A solar powered laptop operating for nearly 10 hours after only 2 hours of charging is the latest technology from the Canadian company WeWi. The must-have gadget, called Sol is a Ubuntu-powered laptop equipped with unfolding solar panels and...
Earth gets the equivalent of 84TWh/day in solar power at the surface, but current technology doesn't allow us to collect it all, which is a shame, because the energy consumption of the entire planet is just 12TWh/day.
Part of the...
Home energy efficiency can be a difficult thing to tackle, when there are so many ways that a home can be INefficient.
One way to improve could be to get a better understanding of where our energy goes. We already...
Modern water purification methods exist that can easily get rid of water contaminants, even salt and bacteria, but some organic toxins and toxic metals, such as arsenic and hexavalent chromium need special processing to be removed.
Water purification by...
Charlie Hague and his partner Megan have been given two months to raze their “hobbit” house. The Pembrokeshire County Council has deemed the home the Hague’s built on their own property harmful to the rural countryside.
The Hagues were inspired...
Is there anything like a Tesla Model S performance electric vehicle? I think that pretty much everyone will agree that the answer is a resounding “No!”
One of the things that sets the Tesla Model S apart from other vehicles,...
If you do anything more than the typical thirty miles per day that Americans put on their cars, then the Tesla Model S is the only electric vehicle that you should consider.
With a real-life range of up to 300...
The vascular networks of living organisms have inspired an innovative new type of energy-efficient window.
Researchers at the University of Toronto have created windows that limit heat loss during winter and provide a cooling effect during the summer. In laboratory...
Expanding public adoption of electric vehicles appears to be in full swing, but can the market keep up this trend?
According to the most recent sales numbers of electric vehicles, they're selling like hotcakes, if hotcakes were powered by lithium-ion...
“Every step you take, every click you make, I'll be watching you…” Well, not me, but datamining companies like Gravity can look at the interests of people and then classify them, such as the differing interests of people who...
