All the stories tagged with: Solar
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 [...]
13 year old uses Fibonacci sequence to improve solar efficiency
08/19/2011, Solar panels are great as they help to generate power in place of using electricity, but unfortunately solar panels require proper positioning and good weather conditions to reach maximum efficiency, and for some reason it took a 13 year old [...]
Sun-tracking electric vehicle charger
08/17/2011, So we know that Portland’s got its own Electric Avenue where you can pull up in your electric vehicle to give it’s batteries a boost while you take a break, but what about an electric vehicle charger that actually needs [...]
Mac edition Logitech K750 solar keyboard gets released
08/17/2011, PC users should be familiar with Logitech’s K750 solar powered keyboard, and Mac users if you were feeling a bit left out, the good news is that the Mac version of the K750 is now available.
Organic photovoltaics could be the future
08/16/2011, Taking advantage of solar energy is one of the ways we can forge forward into the future without relying on other forms of non-renewable energy that burden and erode the earth’s ecosystem even further, but advances in solar energy have [...]
Solar project delivers clean water in Madagascar
08/16/2011, The next time you turn on the tap in your home with wanton abandon, think again of the rest of the world and folks who do not have enough clean water to drink. Well, we’re pleased to say that rural [...]
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 [...]
Australian soldiers to be powered by the sun
08/15/2011, Everybody’s going green these days, and it’s been reported that even the soldiers in Australia will soon be joining the movement. The Australian National University (ANU) have managed to create wearable lightweight solar panels that convert light directly into electricity [...]
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. [...]
Xenith, the fastest solar car ever?
08/14/2011, After working for the past two years on its latest all-solar vehicle, the 30-student Solar Car Project team from Stanford is ready to put to the test what they call the fastest solar car ever built. Called the Xenith, it will [...]
JOOS Orange personal charger is tough as nails
08/12/2011, You know how you love living out the rough-and-tumble lifestyle? Well, surely the great outdoors-loving person like you would want to make sure whatever you bring along with you is also tough as nails, and won’t break in the blink [...]
New LCDs could power future smartphones
08/11/2011, Now we’re talking – a smartphone with an LCD display that has built-in photovoltaic technology, letting it juice up your phone without even having to plug it into a nearby power outlet, now how about that? This is a new [...]
Solar Vox Ultra solar charger looks like a flower
08/11/2011, Most solar-powered devices aren’t exactly the most aesthetically pleasing gadgets around, featuring large ugly black panels that are designed to absorb as much sunlight as possible. Well, an industrial designer named Eric Botzen of Botzen Design thinks this shouldn’t be [...]
