The Los Alamos based company Hyperion Power Generation is developing a new power source called the Hyperion Hydride Reactor, a sealed fission reactor that can supply power to a small community. Although the portable nuclear reactor is the size of ...

Researchers from the Center for Applied Nanoionics (CANi) at Arizona State University (ASU) have developed a new type of computer memory, which they say will boost the performance, capacity and battery life of consumer electronics, such as digital cameras and ...

“Enfucell”, a Finland-based company, has developed a flexible thin battery named “SoftBattery”. This 0.3 – 1.0 millimeter battery (1.5 or 3.0 V) can produce a peak electric current of 4mA/cm². Enfucell was founded in 2002, after nearly ten years of ...

Scientists from the Institute of Laser Engineering at Osaka University in Japan and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) have developed a technology for converting sunlight into laser beams. The technology is intended to stand in the center of JAXA’s ...

The Arizona-based WildCharge company has developed a flat pad, which includes a thin conductive surface that can wirelessly charge a variety of gadgets such as cell phones and MP3 players. Just throw your device on the pad leave it there ...

Over the past year, First Solar, a firm based in Phoenix, Arizona, has significantly expanded its activity worldwide and has brought its new solar-power technology to the forefront of the media’s attention. Solar power systems are still considered extremely expensive ...

The search for new energy sources and for the most efficient ways of using the existing ones is evidently becoming crucial in today’s machinery-driven world. It seems now that British scientists have successfully made use of an additional source of ...

Want a neon sign for your store, business, or home? Here’s an interesting solution from International Robotics. NeonClick are individual, colored neon letters, numbers, symbols, and punctuations, which reside within transparent, fire-resistant, plastic casings that snap together like Lego blocks ...

U.K.-based SplashPower is currently developing a technology for wireless recharging of devices by electromagnetic induction. SplashPower’s wireless rechargers comprise two sorts of ‘SplashPads’ – an electromagnetic induction pad that recharges a single device atop it, such as a digital camera, ...

The Interactive Institute in Sweden is an interdisciplinary research institute operating at the intersection of art, design, technology, and business for the production of innovative ideas and prototypes. STATIC!, a joint project of two ‘studios’ at the institute, designed and ...