WHEN Hurricane Frances ripped through Gainesville, Fla., in 2004, Christopher Swinney, an anesthesiologist, was without electricity for a week. A few weeks ago, Dr. Swinney lost power again, but this time he was ready.
He plugged his Toyota Prius into...
Turkey is set to double the amount of its electricity supplied by wind power with the construction of the biggest wind farm to date. The wind farm in southeast Turkey will have an installed capacity of 135 megawatts (MW)...
In life it's always good to have a back-up plan, an alternative course of action in case the primary one goes sour. The same could be said for developing batteries.
Leading the race in high-tech battery technology are variations of...
Disintegrating polystyrene
Foam polystyrene is a major environmental concern. It is used as a protective packaging for all sorts of products, but it is not biodegradable. Various manufacturers have experimented in making it more environmentally friendly, for example by incorporating...
Reproducing the power of the sun on Earth is no easy task, but an international team of physicists based in Europe is now preparing to give it a go.
If their attempt to develop nuclear fusion works, it could provide...
63-year-old John Kanzius was looking to destroy cancer cells when he stumbled upon an effect that split salt water and released oxygen and hydrogen.
His invention was tested at a local lab and uses radio frequencies to do this. Check this...
Ex-President Bush has made a challenge to the American people to begin running cars on hydrogen as soon as possible, and has allocated over one billion dollars for research to find out how to do that.
In a suburb of...
In many aspects, Nikola Tesla changed the way we consume electricity, transport and produce it. He even influenced the way we move and start our cars, hear or understand electricity laws.
Here's how to make a Tesla coil, one of...
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An Australian man, only identified by the name of Joe "X", has designed a remarkable water Energy Cell that only utilizes water for a "fuel"...
The Lifter is an asymmetrical capacitor which uses High Voltage ( > 20KV ) to produce a thrust. The Lifter works without moving parts, flies silently, uses only electrical energy and is able to lift its own weight plus...
