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Sunflowers Inspire a New Way of Increasing Solar Energy Yield

Friday, August 24, 2012
sunflower

  One basic method of increasing solar energy yield during the day is by finding the angle where the solar panels would meet the most energy dense point…

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“Wooden” Batteries May Be the Greenest Battery Yet

Friday, August 24, 2012
wooden battery

Batteries, no matter how we say that they are not really that safe for the environment, are still important in our overall green technology strategy. They’re the primary…

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Agri-Cube: The Portable Mini-Vegetable Factory

Sunday, August 12, 2012
agri cube hydroponic garden

The idea of locally grown greens often congers up ideas of backyard vegetable farms. However, as what we have found out in our modern time, it turns out that this…

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Bicycles versus Electric Scooters

Wednesday, August 8, 2012
Electric Scooters vs Bicycles

Small personal vehicles, like the motorcycle, help us navigate the streets efficiently faster without necessarily limiting ourselves to space given by ordinary paved roads. However, for environment-conscious individuals,…

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Intel’s Ivy Bridge Processors: The Most Energy Efficient CPU’s Yet

Monday, August 6, 2012
intel ivy bridge

Computers are unarguably a lot better now than their earlier 20th century counterparts. They can process information faster, do parallel commands and calculations easier, and can multitask heavy…

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Facebook Shares Carbon Footprint for the First Time

Sunday, August 5, 2012
Facebook Like

Greenpeace is among those who “likes” Facebook’s release of its carbon footprint data on Wednesday this week, The Guardian reports. The page was titled Facebook’s Carbon and Energy…

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Iron-Air Cell, the Metal-Air Battery Variant for Renewable Energy System Storage

Saturday, August 4, 2012
metal air battery

Metal-air batteries, as I have previously discussed, are batteries that rotate around its energy charge and discharge cycles using oxygen in the air as the cathode. They are…

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Do You Need Smartphone Apps to Control Your Home’s Energy Consumption?

Friday, August 3, 2012
smartphone remote control

There are many news stories out there lately about smartphone-controlled home appliances and conveniences. First, there’s the reported Wi-Fi network connected LED lights. Then, there’s the Japanese device…

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Cutting emissions: Supercar style

Monday, July 30, 2012
Jaguar-C-X75

There has been a sizable push in recent years to produce environmentally sound cars for everyday use, and whereas just the odd manufacturer used to offer their vision…

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Hyperloop Train Concept Combines Trains, Jet Speeds, and Solar Energy

Wednesday, July 25, 2012
solar train

The development of faster transportation technology has been pivotal to the advancement of civilization in general. The faster we can travel means the faster can share information and…

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