What if the windows in your house captured solar power? Or if your phone was kept charged up because of the glass used in it? It may happen.
IBM Research and Swiss-based Airlight Energy have created a solar concentrator that looks like a giant sunflower and can produce 20kW of power per day, along with clean water and hot or cool air.
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Using high-resolution aerial photography from satellites and planes to mirror the phenomenon from which the project derives its name – the overview effect: the sensation experienced by astronauts when viewing Earth from space
German architect André Broessel of Rawlemon has invented a solar energy system that uses a simple concept - a glass sphere that concentrates light on a focal point - to maximize solar energy harvesting capacity and
Concentrator photovoltaic (CPV) technology is an outstanding high-efficiency system in the world of photovoltaic solar technologies . ...
Researchers at Empa and ETH Zurich succeeded in developing a material that works like a luminescent solar concentrator and can even be applied to textiles. This opens up numerous possibilities for producing energy directly where it is needed, i.e. in the use of everyday electronics.
IBM Research and Swiss solar technology company Airlight Energy have released an amazing 10 meter high solar structure that resembles a sunflower, capable of producing electricity and water. The High Concentration PhotoVoltaic Thermal (HCPVT) system concentrates the sun's energy by up to 2,000 times, converting 80 percent of it into usable energy. The machines generate up to 12 kilowatts of electrical power and 20 kilowatts of heat on a sunny day. One of these can power multiple homes and the cooling of the cells produces fresh, drinkable water. These mechanisms are much needed in a society that is weening itself off of
JF Ptak Science Books Quick Post [This image appears in his "The Sun Motor", in Nature for August 1888.] A while ago I thought about an alphabet of variegated -punkisms since SteamPunk didn't seem quite enough for things punky. (That...
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Incredible satellite pictures shot by artist Benjamin Grant show off the diversity of planet earth
Open Source Ecology, an organization that promotes free and open source technology throughout the farming world, has successfully crowd sour...
Find out how solar, wind, biomass, hydroelectric, and geothermal power are harnessed to produce renewable energy.
Solar-OSE: Solar Concentrator for Steam Generation: News: "Open Source Ecologie France" successfully completed a crowd-funding to buy the materials for a second improved prototype, including 4 modules like the one described in this instructable!If you feel like contributing in any way to the project,…
Green Cat Technologies is developing this rotating, foldable caravan.
