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Amazing Electric Van Runs On Sun and Wind! (Video)
An electric powered van that uses on-board wind and solar generation to charge it’s batteries.
Soul Cell Collapsible Solar Lantern
Designer Jesper Jonsson came up with this beautiful photovoltaic powered portable canvas lantern as part of his BFA Thesis at Växjö University. The lantern fold up into a complact square that can easily be stowed away to taken on the go.
New App Allows Droid Users To Track Geomagnetic Storms
Thanks to a clever combination of data from NASA and the NOAA, Droid users can now imitate high tech scientific researchers by outfitting their phones with an app that will allow them to monitor the Earth’s entire magnetic field and track geomagnetic storms.
Sleek Solar-Powered Camper Elevates Off-Grid Living
Most forms of transportation (think: planes, trains, and automobiles) demand large amounts of dirty fossil fuels, and most travel destinations (think: hotels, resorts, and theme parks) usually leave behind a mountain of waste in their wake. The answer? Take your sustainability on the road.
Hope Floats For Villagers Who Fear Rising Sea Levels
Building levees and canals requires money, infrastructure, and materials these countries don’t have access to, but rising above the increasing water line could be achieved effortlessly if we chance our thinking about what houses and communities look like.
Solar-Powered Plane Flies Through The Night!
Using lithium batteries that store a charge from the 11,000-plus solar cells on the craft, the plane was able to complete it’s flight without the sun.
NASA Releases Lunar Exploration Video Game
NASA has released a free online video game designed to immerse gamers in a futuristic 3D lunar settlement as they step into the role of an exploration team member.
Futuristic Dice House Achieves Zero-Emissions
Creating such a design in time could be a gamble, but one British company isn’t afraid to roll the dice.
Appropriate Technology – Microsolar (Pic)
Small solar PV on john at Horsetooth Reservoir near Fort Collins, Colorado. (Really I’m testing mobile image uploading and publishing capability. Seems to have worked!)
Solar-Powered Airplane May Cross Atlantic by 2012
At the Dübendorf airfield in Switzerland on Thursday, the Solar Impulse HB-SIA taxied down the runway powered by its own engines for the very first time.
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