As we recently noted, the wind deciding not to blow and the sun going down has always been the major obstacle standing in front of the widespread use of solar and wind energy. Energy sources like the sun and wind have the capacity to provide endless amounts of clean energy if we could only figure [...]
What to do when the wind dies and the sun goes down has always been the major obstacle standing in front of the widespread use of solar and wind energy. Batteries designed to store these renewable energies are continually evolving however, as evidenced by the Aide Solar battery for solar energy storage. Aide Solar unveiled [...]
On the very first Earth Day, celebrated nearly 40 years ago on April 22, 1970; the U.S. was a poisoned nation. Air and water pollution were rampant, DDT was still in use, and landmark federal actions were still to come. Today, while the U.S. is a much cleaner country overall, the fight for a healthy environment goes on. In the [...]
Internet radio is completely changing the way people listen to music. Sites such as Pandora, Grooveshark, mp3tunes and many, many more are allowing for a more enjoyable listening experience than that of years past. And for those wanting to take that enjoyable music-listening experience with them around the house or yard, the battery-powered Grace Allegro [...]
While it’s a technology that has been around for well over a century, electrowetting is having a significant impact on a gadget that’s as modern as it gets. By applying the electrowetting process to the screens of their e-books, the Dutch company Liquavista has a product that is said to be faster, more colorful, and [...]
The Fortune 500 electronics company Sanyo has just added a new entry to the Guinness Book of World Records. At a time when the development of hybrid and battery-powered vehicles is the focal point of governments and major corporations throughout the world, Sanyo proudly announced that the travel distance of 555.6 km by Mira [...]
USNANO CEO and Shaoping Lu, Managing Director of Thunder Sky Group Limited (China) have signed and an agreement to establish the first Russian production of ultra-capacity lithium-ion batteries. RUSNANO and Thunder Sky Group Limited will establish in Russia the joint company Lithium-Ion Technology to implement the joint project. The total budget of the project is [...]
Windows 7 Battery Bar is a tiny application for Windows 7 that displays the battery status in the taskbar. Although there are several free tools available to view battery status, this tool stands out because it’s portable and fully customizable. The tool lets you customize battery status color and taskbar text. Windows 7 Battery Bar [...]
To pursue scale and reduce costs, a fourth battery plant owned by GS Yuasa Corp. is planned to be opened in 2012. GS Yuasa, a Japanese lithium ion battery maker that has partnered with Mitsubishi and Honda, plans for this factory to have a battery capacity for 50,000 vehicles a year.
Left unchallenged, our planet’s growing trash crisis will undoubtedly continue escalating. Research now shows that around 84,000 tons of alkaline batteries get tossed in the can each year! Those seemingly harmless little batteries we use in everything from cameras to remote controls now comprise 20% of hazardous household trash. The remedy?
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