New Thermally Elastic Metal Alloy Increases the Efficiency of Air Conditioners
A team of researchers at the University of Maryland have recently created a new "thermally elastic" metal alloy that will significantly increase the efficiency of refrigeration systems and air conditioners by up to 175 percent. This way, it is expected that the U.S. carbon dioxide emissions will be reduced by 250 million metric tons per year.
Nissan Planning to Migrate Electric Car Technology from LEAF to 370z or Essence Coupe
Edmunds' Inside Line reports sources at Nissan say that the company will make a sports car based on the future Leaf, which hasn't even made its debut on the market.
Zephyr Solar Powered Airplane: Aloft For Two Weeks, Landing on Friday
Prototypes are always good if they can prove the weakest link between theory and practice. Then, the heavy industry can have the cake and make it ten times bigger, but the start and beauty of things is in the trial-and-error phase. Such is the case of Zephyr, a solar powered aircraft that took off more than seven days ago and is still aloft.
Fast-Forward Powered Pedals Should Help You Climb Hills Easier
The idea of modding my bike and making it electric excites me every time I think about it. I even wanted to buy one of those kits on from China a few weeks ago. Then, my wife reminded me that biking is not about going fast and sweatless, but rather about pedaling and enjoying the sports. I can hardly wait till she sees this... the "Fast-Forward Powered Pedals"
New Manufacturing Technology Promises to Improve CIGS Solar Cells' Efficiency
When it comes to power, everybody thinks about money and how we should make power-generating devices like solar cells become more efficient (read: more stuff for the same money and size). Thin film solar cells are yet another competitor to classic ones, and attract customers through the fact that they're thin, flexible and cheap. And they're also pretty inefficient (20% at most).
Batteries That Recharge When Shaken Unveiled by Brother Industries
Brother Industries Ltd recently developed a small generator that allows you to recharge it simply by shaking it. According to the company, the "vibration-powered generating battery" can replace AA and AAA batteries for devices like remote control or flashlights, that have an energy consumption of about 100 mW.
I Touched Porsche's First Electric Car Yesterday – The Carriage That Could Have Changed...
Well, I had read about it, seen it in pictures, been impressed moderately and intelectually, but never realized that the thing was real. It actually exists at the Technical Museum in Vienna, Austria, and I've just visited it. Yesterday. And only then I've realized that I was sitting near a car that made history. Built by the man himself...
Better Place: Electric Car Battery Swapping Service Envisioning Worldwide Expansion
You may have probably heard of Project Better Place before - it's the business led by Shai Agassi that imposes itself a truly hard to get goal: to make a network of battery swapping and charging stations for the not-so-distant electric cars.
Uranium Nitride Could Be Used As Better Replacement for Current Nuclear Fuels, Los Alamos...
Uranium nitride can provide an alternative to the uranium and plutonium oxides now used. Researchers from the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) in New Mexico have recently discovered some of its reactive properties.
Milk Company From Ukraine Producing 1.3 MW of Power With 4,000 Cows And a...
From the former block of communist countries, Ukraine stands up and produces energy from the cow farms they own. The Ukrainian Milk Company Ltd, near Kiev, the country's capital, has just implemented a CHP (combined heat and power) generator powered by 4,000 cows.
