A supermarket in England is installing a parking lot that will generate power as cars drive by. The system works by a series of underground plates that, when driven over, create a rocking motion that powers generators. The generators create about 30KW of energy per hour. The supermarket plans on using the power to [...]
Philadelphia is installing 500 BigBelly solar powered trash compacting garbage cans… this move is expected to save the city around $12.9 million over the next 10 years.
The BigBelly trashcans only need to be emptied about 3 times per week instead of 19 times per week. The city will only need 8 workers, instead of [...]
Sunbathers in Japan will have another beach- or pool-friendly keitai (phone) to carry around this summer. Simply known as the Solar Phone SH002, a 10-minute exposure to direct sunlight will yield one minute of talktime or two hours of standby.
Of course, the mileage you get is dependent on factors like the intensity of [...]
The Taiwanese seem to like solar as much as me… but with slightly bigger budget. Taiwan’s newest stadium is 100% solar powered by a whopping 8,844 solar panels. The solar energy will be used to power the lights with 3,300 lux of lighting. When you look at the additional pictures… it is amazing… a [...]
“It looks like a house you’d order from Ikea. It sounds like a house designed by Apple. The I-House just might be the future — well, one future, anyway — of the housing market.
Clayton Homes, based in Maryville, Tenn., is one of America’s largest manufacturers of mobile homes and prefabricated housing. So when President [...]
Something caught my eye the other day when I was scouring the web for new ways to save the humanity utilizing nothing but the power of the Sun and the Wind. A certain MIT heavy, professor Donald Sadoway, was pitching the concept of a liquid metal battery. On the surface the idea is sound, [...]
Casio’s latest G-Shock MTG-1500 watch is another fine installment in their geek friendly, chunky watches. First and foremost it is Solar Powered! Additionally, the MTG-1500 auto synchs with the atomic clock radio signals, adding to ones alpha nerd street cred. Unlike my fake Rolex and most nerd watches, this watch is water resistant to [...]