Archive for the ‘Alternative Energy’ Category

Solar Egg Charger

Wednesday, February 17, 2010 14:39 No Comments

Isn’t it a drag when your phone suddenly dies on you when you are in the middle of nowhere, with a flat tire? Or what about when you are in the middle of an 18 hour flight alone and your mp3 player suddenly loses battery? Extremely annoying isn’t it, especially if you do not have [...]

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Mind Power

Friday, February 5, 2010 3:47 No Comments

Watching Charmed a few years back, I wondered if it is really possible to control things with the mind. I know that telekinesis is real and it is something that some people are gifted with. However, what I am after is a power that will really define the human brain as powerful. Something that every [...]

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Bye Bye to Tangled Cords

Friday, January 29, 2010 9:51 No Comments

Nowadays, having a lot of gadgets such as mobile phones, mp4 players, handheld gaming consoles and PDAs clutter our desks. Imagine having one specific charger for every gadget you own. If I am assuming right, you would probably have at least three chargers dangling from the socket right now. If you are a little bit [...]

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Life + Gear

Monday, January 25, 2010 2:46 No Comments

Admit it, whenever your children would prompt you to go camping in the woods, you tend to go overboard by bringing every single security device that you can get your hands on. You would probably bring three flashlights, a heck load of batteries, an emergency radio and so on. But doing this fills up your [...]

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An entire winery powered by a Floatovoltaic Solar Array

Thursday, September 18, 2008 22:22 1 Comment

Solar energy is really becoming in these days. Last Tuesday, Napa Valley Winery just opened their farm which is powered by the sun’s prowess.
Far Niente which is a vineyard is the first floating solar farm. It is being called a floatovoltaic solar array consists of almost 1,000 solar panels connected to the pontoons [...]

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Breathe in, breathe out… Drive using AIR in your tank!

Friday, September 5, 2008 0:39 No Comments

Everybody is just whining over the prices of gasoline and petroleum. It is fact one of the world’s concerns today. Because of that, people are looking for alternatives to be used in powering vehicles.
Aside from electricity and water, AIR seems to be a potential source of power for automobiles. This was shown by [...]

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Beat Popeye the Sailorman with the Project GreenJet SY120

Saturday, August 30, 2008 19:43 No Comments

Sailing is something that is not easy to do. It may look simple but actually, it requires some skills and knowledge regarding the forces that keeps the boat moving, wind and water. But if you really love the beauty of the sea and are fond of sailing, all the efforts will be worthy. If that [...]

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Seadog Pump pumps electricity from the seawater

Saturday, August 16, 2008 22:02 No Comments

Independent Natural Resources in Minnesota is making a progress with its Seadog Pump, a very simple tool which can generate electricity from the sea. The concept of producing electricity from seawater has long been in the minds of scientists. Actually, there are already a lot of underwater turbines that are used for converting the energies [...]

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