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Today's Fresh Blogs...| Solar-powered "Sole Mio" mouse goes into testing phase |
| Published: August 6, 2007, 10:42 pm |
| Tags: Mouse, Solar Power, Solar Powered Mouse, Solarpower, Solarpoweredmouse, Sole Mio, Solemio |
| is far from the biggest power hog when it comes to computer peripherals, a team of Dutch researchers seem out to prove that every little bit helps, and they're now putting their solar-powered mouse to the test. Dubbed the "Sole Mio," the mouse is designed to be placed near a window when it's not in use, which the researchers hope will give |
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| I Need To Tell You More #2 |
| Published: August 8, 2007, 9:49 pm |
| Tags: Solar Power, Corn Burners, Geothermal, Wind Power |
| She uses that when she solar cooks outside, but that is another blog story. What I would like to do is start out by telling you how I came across this massive Wind Turbine project. I live in Michigan and was always told by the so called professionals that it was not a good location for Wind Power . The professionals are half right and half |
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| College teams compete for eco-dominance in the Solar Decathlon |
| Published: August 10, 2007, 2:17 pm |
| Tags: Competition, Department Of Energy, Departmentofenergy, Off The Grid, Offthegrid, Self Sustaining, Solar Decathlon, Solar Power, Solardecathlon, Solarpower |
| school campuses to create solar-only, off-the-grid, self-powered homes, which will eventually compete in Washington D.C. for the Department of Energy's 2007 Solar Decathlon. To build the houses, students are limited to currently available, off-the-shelf technologies, and must also focus on design, comfort, and market viability. The groups will |
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| Stade de Suisse becomes "world's largest" solar stadium |
| Published: August 22, 2007, 1:38 pm |
| Tags: Kyocera, Solar Power, Solar Stadium, Solarpower, Solarstadium, Stade De Suisse, Stadedesuisse, Stadium |
| pretty impressive example of solar power, with 7,930 solar modules soaking up the rays, but a recent addition of 2,808 more solar modules from Japan's Kyocera looks to have been enough to earn it some new bragging rights as the "world's largest stadium-integrated photovoltaic system." With the new modules up and running, the stadium now boasts an |
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| Solar Bottle solar-powered water purification bottle kills germs dead |
| Published: September 3, 2007, 7:01 am |
| Tags: Solar, Solar Bottle, Solar Power, Solarbottle, Solarpower, Water, Water Purification, Waterpurification |
| those problems with their Solar Bottle, a portable water bottle that purifies water using the sun. The bottle, which holds just over a gallon of water, uses a purification process called SODIS that takes six hours to kill off a whole host of baddies, including Oregon Trail favorites cholera, typhoid and dysentery. Just a concept for now, but |
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| Japanese scientists make breakthrough in space-based laser power |
| Published: September 4, 2007, 3:22 pm |
| Tags: Japan, Jaxa, Laser Light, Laserlight, Lasers, Osaka University, Osakauniversity, Satellite, Science, Solar Energy, Solar Power, Solarenergy, Solarpower |
| is working on Space-based solar power systems which can collect sunlight in space and convert it into laser light, which is then transmitted to Earth and used for electricity... or to power a massive Death-Ray. The project works by storing sunlight-based energy in plate made from a sintered powder of metals like chromium and neodymium. When |
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| Lasers: Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency Develop Solar-Powered Lasers For Energy Generation |
| Published: September 6, 2007, 4:15 pm |
| Tags: Electricity, Japan, Laser Power, Lasers, Solar, Solar Power, Space |
| which will convert 42% of solar light into lasers, which shoot down onto a facility that converts it into usable power. This scheme hopes to go live by 2030, and will be able to use solar power 24 hours a day, instead of the slightly less efficient output solar has on the ground. By improving the solar-to-laser efficiency and having solar |
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| Solar-powered plane breaks unmanned flight record |
| Published: September 10, 2007, 2:48 pm |
| Tags: Aircraft, Flight, Plane, Qinetiq, Record Breaking, Recordbreaking, Solar Power, Solar Powered, Solarpower, Solarpowered, Unmanned, Zephyr |
