Source: designnobis.com Published: July 1, 2014 Around the world, there are lots of rural households which do not have access to electricity and its implications are worrying. Upon nightfall, many families are forced to use kerosene lamps, spending approximately 25%...
Source: cars.aol.co.uk Published: May 8, 2014 Leon Poultney The German marque has already unleashed its revolutionary i3 model to much applause from customers and the motoring media alike, and it is poised to impress the world again with its all-powerful,...
Source: reneweconomy.com.au Published: October 8, 2013 Emma Fitzpatrick The ground-breaking Gemasolar Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) plant with storage near Seville, Spain, has marked its second anniversary with another breakthrough – producing round the clock power...
Source: indigogo.com Published: April 25, 2014 Co-inventors Scott and Julie Brusaw take a break and enjoy their creation About 8 years ago, an electrical engineer and his counselor wife started throwing around an idea to replace asphalt on highways and byways...
Source: digitaltrends.com Published: November 21, 2013 Image via Wikimedia Commons. By Drew Prindle They might look like something out of a futuristic sci-fi movie, but believe it or not, these crazy structures actually exist, and have been standing tall in Singapore...
Source: inhabitat.com Published: March 19, 2014 The Sol-Char solar powered toilet zaps poop into useful biochar briquettes. by Lori Zimmer Researchers at the University of Colorado designed a new toilet called the Sol-Char that zaps poop into biochar using nothing but...
Source: inhabitat.com Published: March 18, 2014 In a surprising merging of products, the Solar Energy Bucket serves as a multifunctional tool for anyone who likes to rough it. At first glance it appears to be a simple water bucket, but turn it upside down and you’ll...
Source: ecogeek.org Published: February 27, 2014 Ma Yanjun, a farmer in China’s Shaanxi province, reportedly built a DIY solar water heater out of 66 beer bottles, water flowing through the bottles is heated by the sun and then routed into the bathroom for showers....
Source: wired.co.uk Published: October 29, 2013 Credit: luladot.com By Tom Cheshire Lucy Norman knows how much we need natural sunlight, so she set out to get more of it into our lives. “I did a lot of research into optical physics, hanging out at Imperial College...