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New finding could lead to solar power without traditional semiconductor-based solar cells
We all associate solar power with semiconductor solar cells. But this reality could have an expiring date in light of the latest research findings. Researchers from the University of Michigan have discovered a dramatic and surprising magnetic effect of light [...]
Brilliant Eco Inventions: Big Ideas, Small Packages
Designers have always dreamed up innovative goods for those who could afford such things: New offerings include solar roof tiles, electric motorcycles, and more. Now, sparked by special programs, some are taking a look in developing countries as well. Keeping [...]
Google Adds EV charging stations to google maps
If electric cars are ever going to replace their gas-guzzling ancestors, we’ll inevitably need a few more places to plug in and charge up. Cue Google, who’s just added a database of EV charging stations to Google Maps, enabling drivers [...]
Skinny Player – Stick On Music Player Powered By Body Heat Concept
The Skinny Player is a concept design for a music playback device that is attached to the users skin and is powered through their body heat. The device is intended for use when a person is exercising or is out [...]
File sharing the greenest way
This is certainly not a post about the right and wrong of P2P file sharing. The bottom line about file sharing is that millions of people around the world do it and it usually requires to leave their computers on [...]
Worlds first green tugboat to be powered with hybrid technology
Tugboats are like ants, they can carry things (in this case vessels) several times heavier than them. Tugboats are powerful for their size and strongly built. Early tugboats had steam engines, today diesel engines are mostly being used. Tugboat engines [...]
Glowing tress replace glowing lamps
The golden glow of street lights could soon be replaced by the green fluorescence of tree leaves. Scientists from the Academia Sinica and the National Cheng Kung University in Taipei and Tainan have implanted glowing, sea urchin shaped gold nanoparticles, [...]
BMW moves forward to electric vehicle technology
Last May Germany unveiled two announcements related to the electric vehicle technology. From one side, Chancellor Angela Merkel announced the launch of a "national platform for electric mobility" that plans to have one million electric vehicles on the road in [...]
An electric motorcycle that can travel up to 80 miles on a single charge
Brammo, Inc. has announced this week the Enertia Plus, the new model of electric motorcycle developed by the company. The motorcycle features Brammo Power™ the latest in Lithium-Ion battery technology. The Enertia Plus is available for immediate pre-order and deliveries [...]
At low speed, NASCAR is going green
It will sound like a paradox for a show whose goal is to drive the fastest way possible, and consequently burning fossil fuels to the max. However, the National Association for Auto Stock Car Racing, the world’s largest motor sports [...]
New step for green lighting thanks to OLED technology
Technology moves forward really fast. And, luckily, it does too green lighting technology. Recently LED technology, a much more efficient lighting and displaying device than conventional ones has come up strongly. But parallel, a LED based technology has been developed [...]
The San Francisco Bay Area, the new electric vehicle capital of the US
The San Francisco Bay Area is ready to install 50 fast-charging electric vehicle (EV) stations along highways, 2,000 public stations for public parking lots and participating company-owned parking lots, and 3,000 residential charging stations. This will be possible thanks to [...]
