Some crazy scientist cats at the Georgia Institute of Technology have dreamed up a nanogenerator, which will produce power from a number of biological sources. Flowing blood, constricting blood vessels, pumping hearts, and body heat are all potential sources. They can be used to power biomedical devices or just about anything else.

This both excites me and gives me the willies, considering that I’d love to power that implanted AI in my brain with a few of these, but then again, what will that implanted AI do with me once it gains control? It’s kind of like the Matrix, only they don’t need to actually keep us locked up in virtual reality.

Having a large vehicle that guzzles up fuel like there’s no tomorrow sucks. The Sunforce 60W solar charger helps alleviate some of your guilt as it is capable of charging a 12V battery and comes with a 175W inverter for you to power a portable coffee maker or TV whenever you’ve ventured into the great outdoors. The Sunforce measures 54" x 42" X 12" and weighs in at 60 lbs., making it rather hefty to transport around (while consuming even more fuel when you’re carrying something so heavy). If you’re keen on some clean portable electricity, be prepared to pony up $400 for one of these.

Ford announced that it could be on the verge of producing hydrogen cars into the market within the next 5 years if things go right.  They’ve been using 12 passenger shuttle buses powered by internal combustion hydrogen engines and it’s been the closet they’ve been to a mass production.

We really believe this technology is ready to be evaluated at the consumer level

They’ve been monitoring the buses across the United States, harping on the zero emissions and the greater fuel economy.  Go green earth!

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The Magenn Power Air Rotor System is a lighter-than-air helium-lifted wind turbine, which can be considerably larger than all other land and sea based windmills.

Conventional wind generators are only operable in wind speeds between 3 meters/sec and 28 meters/sec.

With this helium solution, Magenn Air Rotor are operable between 1 meter/sec and in excess of 28 meters/sec., plus they can be raised to higher altitudes, thus capitalizing on higher winds aloft. Altitudes from 400-ft to 1,000-ft above ground level are possible, and they can be easily moved around.

The first units in production will be a 4Kw residential unit that will cost $10,000, and can be ordered this spring from the Ottawa-area company.

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Damon Vander Lind, an MIT student, partnered with several of his schoolmates and created the pedal-powered propeller tricycle. The tricycle reaches 7 ft. and weighs about 1000 pounds. It made using aircraft-supply chromemoly tubing and old bike parts. The propeller was made from pink foam coated with fiberglass. Oh, and the propeller has LED lights on the blades, just for that dash of color. If you check out the video, you will the trike in action.