Cal researchers create 'energy-scavenging nanofibers,' look to energize your next A&F sweater (Tuesday 16th of February 2010 01:39:00 PM)
We've seen the magic of piezoelectrics before, but if a team of Cal Bears can really deliver,
their spin on things will veritably make a discrepancy in the retail realm. Engineers at the
health center of California, Berkeley have concocted nominal "energy-scavenging ...
(more)An Electricity-Cost-Aware Internet Routing Scheme (Tuesday 18th of August 2009 01:30:01 AM)
Al writes "Researchers from MIT, Carnegie Mellon and Akamai have big a network-routing scheme
that could save 'internet-scale' companies such as Google, Amazon and Microsoft million of
dollars each year by moving data to locations with the best electricity ...
(more)Generating Power From Ocean Buoys and Kites (Saturday 04th of July 2009 04:00:01 PM)
Cheezitmike writes "Researchers at Oregon State book learning* mash are testing a new type of
wave-energy converter to originate electricity from ocean waves: 'Even when the ocean seems
calm, swells are moving water up and down sufficiently to form electricity. ...
(more)DoE Considers Artificial Trees To Remove CO2 (Wednesday 24th of June 2009 01:00:05 AM)
Eldavojohn writes "CNN is running an article on a new angle of attack to reducing greenhouse
gases. After meeting with the US parish of Energy on the concept, the researchers revealed the
details that each 'tree' (really a small architecture structure ...
(more)My electricity bill is high! Please Help!!! Very appreciated! Best answer will get 10 points!? (Wednesday 27th of May 2009 06:11:20 AM)
Our electricity bill is high. What are some ways to save electricity other than turning off
lights and buying expensive things.
Thank You for your help!1. Unplug all your gadgets when
not in use because gadgets like your cellphone charger, computer, ...
(more)New Legislation Would Federalize Cybersecurity (Thursday 02nd of April 2009 05:30:01 PM)
Hugh Pickens writes "Senators Jay Rockefeller and Olympia J. Snowe are pushing to dramatically
escalate US defenses against cyberattacks, crafting proposals in Senate
statute
notes:legislation is the act of making or enacting laws that could be introduced ...
(more)Power In Scotland From Tides and Whiskey (Friday 30th of January 2009 05:30:01 PM)
Tsamsoniw writes "Singapore-based Atlantis effects Corporation, which brings to the table
tidal-turbine technology, is partnering with Scotland-based datacenter pioneer hyperspace
Villages International) to construct a tidal-powered 150MW 'Blue Datacenter,' ...
(more)Waste heat close to becoming useful in cooling / lighting applications (Saturday 27th of December 2008 03:11:00 AM)
Not that waste heat in general hasn't been repurposed for non-wasteful activities before, but
researchers at Doshisha health center are now edging ever closer to making useful the formerly
annoying thermoacoustic phenomenon. For those not really tied ...
(more)Prototype piezoelectric road could generate power by simply sitting there (Saturday 13th of December 2008 06:20:00 PM)
By sitting there and getting ran over by motorcars, that is. In an effort to best other
power-generating highway options that involve solar panels and enlarged blender arms, Britain's
ecology Transport compound is looking to test a mock-up* highway that's ...
(more)Spanish entrepreneurs aim to kill standby power drain, get gold star from Mother Earth (Tuesday 02nd of December 2008 06:25:00 AM)
The amount of power consumed from appliances and such left in standby mode is doubtlessly up
for debate, but what's not is the fact that they'd all be better off, um, off. That's gospel to
Spanish inventors who have adult a applied science to automatically ...
(more)Inside Dean Kamen's Seceded Island of Geekery (Tuesday 25th of November 2008 01:45:01 PM)
Mattnyc99 writes "The new issue of Esquire has a long, in-depth, involute profile of Dean Kamen
and his quest to invent a better world. Earlier this month, we discussed Kamen's
Sterling-electric car, but this piece goes into much more detail about how ...
(more)NRDC Rates Energy Efficiency of Video Game Consoles (Thursday 20th of November 2008 08:45:01 AM)
An nameless reader writes "Today, more than 40 percent of all homes in the United States
contain at least one video game console. Recognizing that all that gaming could add up to
serious demand for electricity, NRDC and Ecos Consulting performed the first ...
(more)Researchers Pave Way For Compressor-Free Refrigeration (Monday 11th of August 2008 09:15:01 PM)
Hugh Pickens brings news that scientists from Penn State have adult a new method for
heat-transfer that may replace the common compressor-based system used in household appliances.
Quoting: "Zhang's nearness uses the change from disorganized to organized ...
(more)Self-Healing Artificial Muscles (Friday 21st of March 2008 01:15:06 AM)
Valor1016 writes "Researchers in California have developed an artificial muscle that heals
itself and generates electricity. 'We've made an artificial muscle that, when you apply
electricity to it, it expands, more than 200 percent, the motion and energy ...
(more)Knee Brace Generates Electricity From Walking (Sunday 10th of February 2008 11:00:09 PM)
Ktulus cry brings news of a device that can power cartable gadgets, prosthetic joints, and
other mobile appliances by harvesting energy head by walking. Researchers are working on making
the device — still a moderately cumbersome 3.5 pounds — ...
(more)Body Heat Could Charge Your Cellphone (Saturday 12th of January 2008 11:45:04 AM)
An anonymous reader writes to mention Nature is reporting that scientists have discovered a
much more efficient way to use silicon to convert heat into electricity. This offers the
possibility of many different applications including possibly instruction ...
(more)M2E Power turns movement into electricity (Friday 16th of November 2007 05:02:00 PM)
Filed under: Misc. Gadgets, Wearables
Looking for power in hard to reach places? Perhaps M2E
Power can lend a hand. The company -- anew infused with a pile of money from venture
capitalists -- is in the business of creating power through the kinetic motion ...
(more)Method for $1/Watt Solar Panels Will Soon See Commercial Use (Sunday 23rd of September 2007 10:00:03 PM)
An anonymous reader writes "A method developed at Colorado State health center for crafting
solar panels has been developed to the point where they are nearly ready for mass production.
Professor W.S. Sampath's technique has resulted in a low-cost, high-efficiency ...
(more)Future Looks Bright for Large Scale Solar Farms (Saturday 22nd of September 2007 10:00:02 PM)
Hugh Pickens writes "The economist reports that Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) systems that
capture and focus the sun's rays to heat a working fluid and drive a turbine, are making a
comeback. but to start a clause the world's largest solar farm was ...
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