat to keep buildings warm during cold seasons gains popularity very fast. After many studies engineers concluded that excess body heat could slash carbon emissions in urban areas by one third, if collected and used properly. You may have noticed [...]

13 Year-Old Aidan Dwyer Uses Fibonacci Sequence to Improve Solar Power Collection

Posted by Mihai Sandru in New Inventions, Solar Power on January 19, 2012

Inspiration comes in a many forms, or rather at many ages – you just have to recognize it. For example, you can feel inspired by 13-year-old Aidan Dwyer, who applied a very frequent mathematical principle found in nature to boost the solar panels’ performance. And quite successfully, we might add: by using the Fibonacci sequence [...]

Self-Cleaning Clothes Turned Reality by Two Chinese Researchers

Posted by Ovidiu Sandru in New Inventions on December 19, 2011

Two Chinese researchers have developed a chemical coating that makes cotton clothes self-cleaning. The method that gets rid of stains and foul smells is also eco-friendly, since the fabric doesn’t have to be washed anymore. A simple exposure to light will do the job. Mingce Long and Deyong Wu covered the cotton with a layer [...]

World's Lightest Material is a Metal, Could Be Used for Making Better Batteries

Posted by Ovidiu Sandru in Energy Storage, New Inventions on November 18, 2011

A newly invented material could revolutionize many industries at once. Discovered by a collaborating team from three U.S. universities, the metal is the lightest material ever discovered – so light it can actually sit on a dandelion. The new material’s density is 0.9 milligrams/cubic centimeter, and Styrofoam, one of the lightest so far, is 100 [...]

Air Filter That Sensibly Increases Engine Power and MPG Patented by Romanian Engineer

Posted by Ovidiu Sandru in Efficient engines, New Inventions on November 5, 2011

Corneliu Birtok-Baneasa, a Romanian engineer, has invented a groundbreaking air filter that decreases the fuel consumption by 10 to 15 percent and raises an engine’s power by up to 10 percent. He patented the device that had been already awarded at various international invention congresses. “I am involved in a venture with multiple companies for [...]

Newly-Discovered Process Makes Gasoline From Wood Chips

Posted by Ovidiu Sandru in New Inventions on October 19, 2011

Clay Wheeler, a researcher from the University of Maine has created what could be the alternative to using petroleum for making gasoline – a much greener alternative, in fact, but which also poses numerous other environmental concerns, because it involves trees – the Earth’s lungs. Prof. Wheeler and his two undergrads said about the technique [...]

Miniature "Flying Carpet" Made of Conductive Plastic Developed at Princeton

Posted by Mihai Sandru in New Inventions on October 5, 2011

Researchers at Princeton University have come up with a 10cm (4in) piece of plastic that has taken flight in their laboratory. Using tiny conducting threads that electrify the plastic, the “flying carpet” is driven by “ripple power” – waves of electricity driving thin pockets of air from front to rear underneath. According to the team, [...]

World's Smallest Nano-Motor Powered by Electricity for First Time in History

Posted by Ovidiu Sandru in New Inventions on September 5, 2011

Now this is not our typical green scientific breakthrough, but it may one day change the way we consume energy and improve electric motors for good. This is about a team from the University of Tufts, Mass., led by Charles Sykes, who invented the world’s smallest electric motor ever, measuring only about 1 (one) nanometer [...]

Plastic Bottle Light Bulbs Illuminate Homes Without Electricity During the Day in Philippines

Posted by Mircea Sandru in New Inventions on August 2, 2011

Using one-liter plastic bottles, water and bleach, they managed to create the Bottle Light Bulb. The concept is very simple but a real wonder for those poor people who lived in darkness, or at the light of toxic petrol lamps.

Light Harvesting Nanoantennas Made With Plant DNA and Artificial Molecules

Posted by Ovidiu Sandru in New Inventions, Solar Power on July 11, 2011

A University of Toronto research team has reported the first time construction of what they call “artificial molecules.” These molecules have been inspired by photosynthesis and use nanotechnology to harvest sunlight.

Piezo-Photovoltaic Device Creates Electricity From Wind/Rain/Sun

Posted by Ovidiu Sandru in New Inventions, Piezoelectric, Solar Power on June 15, 2011

A new device that harvests energy from raindrops, winds or sunlight has been invented at the Institute for Materials Research and Innovation at the University of Bolton, UK. Elias Siores led a team who created a special polymer with piezoelectric and photosensitive properties.

Car Built by Romanian Inventor Gets 784 MPG Fuel Efficiency

Posted by Ovidiu Sandru in Efficient engines, New Inventions on May 19, 2011

Remember Justin Capra, the Romanian inventor of the jetpack? Well’s he’s done it again. Now, his ingenuity inspired him to build a small car that has a fuel efficiency of 784 miles per gallon! How about that?

Clean Water Harvested From Fog by Beetle-Inspired Device

Posted by Mircea Sandru in Green News, New Inventions, Water Purifiers on April 25, 2011

Inspired by Stenocara gracilipes, a beetle found in the Namib Desert, MIT engineer Shreerang Chhatre developed a simple and efficient device that can harvest fog. Being actually an inexpensive way to provide clean drinking water, this fog harvesting device could be perfect for poorer countries, where water scarcity is still an unsolved problem.

New Polymer That Harvests Both Heat and Light Invented at Wake Forest University

Posted by Mihai Sandru in New Inventions, Solar Power on April 5, 2011

One day we will get as far as taking a shower and turning on the heat in our room with the energy our roof has collected over the day. And when I say this I feel encouraged by the new solar-thermal device based on polymer material that Wake Forest University researchers invented.

Nanowires Could Enable Human Heart to Power Gadgets

Posted by Mihai Sandru in Experiments, New Inventions on April 1, 2011

Nanotechnology – the science of managing matter at a molecular level – has delivered its promises: if charging your iPod with your heart is not great, then what is? Yes, you read correctly: it is your own little human heart that could be doing the work of a charger, so that you can continue listening [...]

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