Newly Designed Carbon Spheres Paving the Way For Better Gas Filters and Catalysts
Solutions are always evolving for the polluting world out there, to compensate for the millions of tons of contaminants that poison the gas we breathe and the water we drink. One such innovatory solution comes from the University of Illinois in the form of tiny carbon spheres embedded with iron nanoparticles, to make more efficient catalysts and filters.
New Ultra-Efficient Home Can Charge Your EV With The Energy It Produces
A new uber-efficient home has been unveiled by the Institute for Lightweight Structures and Conceptual Design (ILEK) at the University of Stuttgart. Not only it doesn't emit any carbon dioxide while it cools or heats itself, but it also generates enough to juice your electric or plug-in hybrid car.
Ultra-Efficient Quantum Dot LED (QLED) Screens Developed by LG and MIT Spinoff
Just about the time when I thought buying a TV with an OLED screen is fancy and green, here's another news that intrigued me: Quantum-dot LED screens are actually greener and offer higher image quality than OLEDS, and they are to be produced by several manufacturers from the US, South Korea and Belgium.
Wise or Not: The U.N. Suggesting Rapid Replacement Of Incandescent Bulbs With CFLs
I had heard that the European Union wants to prohibit the production of incandescent lighting bulbs, but I never thought that would be possible in a short time. Frankly, on the one hand I'd be glad for the huge carbon savings this measure would give, but on the other the CFLs are not yet widely accepted by the eye, their light being much colder and giving your home an office-like feeling.
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.
LG Consolidates Position In The Wastewater Treatment Industry With Its First MBR Process
LG Electronics revealed last week an innovative solution to wastewater treatment, just two months after it had announced to enter the water treatment business. The solution is provided by the Green Membrane Bioreactor (G-MBR) process, a project engineered by means of the latest advanced technology, which places LG in the major players league of water treatment industry for a long term.
Nissan's ECO Pedal Exerts Force On Your Foot And Saves Gas
Making people push harder on brakes to get the desired effect sometimes results in fewer brakes and more accidents, as it becomes a habit. Do the same, but purposefully, on the acceleration pedal and you suddenly have gas savings, as Nissan remarked recently, and released the ECO Pedal.
The Stirling Racer: Nice But Expensive Stirling Engine Toy Powered By The Sun
It's nice for a toy, but difficult to understand when it comes to explaining the true greenness of this invention. A stirling engine-powered toy just hit the market recently, combining a 194-year-old engine concept touted today for its fuel flexibility with solar power-the baby that modern science wants to grow.
RavenSkin: Letting The Sun's Heat Pass When Cold And Blocking It When Hot (Outside)
We would all like to have our houses heated during the winter and cooled during summer. This can't be done by using regular bricks, and sometimes a tree might just do its job properly, but what about those places where you can't really plant a tree and you live at the 20th floor? This is where RavenBrick's Skin wall systems come into play.
Cheaper OLED Technology Developed By German Researchers
The OLED (organic light emitting diode) technology has been known around for quite a while and lately its presence in the consumer products has been felt more intensively, though at a slower pace due to the costly manufacturing process.
