Sunswift Eve Solar Car Prototype Built in Australia
Solar cars, for the most part, have merely been test projects, nothing that anyone would actually drive anywhere.
One small group in Australia thinks otherwise,...
DIY Stirling Engine Boat Tutorial
There are many ways for building a stirling engine boat. You can either use a frame of square lumbers or fiber-reinforced plastic.
However, piling thick...
Air-Purifying Concrete Paving Stones Remove Nitrogen Oxides from Vehicle Emissions
Researchers from the Eindhoven University of Technology in the Netherlands claim to have invented a new type of paving material that actually removes some pollutants from the air as vehicles travel over the surface. Combined with concrete or normal asphalt, the new material is able to eliminate 25% to 45% of nitrogen oxides from vehicle gases.
Ian`s Solar-Heated Air Balloons Could Harness 500kW Each
How would you like an engine producing your dear electricity? How would you like that engine to have pistons as high as heat-powered balloons? Well, an environmental consultant from Solartran in Brisbane, Australia, by his name Ian Edmonds, has designed such an energy producing "engine" from the classic and romantic air balloon.
Vibration-Powered Magnetostrictive Generator Invented By Japanese Researcher
Vibrations can drive your watch and other small appliances more easily, as one researcher from the Kanazawa University in Japan has developed a possible replacement for button batteries. His device works on vibrations and could one day power even bigger stuff, if put in a serial configuration.
Berkeley Researchers Advance In Studying How Magnets Can Be Used in Fridges
According to the researchers, in the future, our refrigerators could use magnets to keep the food cold. Besides the fact that one such refrigerator uses less power and runs quieter than a conventional fridge, it wouldn't contain any hydrofluorocarbons (HCF), gases that contribute to the greenhouse effect.
PNNL Fungus Study Could Speed up Biofuels Production
In theory, biofuels programs could gives us a ready supply of carbon-neutral fuels for use in everyday applications, but the process is expensive and...
DUT12 – Electric Supercar Built by Dutch Students, Breaks Acceleration Record
Once more in the history of racing, a "homemade" electric car developed by Dutch students at the Delft University of Technology has managed to...
DIY Solar Cell from Tea and Donuts
The Holy Grail of energy has been, is, and will be the solar power. Numerous solutions of converting solar power have existed along the centuries, and people have always used the Sun to power things up, except for the last hundred years or so - that's the main reason we all got into troubles with mother nature.
Engineered Yeast May Lead to Gasoline Substitute, MIT Finds
Researchers at MIT used engineered yeast to produce alcohol in the mitochondria. The mitochondria produce the energy in the cell, making them more efficient.
Yeast has...
