All the stories tagged with solar power
Pacific islands solar powered by 2012
09/14/2011, 2012 is said to be the year where the world ends, either that or the Mayans decided that they weren’t going to hang around that long anyways and thought that there would be no point in counting when the world [...]
Solar trees debut in San Jose, California
08/29/2011, You know how it is during the summer when it becomes sweltering hot, and the moment you step out from the bathroom after a nice and refreshing bath, you start to feel beads of sweat pouring out from your brow [...]
LCDs charged up using solar power, own backlight
08/22/2011, Researchers and scientists have managed to discover a method that will enable LCD displays juice themselves up using nothing but solar power, indoor lighting or even the device’s very own backlight. To put it in a nutshell, imagine delivering some [...]
Spray-on solar cells usher in the future
08/16/2011, Solar power is something that we do not deny will make the world a better place to live in, assuming it can be harnessed more efficiently than it is today. While solar panels are still very expensive to manufacture, hence [...]
Rifugio solar-powered refuge works anywhere in the world
08/15/2011, Most places on earth receive at least a wee bit of sunlight, some more than others, which is why solar power is one of the more reliable forms of renewable energy which we can depend on to power our devices. [...]
Elektra One debuts at long last
08/08/2011, The Elektra One has finally debuted – a few months after we talked about it. Back in March, we did not have that many details about the Elektra One, but time has certainly changed the situation as you will now [...]
NASA’s Juno space exploring robot is solar-powered
08/02/2011, NASA might be done with the Space Shuttle, but that doesn’t mean the national space agency has given up on exploring those orbs we call planets that lie yonder. No sir, they in fact have a mission to Jupiter down [...]
Nokero solar phone charger targets the poor
08/01/2011, It is said that “500 million of the world’s cell phone owners have no access to electricity” – at least according to a Hong Kong and Denver-based company who claims that solar power charging panels are the solution to this [...]
Solar powered welding helmet darkens itself automatically
07/29/2011, Do you do a whole lot of welding as part of your work, or even at home because you love tinkering around with metal and creating new stuff out of all the scrap out there? Well, if you have answered [...]
Solar highways might be the norm
07/17/2011, Solar-powered highways – now that is something you don’t see everyday, although it could very well get more and more common as time passes by. Republic Solar Highways is the company who wants that particular vision to be fulfilled in [...]
Solar Thattugada is a solar-powered cart
07/15/2011, Push cart vendors are a universal phenomenon, and I suppose if there were to be life on Mars, you would see tentacled street vendors selling wars such as Mars bars – OK, so that was a joke in bad taste [...]
Solar Suitcase makes childbirth safer in Africa’s rural areas
07/14/2011, Giving birth to a new life is no mean feat, and sometimes complications do arise. When it comes to sending mom to a hospital whenever she is about to give birth, it goes without saying that with the proper equipment, [...]
Solar park arrives in Wales
07/12/2011, Looks as though the Welsh are also doing their bit collectively by introducing a spanking new solar park which is tipped to convert abundant sunlight into electricity at the Rhosygilwen estate in Pembrokeshire. So far, nearly 10,000 solar panels have [...]
