All the stories tagged with: water
Drought pushes Texas residents to drink (recycled) pee
08/05/2011, According to the latest reports online, folks living in Texas right now are experiencing record-breaking, scorching hot weather and that’s not the worst part: they also have the drought to deal with. Apparently it’s so bad that Texans have been [...]
Water-walking robot doesn’t drown in water
07/28/2011, Nature has always been the inspiration for a lot of man-made creations, and one of the latest robot creations from China imitates water-walking insects such as the mosquito and water spider. Those insects are able to walk and even jump [...]
Window washing gecko-inspired robot is almost completely powered by water
05/27/2011, One of the main problems with battery-powered robots is that batteries themselves are heavy and the robots spend unnecessary energy moving their own mass. Especially in climbing robots that already spend a lot of energy sticking to surfaces and moving [...]
DRY-ALL helps make your wet phones work again
05/18/2011, If you dropped your phone in water and you think that it may never work again, don’t fret. A solution is here. The folks over at DRY-ALL have come up with a product called the Wet Cell Phone Emergency Kit. [...]
Seale Solar develops world’s first solar powered rain harvesting, waste processing facility
04/01/2011, With companies all over the world planning to go green, Seale Solar has developed a facility to help these companies out. Touted as the “World’s First Solar Powered, Rain Harvesting, Waste Processing Micro-Franchise Facility” it is a self-sufficient, working system [...]
Water Leak Alarms makes sure you never waste water again
03/30/2011, If you’ve got a bad habit of leaving the tap on for too long and flooding your sinks, you should start looking for a solution lest one day you leave your home alone for the weekend and come back to [...]
Liquid Solar Array collects sunlight while out in the sea
03/29/2011, Solar panels are a great way to generate electricity without causing any harm to the environment, but the problem with them is that they require a large area to contain a huge amount of solar panels in order to generate [...]
Artificial leaves can power homes in the future
03/28/2011, Whenever you hear about artificial plants, the first thing that pops into mind would be those fake plastic flowers that you display indoors and away from sunlight. In the future, that might not be the case anymore. Some experts at [...]
Solarball uses sunlight to purify water
03/23/2011, Jonathan Liow, a graduate student from Monash University recently came up with an idea to help folks who don’t have access to heaters or kettles the chance to purify water. Called the Solarball, this useful device is makes use of [...]
LED shower heads let you know how hot the water is
03/22/2011, If you’ve always liked the idea of showering in a disco, you might like the idea of the LED Color Changing Shower Head from Chinavision. This specially designed custom shower head is just like a regular shower head, except that [...]
Automated water dish makes sure your dog never goes thirsty
03/18/2011, If you own a Siberian husky, I’m sure you would know how thirsty those dogs get. Well, a husky owner decided to build an automatic water dish filler so that he doesn’t have to spend so much time each day [...]
The Manta is one sexy looking amphibious vehicle
03/01/2011, At the North American International Auto Show last month, one of the entries for the Michelin Challenge Design that was selected to be shown off was this amphibious concept vehicle called The Manta. Fitting only one passenger (unless of course, [...]
Cycle and filter water with the CycloClean
02/24/2011, The folks over at Nippon Basic have come up with a way to obtain drinking water with the use of a specially designed bicycle. Called CycloClean, this bicycle comes with a water tank that allows users to store water that [...]
