ESL Light Bulbs: Greener Than CFL, Cheaper Than LEDs
Residential Lighting has invented a new type of light bulb, that claims green gains, even more green than the CFLs. The new technology is called ESL (electro-stimulated luminescence). The technology was patented in June by a startup company called Vu1.
New Type of Much More Stable Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells Discovered
There have already been invented dye-based solar cells, and their efficiency is as high as 75%, but the inorganic material that the dye is made of is instable in outside functioning conditions, and possibly harmful to the environment.
Discovery: New Material Turns Engine Wasted Heat to Electricity
Researchers from the Ohio State University invented a material that could be used in the automobile industry to recover the heat lost through the cars' exhaust systems. The same technology could work in power generators and heat pumps, said project leader Joseph Heremans, Eminent Scholar in Nanotechnology at OSU.
Japanese Plastic Motor Powered Directly by Light
After the hit with the water powered car, the Japanese researchers invented a plastic motor! The plastic motor is made out of a polymer that contracts when it is exposed to ultraviolet light and expands to visible light.
Cheapest Way to Get Hydrogen: the Photoelectrochemical Diode
Penn State researchers have found a cheaper method of producing hydrogen from water by the same old effect of electrolysis aided by the Sun's rays. They do not use classic solar cells, because these are expensive, but made a nanotechnology-based solar cell, called photoelectrochemical diode, that is simplistically said on the bottom of the water holding recipe.
NiFe Nanoparticles Raise Electrolysis Hydrogen Production by 300%
A company, named QuantumSphere, has designed a metal coating system made for electrolyzers, made out of nanoparticles of NiFe (Fero-Nickel, or in plain english, a combination between iron and nickel). This coating would cover the electrolyzers' anode and cathode and increase the actual contact surface with water by over 1000 times!
Pot in Pot Refrigerator: Keeps Things Cool with no Electricity
Do you know this man? I didn't either. It not news anymore, but I was surprised when I read what Mohammed Bah Abba accomplished to do. He invented a food preserving system (aka "refrigerator") for the people in Nigeria. Until his invention they had to sell their crops immediately and have their children hawking all day for food instead of going to school.
Ultracell XX25 Methanol Fuel Cell – 8 Hours of Portable Power for Military Laptops
California-based company Ultracell designed this methanol fuel cell for the army. XX25 uses eight and a half ounces of methanol to supply power for a military laptop for eight hours. It can also be made to last longer if you attach it to a bigger tank of methanol.
Toto Ecopower: Self-Powered Infrared Electronic Faucet
Toto invented a self-powered faucet. Self-powered is a little exaggerated, because this electric faucet's sensor is powered by the electricity produced by a small turbine, located inside.
New Way of Storing Hydrogen for Vehicles Discovered!
Hydrogen could play a role in replacing fossil fuels for transportation in the future, but researchers must develop a way to store and release...
