NTT energy- generating shoes useful and totally ugly
The guys over at NTT in Japan have designed a pair of power-packing shoe. The shoes store up energy as you walk. A nifty concept, for sure. Not so nifty? They look like a hurricane just tore through them.
CLICK HERE TO READ MORE Korean tech makes hydrogen on the cheap and maybe solves problem of clean energy
Dr. Sen Kim of the S&P Energy Research institute claims to have achieved the separation of hydrogen using just 0.1kwh of energy compared to the norm of 4 - 4.5kwh using the electrolytic method. Dr. Kim says “manufacturing the H2 by our method will lower the cost of H2 as much as 20 - 30 times” compared to the standard method.
CLICK HERE TO READ MORE Vera home automation system helps to conserve energy
Vera, a Z-Wave / 802.11 hub with a robust web interface for monitoring energy usage of devices in your home, is the kind of simple gadget we could all use to do our part to reduce energy consumption. The device shuts your gadgets down if they are burning too much power. You can also use it to set any of the devices to power on and off with a timer.
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According to Harvard University, tiny gizmos of the future could be powered via a "silicon nanowire that can convert light into electrical energy."
The cable itself looks like what we a re used to seeing, but it is 100,000 times smaller, and made of silicon with three different types of conductivity arranged as layered shells.
This [...]
Human Electric Hybrid - Bike, That Is
It sounds like something out of The Terminator–a "human electric hybrid." But, it’s actually a bike that you can buy now. Made by Matra, the MS1 can run for 62 miles on the juice, achieving a speed-limited velocity of 28 mph and capturing energy during braking. The "human" part is what comes in when the [...]
CLICK HERE TO READ MORE Moon May Take On Proper Role in Lighting Our Streets
For centuries now, the Moon has complained–to deaf ears, until now–that it could be providing all the street light we need, most of the time. No need for gas or electric streetlights, no sir, not unless there were clouds and such. Finally, someone’s listened, and developed Lunar-Resonant Streetlights, which use LED lamps that adjust lighting [...]
CLICK HERE TO READ MORE Tornado Power
Is this playing with fire - or in this case, a killer wind?
It even has a patent number - Louis Michaud’s US 2004/0112055 A1 and is called an “Atmospheric Vortex Engine.†Basically, Michaud thinks he can control a tornado! They want to create a vortex and hold it in one spot to [...]
Apple’s Failure to Meet New Guidelines
On July 20th, Energy Star’s new specs for computers went into effect. While some product lines of all manufacturers fall short of these new standards, a few do comply - except for Apple which does not have a single item in compliance.
Only about 125 computers meet the new requirements and can be seen here in [...]
Solar Panels at Stadiums
They should have done this a long time ago. With all that direct sun real estate at stadiums, installing solar panels is so logical.
AT&T Park, the home of the San Francisco Giants, is now sporting 590 Sharp solar panels producing 120-kilowatts of electricity. That equals about 40 residential solar systems.
Now we need more to [...]
Energy Saver
French designer Gilles Belley has come up with the "Energy Saving Adaptor" which uses modular plugs that link together and hang from the side of a desk. Each module monitors the energy status of a single device and when it goes into standby mode, the lights let you know and 3 minutes [...]
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