Canadian Government Invests $58.6 million in Clean Technologies

Canadian Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development Navdeep Singh Bains announced on Wednesday, October 3, that the Canadian government will give $58.6 million...

Next-Generation Smart Devices Will Use Owner as Energy Source

The next-generation mobile and portable electronic devices will use their owners as an energy resource using Triboelectric Nanogenerators (TENGs). Along with human movements, TENGs...

Aluminum Oxide Filter Made With Gallium to Make Toxic Water Safe and Drinkable

Nano filters made of aluminum oxide could be cheaply produced using virtually no energy from a fix amount of liquid metal gallium. Researchers discovered when...
Full-Suspension E-Bike

How to Convert a Full-Suspension Bike to Electric

For sure, you know what e-bikes are, and you probably own one or have plans to buy one in the near future. Imagine driving...
plasma switch

New Plasma Switch for More Efficient Long-Distance Power Transmission

The General Electric (GE) company is developing an advanced plasma switch that will make a conversion of high-voltage DC to high-voltage AC more efficiently,...
Superconductivity

Superconductivity Could Be Reinvented

Rice University scientists conducted a study on superconductivity. Physicists Pengcheng Dai and Andriy Nevidimoskyy, with some of their colleagues, used simulations and neutron scattering experiments that show that the atomic structure of materials to reveal tiny distortions of the crystal lattice in a so-called iron pnictide compound of sodium, iron, nickel, and arsenic.
Electric Bike Smartcircle S1

Unbelievably Light Electric Bicycle That You Can Put In Your Backpack

The Smartcircle S1 is a foldable electric bicycle that is small enough to fit into a backpack. The bike weighs 15.4 lbs and can...
DIY Bicycle Powered Generator

How to Build a DIY Bicycle Powered Generator

The Instructable user henrycaleb wrote a guide on how to create bicycle powered generator using a bike, an alternator, a car battery, a belt,...
DIY Wind Turbine

DIY Wind Turbine From a Cardboard Roll

Instructables user ahmedebeed555 found a way to build a DIY wind turbine from a cardboard roll. He explained how he did it in his...
Apple Greenpeace

Greenpeace Is Impressed How Apple Greenifies Itself

Greenpeace, the international environmental advocacy group, has been keeping track of the tech companies' progress on sustainability for more than a decade. That resulted...