[breyn-i-keyn] Brainstorming on a Higher Level
Intel Shows Wireless Resonant Energy Link at IDF
Intel recently demonstrated wireless power transmission at the Intel Developer Forum (IDF). They call it “Wireless Resonant Energy Link” (WREL), and it is based on principles proposed by MIT physicists (Marin Soljačić & others). Intel CTO Justin Rattner showed such a system lighting a 60 watt lightbulb on […]
Ever driven across North Dakota in August? North Dakota is the US State located top, center on the wind potential map (shown here). Step out of the car and the wind’s fingers rip at your shirt buttons, threatening to tear them off. Day after day, wheat stems toss like waves in a storm. […]
Sunroofs to Live Up to Their Name?
Sunrise Solar has introduced its Solar Sunroof, a replacement for regular car sunroofs that includes solar PV cells to produce electricity. This can help recharge the vehicle’s battery, but it can also cool down the car when it’s hot, and warm it up when it’s cold.
Solar car roofs in […]
All the media are making fun of Mayor Bloomberg’s proposal to put turbines on New York buildings, covered by Matthew here. The Times noted that New York used to have them when it was Dutch and asks “Who knows what else he’ll come up with, Have everyone walking around in wooden shoes and eating chocolate?” […]
map: Wikipedia — Haldia is near the bottom, on the Bay of Bengal
It may not be of the scale of the 5,000 megawatt project planned for Gujarat, recently discussed by the Clinton Foundation, but given the current size of most solar power plants around the world, this one is certainly big.
Solar Power & Materials to […]
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The Cosmetics Design-Europe website reported this week that scientists at the University of Rochester found that sunscreens containing nanoparticles are not as effective at protecting people with sun-damaged skin. Tests done on lab mice using quantum dot nanoparticles (to simulate the titanium dioxide nanoparticles found in sunscreens) showed that the particles “penetrated […]
One of the world’s shortest escalators
Jeffrey Hill writes in Next American City about escalators. “You know, it’s just stupid,” says mechanical engineer Matt Dermond. “If you have a place like a mall, you could install an elevator for the elderly and the disabled and tell everyone else to take a walk. It’s not the kind […]
We’d like to give a quick nod to Big Ink. We know the printing world isn’t always very green, and we appreciate their efforts to improve their operations and spread the word to their clients and others within their industry.
The Green Plan
They created an internal Green Team to work on a plan, and found a […]
Image source: West Coast Green
This year’s West Coast Green 2008 conference will feature a technology “innovation pipeline” highlighting the future of renewable energy products. Each of these products are new to the market or right out of development. Over 50 products will be featured, including,
“electric plug-in vehicles, the Triac, the Moose, the Microwatt, and the […]
Wherever there is an escalator there is often a stair beside it; escalator treads are not proportioned properly for climbing and don’t count in the building codes as exits. (this rule seems to break down in shopping malls and stores) As we posted recently, escalators are insane energy hogs; they are also slower than walking.
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