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NCSU’s New Breed of 50kW EV Chargers Weigh Only 220lbs

Ally Munda — Wed, 03 Oct 2018 15:35:59 +0000

The electric car market is about to get a major upgrade – researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a new breed of fast chargers for electric vehicles boasting greater power efficiency and a exponentially more minute size. The new technology is called a medium voltage fast charger (MVFC). The charger is at least […]

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Coming Soon: Tesla’s Fully Autonomous Driving

Courtney Lepping — Fri, 05 Aug 2016 22:28:18 +0000

Tesla is about to level up. No, not by playing Pokemon Go, but by introducing Level 4 fully autonomous driving features. Elon Musk is raving about Tesla’s rapid progress on the project and set the release date for the new technology in Q4 2017. Musk stated, “What we’ve got will blow people’s minds, it blows […]

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New NANO Li-Ion Battery Does not Catch Fire, Designed for Defense Missions

Courtney Lepping — Tue, 21 Jun 2016 11:36:36 +0000

Many battery cells experience thermal runaway, a condition that results in damage from overheating. Kokam Company produced a new battery, composed of Nickel Manganese Cobalt (NMC), Lithium Titanate Oxide (LTO) and Lithium Iron Phosphate (LFP), to overcome this problem. NANO battery technology is a new kind of lithium-ion battery that passed ballistic testing and was […]

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Wind Power Has the Capability to Cut CO2 Emissions, Even at High Penetration Levels

Adele Hall — Tue, 22 Oct 2013 18:50:07 +0000

New research from Spain has shown that wind power has the ability to effectively cut CO2 emissions, even at high penetration levels. These findings come from the University of Madrid. They provide new insight into wind power, as well as silence the skepticism that has run rampant in the public media regarding wind power. Researchers […]

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Technology Won’t Take a Hit in Supreme Court Greenhouse Gas Case

Adele Hall — Fri, 18 Oct 2013 05:37:13 +0000

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case that will cut back on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s ability to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from stationary sources. However, fuel economy standards will remain intact. Regulations can have big implications because for innovation because they force the adoption of new technologies. However, there is likely […]

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How Can Modern-Day Technology Change The World?

Mila Luleva — Tue, 23 Jul 2013 12:38:18 +0000

Can modern-day technology change the world? This is the question that David Brin tackles in a remarkable piece published on the Red, Green and Blue website a few months ago. Entitled “Technologies that could change EVERYTHING”, the article provides an alternative prospective to what can be considered a “game-changing” invention. As the author moves from […]

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BlackLight Power Sells 400 MW Free Energy Generator to Akridge Energy

Ovidiu Sandru — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 05:26:51 +0000

On July 30, BlackLight Power announced a commercial license agreement with Maryland-based Akridge Energy. BLP will allow Akridge to use their energy producing process for generating electricity in Maryland, Virginia and the District of Colombia, up to a maximum continuous capacity of 400 MW.

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ADAPWING Simulates Hawk Wings for Better Wind Turbine Performance

Cristi — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 04:38:03 +0000

Analyzing stability of hawks' wings during high turbulent winds, danish scientists have come up with an idea to further develop turbine blades. The idea will be implemented in such a way so to reduce the impact of strong wings on the blades.

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Apple to Develop Self-Charging Solar Devices

Ovidiu Sandru — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 08:13:55 +0000

Apple wants to develop a solar technology for its devices (laptops, ipods, etc). They want to incorporate solar panels in the devices’ screen, so it is invisible for the user. The device would then charge from the ambient light, and, if not used for a long time, would fully recharge itself. Motorola filed a similar […]

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65% More Biofuel From Chinese Rice Straw

Ovidiu Sandru — Sat, 31 May 2008 05:32:48 +0000

A team of chinese researchers discovered a way to a new biofuel. Their new study, scheduled for the July 16 issue of ACS' bimonthly journal Energy & Fuels, describes a way to boost production of biofuel from rice straw by almost 65 percent.

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MIT Using Viruses To Create Power In Batteries

Ovidiu Sandru — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 20:21:43 +0000

MIT researchers have developed a new method of building batteries, solar panels and transistors by using… viruses! They announced the discovery of a new way of making the nanomaterials by using viruses as microscopic components. These viruses, inoffensive to the human body, were created to serve as microscopic assembly blocks. Initially, they were used for […]

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Porsche Cayenne Hybrid to be developed

Ovidiu Sandru — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 21:12:28 +0000

Citing rising environmental concerns among car buyers, German luxury sports car-maker Porsche said Monday it’s developing a hybrid drivetrain for its Cayenne SUV to drastically cut fuel consumption. In a statement issued at its headquarters in Stuttgart, Porsche said its aim was to achieve average fuel consumption of 8.9 liters (2.35 gallons) per 100 […]

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