Tag Archives: Energy_generator
← Older postsPavegen, the energy-generating street tiles use kinetic energy
October 24, 2011With the grids running dry and human kind setting out in search of alternative energy sources, designers world around have begun penning their thoughts with some pretty revolutionary designs, that could trickle in energy into our grids using some previously … Continue reading3
Posted in Gadgets and Tech | Tagged Energy_generator, Kinetic_energy, Tiles | Leave a commentSan Francisco to sport hover cars and green energy generation by 2100
September 16, 2011“If you’re going to San Francisco, be sure to wear some flowers in your hair! If you’re going to San Francisco, you’re gonna meet some gentle people there” Well, if you’re going to San Francisco in 2100, you’d probably meet … Continue reading3
Posted in Other Stuff | Tagged Energy_generator, Hover_Cars, San_Francisco | Leave a commentBrightSource Energy uses molten salts to generate energy at solar plants when the sun goes down
August 5, 2011Molten salt energy storage systems seem to be catching on pretty quickly these days. These seem to be the answer to power supply problems grids connected to solar-soakers face during the night time and during darker hours. Now, BrightSource Energy … Continue reading3
Posted in Alternative Energy | Tagged BrightSource, Energy_generator | Leave a commentSelf-sustained Green Leaf hotel generates as much energy as it uses!
July 4, 2011Contrary to your beliefs, the United States of America doesn’t really play home to a bunch of green hotels. In fact, the first hotel that produces as much energy as it uses, will swing its doors open in Delavan soon. … Continue reading3
Posted in Other Stuff | Tagged Energy_generator, Hotel, Self-Sustained | Leave a commentEnergy harvesting skin generates electricity from vibrations
April 21, 2011Researchers Soobum Lee from the University of Notre Dame in the US and Byeng Youn from Seoul National University in South Korea have developed a new way to harvest vibration and thermal energy. The researchers have submitted a study recently … Continue reading3
Posted in Alternative Energy | Tagged Energy_generator, Energy_harvesting | Leave a commentWind turbines integrating photovoltaic cells to generate energy when the winds are down
April 4, 2011A wind turbine without wind is like a show-fish out of the fish tank, absolutely useless. To make a wind turbine more productive when the winds refuse to blow, researchers at the University of Liverpool integrated photovoltaic cells on the … Continue reading3
Posted in Alternative Energy | Tagged Energy_generator, Photovoltaic_Cells, Wind_turbine | Leave a commentThe I-Green hooks on to your bicycle’s front wheel to generate energy
December 16, 2010Remember those baseball cards we’d stick on to the front wheels of our bicycles in our childhood, trying to make them sound like a pip-squeak version of a Harley Davidson? Well, designer Fandi Meng sure kept that little innovation in … Continue reading3
Posted in Transport | Tagged Bicycle, Energy_generator, Hook | 1 CommentTower of Power, energy generating tower for Taiwan produces 8MW
November 29, 2010NL architects just drew up sketches for a 300-meter high tower that could find its roots in Taiwan, if all goes as planned. The Tower of Power, somewhat of a biblical name, will be a model green building, offering sightseeing … Continue reading3
Posted in Architecture | Tagged Energy_generator, Taiwan | Leave a commentTail-pipe heat could generate energy according to research by Purdue University
November 29, 2010Finally the gas-guzzlers can do a bit of good with all that coming out of their tail-pipes. Yep! Emissions could just help create some energy! Now we all know how hot a tail-pipe can get, that’s if you aren’t driving … Continue reading3
Posted in Alternative Energy | Tagged Energy_generator | Leave a commentThe green energy generating Ecotypic Bed
October 25, 2010Sleeping in bed late hasn’t really been too productive for any of use before. Well, sleeping and lazing around on the Ecotypic Bed could do a lot more! This one, designed by Arthur Xin, is indeed a marvel of technology. … Continue reading3
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