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Portable self-cleaning smartflower POP produces 40% more solar energy
Combining smart technology and clean energy generators is easily the next biggest trend in the renewable energy industry, and the developers of smartflower POP are ahead of the curve. Since its emergence in 2010, the clever solar power system has honed in on what private homeowners want from a Read More...
Food wastes as source of renewable energy
In California, one county is converting food waste into useful energy. When food scraps break down in a traditional landfill, they release methane, a potent heat-trapping gas. So Sacramento County now requires food manufacturers, cafeterias, and other large producers to separate food waste from the Read More...
Unless investors see light on solar, women will still give birth in the dark
High in the Usambara Mountains of northern Tanzania, a woman prepares to give birth in the pitch black. Her family clusters around her. With no electricity at the birthing clinic, someone shines a mobile phone above the midwife’s head. The baby is the last to be born in near darkness at the Read More...
A smart grid to bring India’s rural masses online
Roughly 200 million people in India live off the grid. One Indian entrepreneur sees a massive opportunity to bring them online. India's green energy sector has a tendency to "sell and run"—high-end equipment is installed, but a lack of maintenance support for remote villages means systems often Read More...
“Acupuncture doubles chance of having a baby with IVF”
A British study shows that women who were treated with acupuncture are twice as likely to benefit from IVF fertility treatment, than women who are not. The one-year study involved 160 couples who were suffering from fertility problems. Half of these women were treated with acupuncture, while half Read More...
Charge while you drive: Solar-powered cars
Forget about the hassle of charging your electric car: China’s leading clean energy provider, Hanergy, has launched an innovative series of solar-powered concept cars that are continually being charged while they drive.The four concept cars utilize thin-film solar batteries, which are capable Read More...
Marijuana compounds show promise for Alzheimer's patients
Scientists have discovered that the main psychoactive compound found in marijuana (Tetrahydrocannabinol, also known as THC) is capable of reducing the amount of harmful amyloid beta proteins that are contained within lab-grown brain neurons. Amyloid is the toxic protein known to accumulate in the Read More...
Is it an e-bike, is it an e-car? No, it’s a bio-hybrid
I’m sitting in a cross between an electric-assisted bicycle and an electric car that looks like a cool golf buggy. The model I am in is also the only one in the world and cost a lot of money to build. So no pressure as I take this concept vehicle for my first spin. The Schaeffler Bio-Hybrid Read More...
How self-driving cars can make cities better
We’ve heard plenty from futurists, urbanists, techies, and environmentalists about the promise and perils of self-driving vehicles. But what about the folks in the trenches, the ones who will have to accommodate and manage those vehicles? What do people who plan and run urban transportation Read More...
Living longer associated with living healthier, study of centenarians finds
Research has shown that the human lifespan has the potential to be extended. But would this merely mean people living longer in poor health? The upbeat findings from a new study in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society indicate that those extra years could well be healthy ones. In a study Read More...