All the stories tagged with green-tag
Sanyo Offers Best Solar Cells In The World
05/22/2009, Sanyo stands tall yet again by having developed the world’s highest energy conversion efficiency in practical size (100 cm2 or more) crystalline silicon-type solar cells, touching a previously unheard-of efficiency of 23% (the previous record stood at 22.3%). This increase [...]
Orange Power Pump
05/21/2009, If you have plans to head off to a place where you know there won’t be a power outlet for miles anywhere, then might we suggest the Orange Power Pump to help your gadgets remain juiced up even when it [...]
World Games Stadium Is Completely Solar Powered
05/20/2009, Kudos to the government of Taiwan to come up with the World Games Stadium that was specially built to rely on solar-power completely for all of its energy needs and more. This is made possibly be an array of 8,844 [...]
Air-powered Battery
05/20/2009, We’ve seen battery technology improve by leaps and bounds over the years, but here’s something new for everyone to consider – the air-powered battery known as the STAIR (St Andrews Air) battery. It charges just like other standard batteries from [...]
Kyocera Solar Panels On New Prius
05/19/2009, Toyota will be offering their Prius with an option to add on Polycrystalline Si solar cells from Kyocera Corp. in Japan, where the said solar panel comprises of three dozen cells arranged nicely in six rows and an equal number [...]
Solar Powered Netbook
05/18/2009, iUnika of Spain is currently working on a new netbook – so what’s new with it, considering just about any other computer manufacturer cannot wait to jump aboard the bandwagon if they haven’t done so already? iUnika’s version is going [...]
UK Government Works On Smart Meter Plans
05/12/2009, The UK Government is working hard to make sure that all UK homes will be fitted with a smart meter by 11 years’ time, and the whole point is to make everyone aware about climate change and the adverse impact [...]
Air-powered Bike
05/11/2009, Talk about saving the earth by employing a totally doable idea – the air-powered motorcycle from India courtesy of a team of engineering students from that part of the world. Unfortunately for those who have the need for speed, this [...]
Transparent Solar Panels For Windows And More
05/08/2009, Installing solar panels on the roof is great, but Windows offer additional sun-gathering surface that can be exploited with Konarka’s transparent (or translucent, we should say) solar panels called Arch Active Solar Glass. The idea is to slide these in [...]
Seedbomb Helps Keep Earth Green
05/08/2009, Want to keep the earth green? Well, this idea takes its inspiration from World War II where American pilot Gale Halvorson actually airdropped candies for the Berlin children in the name of hope. The Seedbomb would follow a similar concept, [...]
Gocycle Electric Bicycle
05/07/2009, The Gocycle holds the distinction of being the lightest production electric bicycle in the world, tipping the scales at a mere 16.2kg. Despite its diminutive size, it is able to move around up to 20 miles before requiring a recharge, [...]
Veos Orb Harnesses Kinetic Energy
05/07/2009, Just like Gambit from the X-Men, the Veos orb you see here harnesses the power of kinetic energy when tossed into the washer bin, where it will hold a load of fabric softener and a matrix of free-floating zinc/oxide nanowire [...]
WindCube Targets Green Living
05/07/2009, Green Energy Technologies has come up with a brand new wind power generator known as the WindCube which is smaller in size compared to the standard wind generator, and was specially designed to rest on the roof of a building [...]
