A slew of new mini-solar panels and wind-up/crank 5v (cell phone/ipod/etc) chargers have come out in the last couple of years. However this is the first micro turbine I have seen. It has a built in 1200mAh battery, Can be chained with optional solar cells and dishes its power out of a […]
A new article on Inhabitat discusses a new 4 person, battery operated ‘pod’ that operates with no drivers. It puts out 20% of the CO2 more conventional transportation would produce, but its extremely expensive at up to $10,000,000 per mile! I will admit its cute, But the cost is high. […]
As qouted from this site: http://www.solarmissiontechnologies.com/
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” Project: Solar Tower Technology
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Air is heated by solar radiation under a low circular glass roof open at the periphery; this and the natural ground below it form a hot air collector. In the middle of the roof is a vertical tower with large air inlets at its […]
I just stumbled upon this video minutes ago, Helix Wind Turbine video on YouTube. The concept for vertical mounted turbines is nothing new, but this is the first solid bladed helical turbine I have seen for the residential market. Last year the BBC ran this article “New helix wind turbine for city” […]
The people at Prism Solar seem to think so… The picture is of a 25watt panel using dramatically less silicon for the collection area then standard panels. This is made possible because the light hits the whole surface of the panel and is eventually refracted into the silicon via a transparent […]
Technology never ceases to amaze, Barely a decade ago mobile computing was really starting to fall into stride. Now we have hand held PDA’s that could run circles around those old clunky monstrosities! Along with seemingly endless numbers of new smaller/lighter and more powerful laptops enters a new type of device into the foray. The […]