superhydrophobic Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Thu, 24 Jul 2014 07:10:12 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 MIT Researchers’ New Device Generates Electricity From Air https://www.greenoptimistic.com/mit-researchers-new-device-generates-electricity-air-20140724/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/mit-researchers-new-device-generates-electricity-air-20140724/#respond Thu, 24 Jul 2014 07:09:02 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=48660 Just because solar and wind power are making an incredible progress, it does not mean that the other renewable energy sources should be neglected and researchers should stop looking for alternative means for energy generation. This is why, researchers from MIT took on the task to see exactly how much energy they can produce from condensation. […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/mit-researchers-new-device-generates-electricity-air-20140724/feed/ 0 48660 Hydrophobic Coating Inspired by Water Ferns Could Make Ships Consume 10 Percent Less https://www.greenoptimistic.com/water-fern-fuel-efficient-ships-20100505/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/water-fern-fuel-efficient-ships-20100505/#respond Wed, 05 May 2010 18:59:38 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=7552 Water ferns have tiny hairs that are superhydrophobic. Their properties, if applied in real life conditions to a sail boat, for example, could lead to a reduction of up to 10 percent of the boat's fuel consumption by reducing friction.

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