Wind Turbine Featuring Bamboo Wings, Conceived by Dutch Designer
Dutch engineers are all body and soul for windmills and wind turbines, because that's how their country can exist in its actual shape (windmills used to extract water from swampy places and pump it into the sea).
Blest Can Turn World's Scrap Plastic Into Usable Oil Having Lower CO2 Output
Plastics are made from gas, extracted from oil fields. Through a specific process, the gas is transformed into what we know as bottles, coffee cups and toys. The bad part is that each of them ends up in a landfill, eventually.
Textiles That Generate Electricitiy Under Development at Southampton
A team of researchers at the University of Southampton are about to develop a new technology that may allow people to power mobile phones, MP3 players and other gadgets through their movement, without the need to change the batteries.
Nano-structured Teabags Make Water Purifying Simpler Than Ever
South Africa's Stellenbosch University scientists led by Eugene Cloete invented a kind of teabag which, instead of filtering tea impurities, purifies water at the lowest price and energy consumption possible.
Magic Sticker Makes Solar Cells Up to 12 Percent More Powerful
Genie Lens Technologies has developed the easiest solution yet: a sticker that applied to the solar cell, will direct the incoming light onto the light-sensitive surface, greatly reducing reflections and improving the efficiency.
Researchers Found An Enzyme That Could Get Gasoline From Thin Air
"This organism is a very common soil bacteria that is very well understood and has been studied for a long time. But while we were studying it, we realized that the enzyme has some unusual behavior", said Markus Ribbe, a scientist at the University of California.
Mitsubishi Electric's New PV Cell Module has an Output of 200W
Mitsubishi has developed a new photovoltaic (PV) cell module that has an output of 200W and unlike conventional ones it uses monocrystalline silicon (Si) PV cells. For the moment, the PV cell module is targeted at residents of Japan, but the company plans to start offshore shipments from Oct 20, 2010.
Solar Roadways Reinventing How We Build Our Paths That Charge Our Cars
The world struggles to make a place for solar panels on the planet, and it looks like there's not enough space for that. A...
High Pressure Desalination Process Used At Large Scale by Indian Company
IVRCL, a company from India, has finished a high-tech desalination plant in the city of Madras. According to officials, this plant is the biggest in South Asia, using seawater to generate 100 million liters of potable water a day for the city's seven million residents. They also said it will supply 1,000 liters of drinking water for just over $1.
Microsoft Will Control Your Home's Power Savings Through WiFi-enabled Meter and Their Hohm Service
Partnerships are essential in today's world, as one can no longer do everything - not even Microsoft. They joined a partnership with Blue Line Innovations, a company who sells electricity meters with WiFi network capabilities. These meters will connect to Microsoft's Hohm, a free online service telling the users how much electricity they consume and when.
