A Down-To-Earth Wind Turbine

SheerWind's INVELOX design captures, accelerates, and concentrates the wind, sending it to a gound-l... More >>

 

The Guts of Thinner Smartphones

What physics limits how thin smartphones can be? More >>

 

PowerWINDows

PowerWINDows is not a Microsoft product, but a potential wind energy system designed for urban envir... More >>

 

Off-Grid Street Lighting

This off-grid street light gets all of its power from two solar panels, a helical wind turbine, and ... More >>

 

Will the Q10 save BlackBerry?

BlackBerry launched their newest smart phone this week. Will the Q10 bring BlackBerry back? More >>

 

A Smart LED Bulb

It’s been more than a hundred years since Thomas Edison made a commercially-viable light bulb.... More >>

 

Does This Energy Storage System Have Potential?

MIT researchers are proposing an energy storage system to stabilize the energy generated by off-shor... More >>

 

New Batteries Help Put Renewable Energy on the Grid

For renewable energy sources like solar and wind to make a significant impact on grid power, inexpen... More >>

 

Definitely Not 1980s Intel DRAM

Intel paper describes their direction for DRAM. More >>

 

Climbing Robotic Wind Turbine Inspector

A robot that climbs wind turbines makes inspections faster, safer, and less expensive. More >>

 

A New Approach to Wind Energy

Caltech's Biological Propulsion Laboratory proposes wind farms that consist of small vertical-axis w... More >>

 

Mobile Phones Provide a Lesson on the Future of Disruptive Technology

It’s been forty years since the first mobile phone call. More >>

 

3D Printed Thermoelectric Generators

A team of researchers in Dresden has developed a 3D printing process that creates small inexpensive ... More >>

 

CO Sensor with processor and Bluetooth transmission

Near “out-of-the-box” solution for complete CO (or chemical/gas) sensing with Bluetooth More >>

 

3D Photovoltaics

Researchers at MIT are wondering why photovoltaic system designers insist on thinking in only two di... More >>

 

Blackberry Z10.  Phony or Bad data? Either way, it’s a minefield.

Is it possible that more phones were returned than shipped? More >>

 

Nanotechnology “Solar Ink” Increases Photovoltaic Efficiency

A nanowire manufacturing technique promises to improve solar cell efficiency at a low cost. More >>

 

Finding stuff with your smartphone.  Will Linquet succeed in a crowded field?

We’ve written a lots of stories about devices that find your lost keys, wallet, pet, etc. ... More >>

 

After the Kick.  From Prototype to Production for the Ubi.

In August 2012 a team of engineers launched the Ubi on Kickstarter.  Their goal was $36,000.&nb... More >>

 

Three Problems: One SOL-ution

The SunSmart E-Shelter program lowers energy bills, provides educational resources, and supplies pow... More >>

 

ZeitEco is a battery powered super scooter.

Kickstarter attracts a lot of inventors.  Did these designers bite off too big a project? More >>

 

Intel Custom Foundry Interview

Altera to use Intel for wafer production. Hints of Intel in the post-PC era. More >>

 

Good Whey to Generate Electricity

This Wisconsin factory takes waste water from the cheese-making industry and converts it into electr... More >>

 

How-to-hack a windmill [video]

This video shows a step-by-step process for building a windmill that generates 600 watts, enough to ... More >>

 

A "Brilliant" Wind Turbine

GE's 2.5 megawatt wind turbine uses sensors, on-site batteries, communication, and data analysis to ... More >>

 

Subscribe

 



iPhone/iPad App

Android App