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China Reportedly Shuts Down Factories Amid Power Crisis!
Although certainly not well publicised outside of the country (leading you to almost believe that the media was pathologically state-controlled there) information has been continually appearing online over the last couple of years that China is facing huge problems when it comes to power. – Put simply, for all the…
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Japan to Test 330-Tonne Ocean Turbine Offering Potentially Limitless Energy!
It seems pretty clear that if the human race is going to have any chance of surviving the next few hundred years, we’re simply going to have to find a way of producing energy in a more efficient and renewable manner. Our reliance on fossil fuels is, after all, one…
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SparkLocity (A Mouse That Electrocutes You) Hits Kickstarter
Over the last 10 years of system development (be it console or PC), we have seen an increased effort from hardware manufacturers (as well as game developers) to push immersion to new and exciting levels. In a new crowdfunding launch on Kickstarter, however, let’s just say that the SparkLocity is…
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Panasonic-Made Low-Profile Solar Panels Unveiled by Tesla
Tesla has unveiled the latest product manufactured from their ‘Gigafactory 2’ in Buffalo, featuring sleek, low-profile solar panels as part of their deal with Panasonic. Unlike the Tesla roof tiles which replace existing conventional roof tile products, these low-profile solar panels are meant to install on top of homes with…
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Nanoscopic Self-Assembling Wiring Fits Together Like LEGO
Scientists from Stanford University and the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory have teamed up to develop a process for developing super-thin electrical wiring with no loss of conductivity that can self-assemble and fit together in much the same way as construction toy LEGO. The technology uses diamondoids –…
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Green Energy Generated Six Days of Electricity in UK Last Quarter
A new study has found that more than half of the UK’s electricity came from low-carbon sources during the last quarter (July to September), and that the UK energy output was effectively coal-free for nearly six days during that period. The study, by energy company Drax, shows that electricity generated…
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Medicine Powered by Bioelectric Technology Backed by Google
When it comes to medicines, science is going further and further in hand with technology in order to help and develop entirely new lengths in previously unexplored areas. Google is looking to team up with GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), a British pharmaceutical giant who is looking at using bioelectric technology to research a…
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Nissan Target Tesla’s Powerwall with their xStorage Battery
Tesla may appear to be at the forefront of bringing modern clean power to the masses, but they aren’t the only company with visions of an emissions-free future. Now Nissan is kicking off their efforts to create the zero-emission cities of the future with their “xStorage” system, a newly announced…
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Battery Efficiency Improved 400 Times by Accident!
Everything these days uses batteries of some kind or another, from the smartphone you use to text your friends to the tablets and electronic tools you use at work or school every day. In a surprising twist, researchers at UC Irvine may have discovered a way to increase the time…
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Clean Energy Rules Backed by Leading Tech Companies
People like the idea of clean energy, the ability for us to generate more energy than we use all from renewable sources that don’t damage the environment. France requires that new buildings have solar panels or grass on the roofs, and an Indian airport has decided that solar power is…
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Solar Cells So Small They Don’t Even Pop Bubbles
Solar panels are hardly small things, they are so big that some places even create large fields covered in just the devices, some laws even state that you either use them on your roof or you have grass. With recent advances in the field, increasing both how much energy each…
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US Researchers Develop Light-Based CPU
A group of researchers from the University of Colorado Boulder, the University of California, Berkeley, and the Massachusetts Institute of technology have created a CPU that eschews electricity to transfer data in favour of light, which operates at astronomical speeds but uses a fraction of the energy required to run…
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Want To Live In A Modern Windmill?
Remember that old TV series “Around The Twist” with the family that lived in the lighthouse? How long did people spend talking with their friends and family about living in a lighthouse or windmill? Well, people in the Netherlands might be closer to the dream than everyone else thanks to a…
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Solar Power At Home Now More Popular Than Commercial Solar Power
In the modern world, Solar Power is popular, with everything from solar-powered planes flying from Japan to Hawaii to advances allowing the absorption of infrared light to increase their efficiency. Either way you look at it solar power is becoming more and more popular and is constantly becoming a bigger part…
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Man Arrested For Stealing Electricity On A Train
Anyone who’s been on a train recently for a long journey will understand that most modern trains come with some power outlets. I have travelled quite a bit in recent years on trains and can safely say these power outlets have given my laptop and my phone some much-needed charge…
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