Topic “solar power”
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2008-11-19
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Solar-powered Key Hole Light illuminates your door lock for easy night entry
Why fumble around in the dark when you can use solar power to light the way? This Key Hole Light from Comfort House charges up during the day, and illuminates your door in the dark of night. A quick... read
2008-11-14
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Wireless, solar power drive Montreal bike rentals
Following a pilot phase that began last September, the City of Montreal next spring will roll out a self-service bicycle rental system through solar-powered, wireless "intelligent terminals" that act as point-of-sale kiosks. read
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"The Idea Of A Tree" by Thomas Traxler
This is a really amazing sculpture by Thomas Traxler that uses solar power to create even more sculpture. I really like the end product, and how it creates a physical representation of the data gathered throughout the day. Powered by nothing but sunlight and some threads, Thomas Traxlers' "The idea of a tree project" shows us how objects can grow during the course of a day. The installation is powered by a couple of solar cells […] read
2008-11-13
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Solar Power, Sea-Water Heating and a New 'Bridge' for Copenhagen
Steven Holl Architects have made our pages before – from a huge ‘eco-complex’ in China, to the shiny Whitney Water Purification facility. Now we hear via Inhabitat and The Guardian that the ground-breaking architect has won a competition to design a new gateway for Copenhagen. The result? Towering sky scrapers with some pretty impressive eco-features. C... read
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Spirit Mars Rover May Be Dead Too Now [Another Tear Jerker]
[…] keep in mind that Spirit's twin brother—Opportunity—is still working at the other side of the planet. But still, seriously NASA, how can you send things that run on solar power to the dustiest planet in the Solar System and forget to include some kind of Windex cleaning device all the gear? Couldn't you guys add some kind of mini-Roomba to crawl the panels of the next one? [NASA and Daily Mail and Posts by Phoenix Mars Lander at Gizmodo] Obligatory dust-related kick-ass song here: […] read
2008-11-11
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MIT tapped to design cleaner, greener, and quieter aircraft of the future
With all this talk about electric cars, solar power, and wind energy being bandied about, we haven't heard much about how to power those gas-guzzling tin cans of the sky. That's why NASA tapped the smarty-pants engineers at MIT... read
2008-11-08
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Rice-Sized Solar Panels Produced Noodle-Sized Power [Energy]
[…] from abundant and green components carbon and hydrogen, and it's believed that their efficiency could double in the next year. I love wind power and find hydroelectric moderately interesting. But it's stories like this that get me ridiculously excited about the potential of solar. Oh, and I swear I thought solar was cool before Obama won the election or whatever. OK, fine fine. I totally lied. I didn't hear about solar power until earlier this week. Are you happy now?? [Reuters] read
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Rice-Sized Solar Panels Produced Noodle-Sized Power [Energy]
[…] from abundant and green components carbon and hydrogen, and it's believed that their efficiency could double in the next year. I love wind power and find hydroelectric moderately interesting. But it's stories like this that get me ridiculously excited about the potential of solar. Oh, and I swear I thought solar was cool before Obama won the election or whatever. OK, fine fine. I totally lied. I didn't hear about solar power until earlier this week. Are you happy now?? [Reuters] read
2008-11-07
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Puzzling Solar Panel Press Release [Uncertain Principles]
Getting back to science, at least for the moment, I was puzzled by a press release from RPI, with the eye-catching headline Solar power game-changer: 'Near perfect' absorption of sunlight, from all angles. The article describes work published in Optics Letters (that I haven't been able to put my hands on yet), developing new anti-reflection coatings to enhance the […] read
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Anti-Reflective Solar Panel Coating Absorbs 96% of Sunlight, Called Photovoltaic ‘Game Changer’ by Developer
image: Rensselaer/Shawn Lin This is why Shawn-Yu Lin of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute thinks he can change the solar power game: To get maximum efficiency when converting solar power into electricity, you want a solar panel that can absorb nearly every single photon of light, regardless of the sun’s position in the sky. Our new antireflective coating makes this possible. […] read