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Tiny Telescopes Could Make LCDs More Efficient

Most of the light provided by the light source posted behind liquid crystal display panels never even reaches the eyes of the viewer. Light must pass through individual pixels whose brightness levels are controlled by small liquid crystals that modify their transparency according to the electric signal input. Therefo...

23 July 2008
04:43 GMT

Volkswagen Rolls Out the 'One Litre' Prototype

Well, it doesn't really look like the car of my dreams, but it does bear some resemblance to the flying cars from 'The Jetsons', and best of all, it can run more than 100 kilometers with only one liter of fuel. Too bad it doesn't fly, though. Volkswagen's One Litre is currently the most econo...

14 July 2008
10:31 GMT

Flame Walks as We Do

A new highly advanced walking robot dubbed Flame was developed recently by researcher Daan Hobbelen from TU Delft as part of his PhD research focused on revealing the way people walk. For his research Hobbelen will receive his PhD next week, on May 30. Hobbelen's findings could provide a valuable insight into ne...

23 May 2008
10:40 GMT

Self-Repairing Materials Could Make Air Flight Safer

If the aircraft you're traveling in suddenly experiences some kind of damage while in mid flight, you're pretty much toast. Still, air travel is one of the safest means to get around. In theory airplanes could become even safer if they were built out of materials that regenerate themselves even while in fl...

21 May 2008
04:48 GMT

New Solar Cell Beats Efficiency Record

When talking about solar cell efficiency, even a rise of 1 percent, which to some may appear modest, is reason for researchers to celebrate. The previous solar cell conversion efficiency was averaging 21.9 percent. A new world record for solar cell efficiency has been set on Wednesday by a team of researchers from th...

17 May 2008
05:04 GMT

LEDs Channel Light Exactly Where Needed

Light emitting diodes, or LEDs, are amongst the most efficient light sources ever developed. In terms of energy efficiency, light emitting diodes are capable of producing the optical output of an incandescent light bulb, by consuming one hundred times less energy. The problem is that LEDs can't compete with inca...

14 May 2008
10:35 GMT

Water Critical for Energy Generation

You just have to throw a brief look over all the types of energy sources to understand that water is basically indispensable in energy generation whether it is electric energy, natural gas, hydroelectric or nuclear. A research recently initiated by Virginia Tech scientists catalogued energy sources and power generati...

22 April 2008
03:49 GMT

Latest LED Crop Packs Nanowires

LEDs have been in our lives for some time now. They are more efficient than any other lighting device before them, can produce any desired color and have a life span much longer than that of light bulbs and fluorescent tubes. However, they are still imperfect. For example, light-emitting diodes currently present on t...

24 March 2008
09:38 GMT

Solid State Devices Will Completely Replace Light Bulbs

In 1879, Thomas Alva Edison invented the first electric light bulb using a carbon filament, only to receive the patent for his invention two months later. In was the greatest invention of the 19th century, but although the materials used to construct the light bulb changed slightly over the years, its design remained...

7 March 2008
05:29 GMT

The Future of Solar Cells: Printable Paper-thin Films!

It's about time to give a serious upgrade to the organic solar cells. Most of the solar panels built today all over the world imply a complicated manufacturing process, based on the use of scarce and extremely expensive materials, layered on top of a silicon substrate, and are able to provide a relatively effici...

7 February 2008
05:23 GMT

The New Data Center Configuration

Among the most important energy consumers in the whole IT industry, the data center has a very special and near the top place, their projected energy consumption being said to double until 2011. So a new set of specifications and guidelines have been drawn up in an attempt to minimize energy waste and electricity bil...

11 August 2007
06:39 GMT

The Green Grid Perspective

The Green Grid is an association of several high-tech companies, most of which are active in the computer hardware manufacturing segment, that was created as a group that could lay the base for industry wide accepted practices, metrics and technologies that should help improve data center energy efficiency.Since its ...

10 August 2007
05:36 GMT

New World Record in Solar Cell Efficiency

A real breakthrough has been made by a team of scientists in the field of solar energy converters. The new discovery is a fuel cell that, for the first time, surpassed the 40% efficiency milestone, the highest efficiency achieved for any photovoltaic device.Using a new technology that combines several innovations to...

25 July 2007
09:05 GMT

AMD vs Intel - "I'm So Tired of This, Grow Up Kids!"

Let's see how the situation looks from above the battle field. Intel has a strong market share in its grasp thanks to a large number of products (processors, chipsets and so on) and a great marketing and advertising department. AMD on the other hand, is losing some market shares mainly because of a much more red...

24 July 2007
04:16 GMT

How Does the World's Most Efficient Internal Combustion Engine Work?

Internal combustion engines are now powering the vast majority of automobiles, motorcycles, trucks, boats and are also used in various industrial applications. They are so widespread because they can provide high power to weight ratios together with excellent fuel energy-density.However, their efficiency is relative...

19 July 2007
10:53 GMT

Ultra-thin Solar Cells Made Through Exfoliation Are Cheaper and Lighter

Exfoliation is not only a cosmetic technique aimed at removing dead skin cells from the face and body, but it also causes the breaking up particle aggregates in material science and what promises to produce a new generation of solar cells that are much lighter and cheaper than existing models.Researchers, from the C...

16 July 2007
05:34 GMT




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