Husqvarna has recently introduced a new model of a robotic lawnmower. The new model, named Automower, promises to mow your lawn automatically while using minimum energy resources by using solar power. Many homeowners who retain large gardens could benefit from ...
Energy-Harvesting Radios
Engineers from Kansas State University (KSU), in collaboration with the San Diego-based integrated circuit manufacturer “Peregrine Semiconductor” are set to develop an energy-harvesting radio, which would be able to continuously transmit data without ever requiring a change of batteries. Professor ...
Better Plastic Solar Cells
Michael Gratzel, a chemistry professor from the Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, in Switzerland and Peng Wang, a professor at the Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences have recently been able to create new, efficient dye-sensitized solar ...
Honda’s FC Sport
Honda recently revealed the Honda FC Sport design study model, at the 2008 Los Angeles Auto Show. This three-seat car concept represents an ultra-low center of gravity sports car design that utilizes green construction techniques and existing V Flow fuel ...
Space Sunshade to Reduce Global Warming
Researchers at the University of Arizona are developing an ambitious space sunshade system that could reduce the sunlight reaching the Earth by 2%, enough to balance the heating effects of the increasing amounts of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Composed ...
Capture Carbon Dioxide Out of the Air
Researchers at the Institute for Sustainable Energy at the University of Calgary in Canada are developing a method for capturing carbon dioxide directly out of the air. Capturing the gas from the air is the only way to collect gases ...
Wave Power Harnessed by Giant Rubber Snakes
Researchers at the University of Southampton in England are testing a giant snake-like rubber tube designed to harness the power of waves. Dubbed the “Anaconda” after the South American snake, these simple, inexpensive tubes would produce clean, affordable energy from ...
New Process Extracts Hydrogen from Unrefined Oil
Researchers at Argonne National Laboratory in the US and Kingston Process Metallurgy, Inc (KPM) in Canada have developed a new process that extracts pure hydrogen from unrefined oil. Their molten copper reactor is more energy efficient than current methods for ...
Hydrogen-Producing Bacteria Provide Clean Energy
Scientists at the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and North Carolina State University (NC State) have developed cooperatively a new “green” technology which could lead to clean production of hydrogen from nitrogen-fixing bacteria. Thermotoga maritima (green/yellow rods) growing in co-culture with ...
Honda Insight
Honda recently unveiled “Insight” the company’s concept hybrid vehicle, at the 2008 Paris International Auto Show. The much anticipated Insight is a small, five-passenger vehicle meant to bring hybrid solutions to mainstream consumers and as Honda claims it will be ...