MIT professor Daniel Nocera, the inventor of a type of electrolysis that mimics the plants photosynthesis, and Ratan Tata, the CEO of the Indian Tata group, have signed a funding agreement allowing the Tata group to commercialize Nocera's invention which produces power from water.
Japan's earthquake still has some effects on the global car industry. Toyota, for example, has issued a message to all of its U.S. subsidies so that they prepare for a possible temporary shutdown due to the impossibility of sending parts from Japan. The information had been released by Toyota spokesman Mike Goss.
Even if the consequences had been among the ugliest since 1986's Chernobyl, if it's to think about it, the 40 year-old Fukushima nuclear plant survived a magnitude 9 earthquake, and was only affected by the tsunami - extreme conditions all over. A new interview with Hidehiko Nishiyama, a director general at Japan's trade ministry reveals the country's need for even more nuclear power.
Artega SE (Sports Electric) is the name of the new car developed by Germany-based automaker Artega. According the the company, the electric vehicle is able to reach a top speed of 250 km/h (155 mph) and go from zero to 100 km/h (62 mph) in just 4.3 seconds.
Algae Screen, a new technology that can help oil algae growth much easier by killing microscopic predators, without the use of chemicals, has been announced today by Origin Oil. The company's press release says that their technology uses electromagnetic pulses to kill the microscopic invaders.
Nissan UK has assured its customers that they won't get left out of Leafs, even if Japan's earthquake has destroyed most of the transportation infrastructure in the country. So far, 550 orders worth some $42,000 have been fulfilled.
Cutting down forests for the sake of planting zero-carbon biofuel crops is like fighting for peace - war will generate even more war. Kenya's Dakatcha Woodlands seems to face such an issue, since European companies seeking to harvest biofuel crops want to destroy the forest.
Seven faculty members of De La Salle University, Manila and 22 engineering students have conceived a solar powered vehicle that will compete in the 2011 World Solar Challenge on October 16-23. The 3,000-km race is set to take place from Darwin to Adelaide in Australia.
Technology doesn't always have to be complex to help people. Such is the case of a simple solar-powered water purifier designed by Monash University graduate student Jonathan Liow to help people in poor countries that have no access to drinkable water sources. The Solarball, his invention, can produce up to three liters of water per day.
The Robotics Institute of CMU (Carnegie Mellon University), in collaboration with some researchers such as Illah Nourbakhsh of the institute's Create Lab, have successfully converted a 2002 Civic EX four-door sedan into a fully electric one. The vehicle will be unveiled at an open house near CMU on March 25.
