Solar Cellular Phones
June 20th, 2007
Have you ever experienced getting a low-battery alert at a very critical time (i.e. when you need your cellular phone to call the office, a buyer, or the wife)? Fear no more because one of the most pr…
Heat to Electricity Through Sound
June 4th, 2007
here is a real technological breakthrough. Waste heat to Energy Through Sound.I bet that caught your attention.
This article from Psyhorg.Com describes how scientists from the University of Utah deve…
Laser Fusion
June 4th, 2007
The myth of Laser Fusion may become a non-myth soon. This article from The Guardian says that a multinational project that is being led by British researchers aims to replicate how the sun (and other …
Pedal Your Clothes Clean
May 31st, 2007
Once in a while I like to look at inventions and innovations of common people, yours, the guy next to you, the old lady living across the street, my nerdy officemate, you know, those folks you do stuf…
Fuel Cell Airplanes
April 29th, 2007
Boeing researchers will conduct experimental flight tests this year featuring a manned airplane that is powered only by a fuel cell and some batteries. According to this report, the plane will have a …
Corn Can Track Pollution
March 20th, 2007
Stories like this are such a wonderful read. According to this article, a system was developed by University of California-Irvine researchers to measure carbon dioxide produced by burning coal, oil an…
Ocean Power Delivered by Pelamis
March 17th, 2007
This is an artist's perspective of a wave energy farm feautring the Pelamisa semi-submerged, articulated structure composed of cylindrical sections linked by hinged joints that produce power by ha…
It Desalinates Using Solar Energy
December 30th, 2006
Water is needed everywhere. fresh water, that is, not salt water. Did you know that approximately 50% of the cost of desalinating water is attributed to energy use? Quite a lot when you sum everything…
Green Roof Gets More Conservative
September 29th, 2006
People never run out of good ideas. Here is another one. What can you say about recycling water a green roof traps before it is released to the storm drain? I know, wonderful, right?
That is exactly …
Green Roofing Communities
September 28th, 2006
I have been looking around at some Green Roof examples on the internet and I have found a news article (albeit an old one) about Green Roofing of an entire community. This one happened in Toronto back…