The transparent battery: The possibilities are certainly endless.Perhaps invisible phones. July 29, 2011 – 11:28AM Seeing clearly … Stanford’s transparent lithium-ion battery. Photo: LA Times In the category of people making things you didn’t know you need, researchers at Stanford University have just created a thin, flexible, totally transparent lithium-ion battery. It is about the [...]
Posted on July 29th, 2011 by Editor
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Brammo Empulse motorbike employs carbon prepreg to reduce weight 23 May 2011 This year’s lower weight Brammo Empulse electric racing motorbike features structural components made from Amber Composites carbon fibre prepreg. Manufactured by Oregon-based electric vehicle company Brammo Inc, the Empulse sports some design improvements this year, including a new seat assembly and tank made [...]
Posted on May 25th, 2011 by Editor
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High school teacher creates microfluidic devices using a photocopier By Ben Coxworth 13:23 January 24, 2011 A high school physics teacher has invented a method of producing microfluidic devices, using little else than a photocopier and transparency film Microfluidic technology, in which liquid is made to pass through “microchannels” that are often less than a millimeter [...]
Posted on January 25th, 2011 by Editor
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Moth eye-inspired material now boosts efficiency of solar cells By Ben Coxworth 21:03 January 23, 2011 In order for a solar cell to be as efficient as possible, the last thing it should be is reflective – after all, light should be getting absorbed by it, not being bounced off. With that in mind, a few [...]
Posted on January 25th, 2011 by Editor
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Breath & air-powered for non-existent batteries Lithium-air batteries are currently in the works, and IBM predicts that batteries “that use the air we breath to react with energy-dense metal” will result in smaller, lighter rechargeable batteries that last ten times longer than today’s lithium-ion types. Whilst such batteries could be used in everything from cars [...]
Posted on December 30th, 2010 by Editor
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Waste Coffee Grounds Offer New Source Of Biodiesel Fuel. Drink & drive legally…!! Science (Dec. 15, 2008) — Researchers in Nevada are reporting that waste coffee grounds can provide a cheap, abundant, and environmentally friendly source of biodiesel fuel for powering cars and trucks. In the new study, Mano Misra, Susanta Mohapatra, and Narasimharao Kondamudi [...]
Posted on October 10th, 2010 by Editor
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‘First Economical Process’ For Making Biodiesel Fuel From Algae Science (Mar. 31, 2009) — Chemists reported development of what they termed the first economical, eco-friendly process to convert algae oil into biodiesel fuel — a discovery they predict could one day lead to U.S. independence from petroleum as a fuel. The study was presented recently [...]
Posted on October 10th, 2010 by Editor
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Spray-on film turns windows into solar panels Imagine if all the windows of a building, and perhaps even all its exterior walls, could be put to use as solar collectors. Soon, you may not have to imagine it, as the Norweigan solar power company EnSol has patented a thin film solar cell technology designed to [...]
Posted on August 23rd, 2010 by Editor
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Going Green In Death. Resonation. The process of dissolving human remains Has a lower carbon footprint than cremation. You think you have bad acid reflux, then check this out>>> Want to go green in death? Here’s a process that may allow you to do just that. Resomation involves an alkaline hydrolysis process that dissolves a [...]
Posted on August 20th, 2010 by Editor
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Industrial Production of Biodiesel Feasible Within 15 Years, Researchers Predict Science (Aug. 13, 2010) — Within 10 to 15 years, it will be technically possible to produce sustainable and economically viable biodiesel from micro-algae on a large scale. Technological innovations during this period should extend the scale of production by a factor of three, while [...]
Posted on August 16th, 2010 by Editor
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