| and tested a lightweight, solar-powered plane which has just broken the world record for longest unmanned flight. The plane, known as the Zephyr, spent 54 hours in flight using only self-recharging solar power, thus breaking the 30-plus-hour flight of the previous record holder, the US Air Force's Global Hawk surveillance craft. Although the |
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| Water: IBM to Monitor the Hudson River with Solar-Powered Underwater Vehicles |
| Published: September 12, 2007, 2:40 pm |
| Tags: Hudson River, Ibm, Non Profit, Solar, Solar Power, Underwater Vehicle, Water |
| of sensor-laden buoys and solar-powered robotic underwater vehicles numbering in the hundreds. The vehicle, which sort of looks like a yellow sting ray covered in solar panels, will monitor things like the rivers temperature, pressure and pH levels. With this info they hope to be able to analyze the amount of pollutants in the river and better |
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| ASIA: Solar energy in Uzbekistan |
| Published: September 19, 2007, 10:28 am |
| Tags: Powerlight, Solar Power, Adem Yilmaz, Uzbek Solar Power, Germany, Uzbekistan, Martin Schneider, Japan, Fritz Gelowicz, Solar Energy |
| Geliotekhnika ('Applied Solar Energy,') the former Soviet Union`s sole scientific publication devoted to solar power. Topics covered range from solar radiation, photovoltaics and solar materials to direct conversion of solar energy into electrical power. The technical potential of solar energy in Uzbekistan is immense and is estimated to |
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| Solar Power: Floating Solar Island Will Produce Energy While Annoying Plankton and Fish |
| Published: September 20, 2007, 9:06 am |
| Tags: Floating, Island, Ras Al Khaimah, Solar, Solar Power, Sun |
| to install this floating solar island, which will be 0.62 miles in diameter when completed. Due to the lack of space in land, the micro-state contracted the Neuch tel's Swiss Center for Electronics and Microtechnology to design it, paying $5 million toward the construction of the project. The island will produce electricity by heating up |
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| ASIA: Solar energy in Uzbekistan |
| Published: September 19, 2007, 10:28 am |
| Tags: Powerlight, Solar Power, Adem Yilmaz, Uzbek Solar Power, Germany, Uzbekistan, Martin Schneider, Japan, Fritz Gelowicz, Solar Energy |
| Geliotekhnika ('Applied Solar Energy,') the former Soviet Union`s sole scientific publication devoted to solar power. Topics covered range from solar radiation, photovoltaics and solar materials to direct conversion of solar energy into electrical power. The technical potential of solar energy in Uzbekistan is immense and is estimated to |
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| Donkey Power: Donkey Powered Mobile Business Unit Comes Fully Loaded |
| Published: October 9, 2007, 6:30 pm |
| Tags: Africa, Donkey Power, Happy, Hapv, Human Animal Powered, Solar Power, Transportation, Vehicle |
| HAPV or "Human and animal powered vehicle" puts a high tech twist on the old fashioned donkey cart by adding a solar panel that charges a 12-volt battery under the driver's seat. The power is then used to facilitate cell phone connectivity, front and rear emergency lights and a small neon tube at night. Uses include: a fresh water outlet |
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| Solar-powered donkey carts bring power to African villages |
| Published: October 11, 2007, 7:31 am |
| Tags: Africa, Donkey Cart, Donkeycart, Happy, Hapv, Solar, Solar Power, Solarpower |
| of old and new, and these solar powered Human and Animal Powered Vehicles, or HAPPYs, as they're known, are no different. Using a traditional donkey cart as a platform, the HAPPY is based around a solar panel and a 12-volt battery, a power supply robust enough to power a cell antenna, water filtration system, emergency lights, and a small neon |
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| Green Gadgets: HY Mini, the Portable Wind and Solar Power Generator |
| Published: October 12, 2007, 3:55 pm |
| Tags: Green Gadgets, Hy Mini, Solar, Solar Power, Wind Turbine |
| you think of wind power, your mind may wander to those old Dutch windmills, wooden shoes, a finger in the dam and all the pot you can smoke. But the oddly named HY Mini does the wind power thing on a much smaller scale. It gets its cherry popped by both wind and sun, gathering energy with either its tiny turbine or mini solar panels. The |
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