Highly-Efficient Laser Diode For Displays Expects Release in 2013

The latest development of the giant Sharp Corp is a red laser diode that has a conversion efficiency of 33% for the light sources...
Olives On the Tree - Before Processing

Improved Filter for Treating Olive-Processing Wastewater

Olives and olive oil have been touted for centuries as part of a healthy diet, benefits including lowering blood pressure and the risk of...

Philips Overhauls Main LED as A19 LED which is more Efficient and Good Looking

Philips, the lighting producer has just introduced an updated version of its highly successful 12.5W LED bulb. As one of the most sought-after A19...

Research Team Aims to Make Tungsten Light Bulbs a Viable Option

Photonic crystals are periodic optical nanostructures that are designed to affect the motion of photons, similar to the way the periodicity of a semiconductor...
Yokohama Fin Tire Aerodynamics

Radical Tire Design Reduces Overall Vehicle Drag

One might assume that a smooth surface is the most aerodynamic, which is why keeping cargo off the roof rack gives you better gas...

Third World Country Inspires Air Conditioning Redesign

Evaporative cooling was the brainchild of Ron Judkoff, a Peace Corp volunteer working in Senegal in the 1970s. Judkoff is now the director of...

Timber Shoffice: An Office and Naturally Lit Garden Shed in London

It seems the UK is fascinated by backyard offices and garden sheds, with the new Shoffice a typical example. Built by Platform 5 Architects,...
GE Dual Piezo Cooling Jets

GE’s Ultra-Thin Piezo Technology Used to Cool Future Laptops and Tablets

As electronics get smaller, faster, and more powerful, the devices we count on in our everyday connected lives tend to get hotter, requiring some...

14 Year-Old Invents Cheap Solar Powered Water Purification System

As teenagers, most of us cared more about say, a humiliating acne outbreak or which classmate we’d ask to homecoming, rather than the difficulties...

Online Tool Helps Saving Energy and Reducing Carbon Footprint

The U.S. Forest Service's Pacific Southwest Research Station, California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE)'s Urban and Community Forestry Program, and EcoLayers...