Phone Out of Juice? Yell to Charge It!
Smarter phones require more power. So, when you need your phone to make a call because you’re stranded on the side of the road or you’re bored in the doctor’s waiting room and need to…
Smarter phones require more power. So, when you need your phone to make a call because you’re stranded on the side of the road or you’re bored in the doctor’s waiting room and need to…
3D Manufacturing Breakthrough The Strati is the world’s first 3D printed car. It’s a two-seater that took 45 hours to build and is a “runabout” neighborhood car with a range of 120 miles and a…
Fifty-year time frames are interesting in that technology and living conditions change quite dramatically, but not too much. Looking back 50 years brings us to 1964 when a lot of groundwork was being laid for…
In a “Eureka!” moment, Dutch company Archimedes, named for the renowned ancient mathematician, has designed a nautilus shaped silent wind turbine. The Liam F-1 promises to become the “next generation” of wind generation. Archimedes (c.287…
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder: for Cookie Monster, it is cookies, for the Bulb Eater it is florescent light tubes. A company called Aircycle Corporation of Lisle, Illinois, has designed a contraption…
Chlorine free pools have long been on the wish lists of pool owners who want their pool safe and healthy. Swimming in chlorinated pools means chlorine odor, burning eyes, skin irritations, rashes, bleached-out bathing suits…
Hydraulic Fracturing or “fracking” is not new; it was first used in 1949 and has advanced through the decades. Today, resources geologists have known about for a long time are now recoverable due to improvements…
Scientists at IBM Research have unveiled a “brain-like” computer chip. This most advanced computer chip to date is the size of a postage stamp and capable of processing massive amounts of data. The chip, called…
In 2006, a new company called Ocean Renewable Power Comany (ORPC) decided on Eastport, Maine, for its superior tides so that it could manufacture tidal generators. The location was chosen over more well-known destinations, such…
Shares of fuel cell maker Plug Power were as much as 8% in pre-market trade as reported revenue came in at $17.3 million, exceeding the company’s expectations of $16.65 million. During Q2, Plug Power says…