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Approximately 90 days from now, LA inhabitants will have a chance to look over the plan that will make their city one of the most environmental-friendly on the face of the Earth. The project, called Solar LA, was announced on Monday by Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, who says that countless solar panels will be installed... |
5 December 2008
04:36 GMT |
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Recent scientific studies have discovered that a byproduct of the solar industry, a gas called Nitrogen Trifluoride (NF3), has 17,000 times the potential of carbon dioxide, in trapping heat inside Earth's atmosphere. The worst part about this is that there are currently no regulations to limit or prevent the use... |
7 November 2008
02:36 GMT |
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Two individual companies announced that their scientists were working on panel-like devices, aimed at showing owners the exact amount of energy their solar panels create each day, the total household usage and all the differences in between. The announcements were made yesterday (October 15th) in San Diego, by SolarC... |
16 October 2008
08:31 GMT |
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Flexible, low cost, lightweight solar panels may soon become a viable new source of mainstream electric energy with the help of a new type of solar cell invented recently at the Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry at the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, incorporating org... |
2 August 2008
07:29 GMT |
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A new type of material developed at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology is now revealed by chemist Daniel Nocera as a possible means to conduct water electrolysis processes at room temperatures with the input of relatively low electric currents. The material could be used to chemically store solar energy and ef... |
1 August 2008
05:48 GMT |
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Toyota is rather reluctant when it comes to talking about its future products, albeit nobody can keep a secret forever, can they? The word around the campfire is that the third generation of the Toyota Prius hybrid, expected to be launched next year, will receive some electrical systems that will be powered with the ... |
8 July 2008
06:56 GMT |
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Apple is investigating ways to implement solar panels into the portable devices it is now selling, but also into those it plans to sell in the future. While there are major drawbacks to using solar power tech in devices such as the iPhone and the iPod, the mere fact that Apple has filed this patent means the company ... |
26 May 2008
09:22 GMT |
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A tiny robot resembling a grasshopper, measuring only 5 centimeters in height and weighting 7 grams, developed by the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology has recently broken the height record by jumping 27 times its own height. The previous record, held by a rather similar robot, was of only 17 times its own height... |
22 May 2008
06:37 GMT |
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The Sun is relatively generous when it comes to providing the Earth with power, as massive amounts of energy are daily radiated towards our planet. It has been calculated that, on a sunny day, the Sun is able to produce about 1,000 watts of pure energy per square meter on the surface of the Earth. If only we were abl... |
9 January 2008
10:50 GMT |
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Due to the fact that the Atlantis space shuttle has been grounded until January 10th next year, as a result of problems with the gauges that indicate the level of fuel in the liquid fuel external tank, NASA has taken advantage of the situation and has scheduled a spacewalk next week, in order to inspect once again ... |
14 December 2007
08:34 GMT |
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Usually, billboards take high amounts of energy from the power grid in order to light up, especially during night time. However, this is about to change, as an electricity supplier from California has installed the first electric energy generating billboard in the U.S. This device produces energy with the help of 20 ... |
5 December 2007
09:44 GMT |
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The Martian rover Spirit has finally freed itself from the patch of loose soil, in which it had remained stuck for about two weeks, and it might encounter similar terrain in its journey towards a spot that will ensure the necessary amount of sunlight. As a result of a sand storm that raged on the Mars surface, for ab... |
5 December 2007
02:50 GMT |
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The Discovery shuttle and its crew returned to Earth on Wednesday after a challenging 15-day build and repair mission on the International Space Station, completing one of the most difficult missions in history attended by NASA. It was the first shuttle to try a coast-to-coast re-entry after the Columbia disintegrati... |
8 November 2007
05:53 GMT |
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Discovery's crew has been successful in repairing one of the two troublesome solar panels that power the International Space Station, and are now ready to come back to Earth. The re-entry is scheduled for the 6th of November. During this mission, the astronauts have embarked in a seven-hour repair, making it the... |
5 November 2007
06:11 GMT |
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After arriving in space for the delivery of a new module for the International Space Station, and the extensive examination of Discovery's external head shield, the astronauts encountered two different problems at the station's solar panel that power it with electric current.The first unplanned space walk, ... |
2 November 2007
08:01 GMT |
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The Chinese are the ones that brought the S116 solar-powered mobile phone. And now they also bring the S168 handset, equipped with a solar panel charger that attaches to the phone.China seems to be pretty keen on finding a solution for producing energy the green way. They have been the first ones to jump at the thoug... |
17 September 2007
09:17 GMT |
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It looks like an alien cocoon, but it's just another wacky idea of customizing your pond. You got that right! You cannot use the device on your pool, since it's not recommended in chlorinated waters. Not to mention the cool effect it can have when used at parties.It might be a little risky to place this in ... |
6 July 2007
04:32 GMT |
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Just in time for the summer, the Juice Bag released the Solar Beach Tote. The beautifully stylish bag features a built-in flexible solar panel, which is attached to a large canvas frame, enabling the user to "juice" up most of his/hers gadgets that are carefully stored inside. Meanwhile, he/she might be busy sun tan... |
19 June 2007
04:14 GMT |
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A few years ago, solar panels were mainly designed for industrial and remote homes use. Today, you can buy fancy bag chargers with embedded solar panels that can charge your laptop. There's even a solar backpack mobile power generator.Well, here's another interesting solar charger concept. SolarRolls is def... |
3 May 2007
07:01 GMT |
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