Preview of a Mendocino Motor (solar power/magnetic levitation)
We will present a tutorial for making this kind of motor in the near future. I think it's a great idea combining the solar...
Moth Eyes Inspiration For New Generation Solar Cells
Most moth eyes are made up of adjacent hexagonal sectors. Each sector is filled with thousands of orderly rows of miniscule bumps, or...
Bluenergy: Wind and Solar Power in One Piece
The BSWT is a vertical wind turbine based on sailing engineering. The wind rotor is rotated by two spiral-formed vanes. For best performance, these...
How Solar Parabolic Dish Concentrators Work
Parabolic dish concentrating systems use parabolic dish shaped mirrors to focus the incoming solar radiation onto a receiver that is positioned at the focal...
A Soda Can Powered Solar Garage Heater
I found out the ingenuity of some people exceeds "common sense" and their inventions are really helpful to humanity. Not on large scale, but...
A Solar Powered Boat – the perfect gift for a summer day
Would you like going on your nearest river or sea or ocean in a summer day? Would you like cruising all day powered only...
Solio Hybrid Sun Charger – plug into the Sun
Solio has made a gadget that can power your small handheld devices, such as your PDA, cellphone, or your GPS when you travel. It's...
The Solar Table That Powers Your Laptop!
Sudia Design Labs, located in New York, has created a table that you can put out in the sun. What for? To charge it,...
Solar Furnace: How to Build It With Simple Tools
This solar furnace can heat up your room from 10 degrees Celsius to 29.
Here's how to build one yourself.
(Photo 1) Solar furnace mounted on an...
Nano Flakes: more power from the Sun
Dr. Martin Aagesen, a researcher at the University of Copenhagen and director of SunFlake Inc. is currently developing a technology called "Nano Flakes". Nano...
