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DIY 3D Solar Panel Powers Electric Motor From 2 LED Flashlights
Ryszard says it's much more efficient to assemble solar cell this way than put them directly into light, where you'll lose a lot through reflection back into the environment. Some recently invented anti-reflective coatings may even accelerate the light's absorption into the solar cells. This is one of the advantages.
FloDesign's Jet Engine Wind Turbine Passing to Production Phase
It's almost two years since I first wrote about Flodesign's Jet Engine-like wind turbine, and, at that time, I was saying it was 4 times more efficient than any regular wind turbine used today. Now it's good news to hear that they grew up, and their plans pass on from theory to practice.
New Iron-Based Material Could Be The Best High Temperature Superconductor
Following the dream of realizing a high-temperature superconductor, Cornell University researchers just found something about iron-based materials: they can be made to resemble electronic liquid crystals.
A Next-Generation Electric Power System to Be Built in Japan
Toshiba Corp aims that by the end of 2010 will build a next-generation electric power system in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. According to the company, the system will come with storage batteries to stabilize the supply electric energy by solar panels, wind turbines, etc.
Magnetic Pendulum: A Free Energy Device Running for Three Years Now
This is another free energy device using magnets taken from PESWiki.com. The inventor is George Delk, who allegedly runs this device for three years now.
Hydra Energy Saving Device Uses Your Phone to Tell Your Energy Vampires
For every device there is plogg, a measuring apparatus mounted between the wall socket and the consumer that measures its power consumption and wirelessly sends that consumption to a central server around your house.
Toyota Preparing FT-CH, a Smaller and Sportier Prius Variant
I've always wanted to have a Prius, but didn't have the "tim€" and "$pace" for one up to now. Good news are on the way, as Toyota is planning a smaller variation of the Prius - the FT-CH. Cheaper and smaller, the FT-CH is addressing the younger segment of the green-trendy population.
HCE Invented Method to Store Hydrogen In Your Regular Fuel Tank
Kevin, from Hydrogencarsnow.com recently talked to Louis Ventre, Executive VP and General Counsel for HCE, LLC, who filed a patent application for a new hydrogen storage system, based on nano-sized hydrogen bubbles contained in a water environment.
Indonesian Kinetic Energy Harvesting Device Claims Getting 150 W
A team of students led by Harus Laksana Guntur, an engineering lecturer at the Sepuluh Nopember Institute of Technology (ITS) in East Java capital Surabaya have developed a mobile kinetic energy charger that can charge your cellphone every time you move. Unlike a battery or solar charger, this new cellphone charger uses the user's energy to reload mobile phones.
The Discovery of Soybean's Genetic Code to Improve Biodiesel Production
The genome sequence was published in the journal Nature, and its main purpose was to better understand the plant's capacity to turn sunlight, carbon dioxide, nitrogen and water, into concentrated energy, protein, and nutrients for human and animal use.
