A parking lot made from thick, hexagonal solar cells tough enough to
support the weight of a tractor? It’s more likely than you think.. A
12-by-36 foot prototype "solar parking lot" made from the super-tough
panels can generate enough power by day to keep nearby street lamps and
signs safely glowing at night.
One of five inventors of the LEDsafari lamp interviewed an African
student who was recently trained to build his own LEDsafari. The
student is very enthused about the invention because it is going to
bring affordable light to his continent, giving Africans more time in
the evening to study, to discuss, to work, to create… It will make
them more productive and, thereby, richer. A simple, cheap, safe, and
environmentally clean lamp, this student hopes, will ‘light up the Dark
Continent.’
Imagine scientists shooting solar panels in to space – enough to span 9
football fields – for the sole purpose of being assembled by robots, in
order to construct an object capable of capturing solar power. Then,
having the harnessed energy being beamed back to Earth through the use
of radio waves – allowing a vehicle fitted with a solar receiver to
capture enough energy to move about on land. The U.S. Navy is hoping to introduce such a device, and it may just cure our energy woes.
Ooho. Who would have thought it? Three London-based design
students came up with Ooho, a water container that’s not plastic, not vinyl,
not stainless steel… but an edible algae! Ooho was considered so brilliant that, among other coveted awards, it won the 2014 Lexus Design Award.
Using a special satellite, physicists in the South Pole were able to "hear" the echoes from the big bang for the first time, and take the Big Bang Theory out of immediate danger of being overturned.
For the last half century, space junk has been circling the earth in very destructive patterns. Now an Australian team of scientists addresses the problem head on armed with high- tech, infra-red lasers that will zap the debris out into space. Read on for more information.
The age of space exploration in many ways is just beginning. Although many intrepid souls have broken through the earth’s atmosphere during the course of the last half-century, our thirst for what lies beyond its shadowy realm propels us to explore further and dig even deeper. Israel has taken one benevolent step in this direction aided by France; together they may change the true nature and scope of space exploration.
There are many places that you might expect to find a vegetable garden these days, from schools to rooftops. No longer are they limited to farms and backyards. Even with all of these new places opening up, it is still very odd to think of a garden at a busy airport. Not just a garden — a vertical, aeroponic garden full of fresh vegetables that supply the restaurants inside Chicago O’Hare International Airport.
In fact, wireless chargers are already here, but these still require that your gadget is physically connected to a charging pad or similar. However, I mean the type of charging where there is no contact whatsoever, so that you can charge your mobile phone or tablet anywhere you are in by just… being there. It seems (and, in fact, is) amazing, and this technology is closer than you might think.
Desertification isn’t something we understand particularly well, yet – meaning we don’t really have any idea of how to stop it. It’s a pretty serious environmental problem…and one inventor has found what may be the first step to a solution: Tumbleewed, a rolling robot.
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