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Well, the truth is, who knows what the next big thing will be after lithium-ion battery will be, but there are a number of companies working to find out. Currently, the lithium-ion battery is the best chemistry we have in...
As technology continues to progress with an incredible speed, home-based renewable energy sources, electric vehicles and smart gadgets become more affordable to the average citizen. The increasing demand for innovation and cheaper alternatives, puts a huge pressure on manufacturers to...
At the Schiphol airport in Amsterdam, pedal powering your gadgets is not a problem. You can jump on a stationary bike and charge the device in no time. One of the most frustrating things that could happen to you at...
African countries are among the world's poorest and yet the ones with the highest electricity rates. Many people do not have access to electricity grids and they often rely on toxic kerosene lamps and burning of polluting coal. Although fitting...
Well, we've been writing about solar panels ever since the beginning of this site back in 2007, but never have we seen a better ad for solar power than this one. It was published on Youtube by Scott Brusaw,...
Toyota’s future isn’t battery electric, but hydrogen fuel cell. The infrastructure has to be there first, however, which makes this announcement not unexpected. Toyota isn’t anti-battery, as some might assert, but isn’t mincing words when it comes to its vision...
When considering an electric bike conversion kit, there are a few paths you can take, both of which help solve the transportation problems city-dwellers or city-workers experience. The main idea with electric bikes is they help to solve the “last...
New renewable energy sources are being explored by scientists constantly. Inventions and discoveries flood the scientific journals, unfortunately often the experiments and findings do not materialize and remain only as a nicely formatted print. There are exceptions to this rule,...
According to a new report just out by Oxfam, climate change will send food costs soaring, leading to hunger and suffering. Oxfam intentionally aimed this report at the 10 largest food and beverages in the companies. The Oxfam study posits...
Automakers are tackling fuel economy in every way imaginable. Today, we’re talking about Volkswagen’s new ten-speed transmission. The world’s first production-vehicle, Mercedes-Benz’s 1885 Benz Patent-Motorwagen, was graced with a single-speed transmission and a belt-clutch, but not much more. Of course,...