All the stories tagged with: Green
Water and salt mixture lights up LED lantern from Green House
09/06/2012, Who would have thought that a clever mixture of salt and water could result powering a lantern of the future,it thanks to the efforts of the folks over at Green House of Japan. This LED lantern of theirs will survive [...]
Solar Concentrator Achieves 72% Power Production Efficiency
09/05/2012, In producing power through photovoltaic cells, the surface area of the cells is a very significant factor. Researchers have been trying to trim down the surface area of these cells and make them more efficient in terms of size. SolenSphere [...]
New solar panel technology could produce electricity and Hydrogen
08/31/2012, An advance in solar panel material research is pointing to something that is potentially huge: solar panels that can generate electricity and Hydrogen at the same time. This is extremely important because this would increase the effective energy efficiency of [...]
New USB chargers from AT&T are green enough yet?
08/29/2012, So, you are one who tries to make a difference in the world by making the right kind of consumer and lifestyle choices with an eco-friendly slant all the time? Well, if that is the case, then you might be [...]
Solar Power Plants Are Fast Replacing Peaker Plants In Australia
08/27/2012, When producing power, one can not ignore the common pattern of power demand. Power demand usually subsides during the night and at midday, it peaks, thus requiring maximum power supply required at that time. For long, peaker plants have provided [...]
Rotating house buries itself to remain cool, rotates to obtain optimal sunlight
08/22/2012, Now this is what we call a totally cool and smart house, thanks to engineer Bohumil Lhota who constructed this high tech abode in a grassy hillside that is located somewhere in the Czech countryside. This unique living quarters is [...]
Fisker recalls Karma due to faulty cooling fan
08/20/2012, The Fisker Karma hybrid car is certainly one mean looking machine, but that does not mean it has no issues of its own to work out. No thanks to a faulty cooling fan, Fisker has issued a recall for their [...]
Fujitsu recycles CDs and DVDs into notebooks
08/20/2012, The next time you pick up a Fujitsu notebook, you might want to take a second look at the notebook’s chassis – chances are pretty high that your spanking new notebook just played a part in saving the earth, as [...]
The iBam 2 is a natural bamboo speaker for your smartphone
08/17/2012, For those who are all about sustainability and going green, the iBam 2 bamboo speakers might be worth taking a look at. Designed for the iPhone 4/4S and the Samsung Galaxy S3, these bamboo speakers use no circuitry and instead [...]
Wood battery might be the future
08/16/2012, I wonder then – if future batteries were to be made out of wood of sorts, then isn’t it more flammable than today’s lithium ion batteries which are used in a myriad of devices? Well, researchers are currently working on [...]
Solar panels of the future inspired by sunflowers
08/16/2012, They say that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, and I suppose that is true when you consider the kinds of machinations that we humans have thought up of all these years, looking to nature for inspiration. The latest [...]
Solar-powered toilet receives money from Bill Gates’ foundation
08/14/2012, There is nothing quite like a solar-powered toilet now, is there, considering how we have other modes of transportation that run off solar energy? After all, this is the future of the developing world that is envisioned by none other [...]
Tata Motors successfully tests two cars with AirPod technology
08/14/2012, With sustainability and clean energy being the buzzwords these days, we guess we aren’t surprised to see that more motor vehicle manufacturers are starting to turn towards alternative forms of energy to power their vehicles. We’ve seen hybrids which uses [...]
