Photo-Luminescent Road Paint: The Future of Energy-Efficient Road Networks
Do you remember the Biobulb, the first ever electric light bulb to use an entire ecosystem as a source of light? Or maybe this one...
Kenyan Teenager Builds a Human Poop Bio-reactor to Generate Biogas
Brilliant high school student designed a system that can generate clean energy using the content of his classmates' poop. What is more, this same energy...
‘Cold Pot’: A Bio Air Conditioner That Cools Down Air Using Only Water
Ever since IPCC released their report last week, warnings for rising temperatures and urges to switch to efficient and renewable energy sources, have flooded...
Excess Human Body Heat Used to Keep Buildings Warm
Already being used in many places around the world, the idea of using human body heat to keep buildings warm during cold seasons gains...
Novel coating to keep buildings cool without air-conditioning
Air-conditioning can account for more than 40% of the domestic energy consumption, and contributes to greenhouse emissions by making use of chemical refrigerants such...
Firefly-Inspired Researchers Invent New Lighting Nanotechnology
A new method of lighting based on how fireflies produce light has been discovered by scientists at Syracuse University. Their quantum nanorod chemical lighting...
Flare: The Most Time-, Cost- and Energy-Efficient Cooking Pot
Cooking at home is great, and certainly a lot more healthy (for your body and your pocket) than eating out. Unfortunately, cooking takes up...
Plastic Bottle Light Bulbs Illuminate Homes Without Electricity During the Day in Philippines
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.
Romanian TV Station Reports Invention of Vinegar Powered Car
I have heard about cars running on electricity, on biofuels, and other kinky stuff, but this one surpasses them all. Two brothers, Petru and Gheorghe Bordeianu, from Bacau, Romania, have invented an engine that runs totally on a combination of vinegar, water and a certain "soft drink".
Idénergie’s River Turbine Generates Energy from Flowing Water
A fresh new project on Kickstarter takes on the ancient idea of water mills and creates a modern river turbine that can provide cheap and...
