Tag Archives : Solar

You’re at the beach, on a trail or in camp and a battery cell is over? Thanks to a new solar power technology, this cannot be a big problem. Photovoltaic cells in a spray, applied to any surface, solar energy can be cheaper and more accessible. At least that is what they expect Brian Korgel and his colleagues at the University of Texas, United [...]

Bill Gates is in touch with reality. He refuses to ride the global warming alarmist propaganda bandwagon. Bradford Plumer in The New Republic mentions the recent TED Conference in Long Beach where Gates ‘told the audience that climate change was the world’s most vexing problem, but that it would take “energy miracles” for the world to zero out [...]

‘To better understand Afghan public opinion on the conflict, and how the country can move towards a stable democracy,’ there are ‘underlying causes of insecurity in Afghanistan’ that have to be discussed and resolved. Based on the recent survey conducted by The Asia Foundation on Afghan people,’ insecurity is identified as the biggest problem [...]

Someone once rightly said, “Simplicity is indeed often the sign of truth and a criterion of beauty” and to prove this fact time and again, architects at Maryann Thompson created this beautiful zero impact home that is not just down-to-earth, but would surely bring its residents the contentment of environmental conservation. Recipient of the LEED [...]

I’m sure most of us wish we could know what the temperature outside is like or whether it would be pouring down or would the sun show his temper. It would be quite exciting to have our very own weather station, which not only tells us about the climate outside, but also gives us the readings of the room temperature and humidity as well. Oregon Scientific [...]

Many attempts have been made so far to perk up the efficiency of the biggest green resource earth boasts of- the Sun. Another discovery lining up for this effort is the “nanostructure films” created by the chemical engineers at Oregon State University (OSU). What makes this discovery unique is that it can be applied on any surface to increase the [...]

Villages and woods are probably the only places in the world where greenery hasn’t become extinct yet. Even these are facing depletion these days. Considering this, the developers of a mixed-use urban village, Mueller in Austin, Texas wished to preserve the lush green surroundings barring its industrial feel. And that is how Austin got its Largest [...]

Style, design and speed were the obsessions of car designers of yester years; the latest vogue seems futuristic and fictional- a driverless car! Mike and Maaike, an industrial design firm from San Francisco that was behind the creation of the Google Phone, has now created the ‘ATNMBL’ read as autonomobile. This self-directed seven-seated four-wheeler [...]

Yet another airship is getting ready to flutter across the English Channel to prove its competence, but this time it’s the sun propelling it. A group of engineering and tech students from France has been working on Project Sol’R have surfaced a solar blimp, which they expect to fly across the English Channel. The dirigible measuring 72 feet long [...]

What you are looking at is not an inventive spy camera or an unearthly centerpiece. It’s the new solar lamp from the folks at IDEA, Japan. Costing a mere $16, this marvelous lamp stands 12 inches tall on a tripod stand omitting the hitch of cabling. The lamp available in an array of colors is capable of providing ambient mood lighting for eight long [...]