Seawater Fuel – Another breakthrough for alternative fuel sources?
It may be a new year but it’s important not to quickly forget about any of the momentous engineering feats of 2012 as we look towards the future in 2013. As the world continues to…
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The Lightest Electric Vehicle Ever Made
Boosted Boards is re-imagining the long skateboard as an electric powered portable vehicle that will revolutionize the way people travel when commuting to work, sightseeing, having fun, or traveling short to medium range distances. According to the…
Nuclear Waste Can Power the World for 72 Years
It’s simple. Take all the nuclear waste in the world, currently 270,000 metric tons, equivalent to the weight of the same number of African elephants, put it into WAMSR (Waste Annihilating Molten Salt Reactor), power…
Solar Powered Plane, can it make it around the world?
The Solar Impulse solar-powered plane is every green traveler’s dream come almost true. It has already demonstrated it can fly day and night without any fuel – could this be the future of air travel? Solar Impulse…
World’s Longest Under Water Gas Pipeline, 1166km “Giant Serpent”
The Langeled Pipeline project, spearheaded by Exxon Mobil, Stat Oil and Royal Dutch Shell, was undertaken to exploit one of the world’s largest reservoirs of natural gas in Norway’s Ormen Lange (in Norse mythology: “Giant…
2,833 Kilometers on One Liter of Fuel – Shell Eco Marathon
After a nail-biting finish the French team Microjoule from La Joliverie have topped the Prototype leaderboard for the fifth consecutive year in a petrol-fuelled car. Chased by relative newcomers Team GAMF from Kecskemet College from…
Portable Stove Charges Your Phone Anywhere
Is it a portable stove or a gadget charger? How about both. The BioLite ($130) is a compact, portable stove that burns sticks, twigs, pine cones, and other renewable resources instead of petroleum gas, lighting quickly and…
World’s Longest Wind Turbine Blade by Siemens
Siemens has produced the first batch of its new 75 meter long B75 rotor blades. They will be installed on the second prototype of Siemens’ 6-MW offshore wind turbine, which will be erected in the…
Keeping Desert Solar Panels Clean with Toilet Rolls and Lego
Putting solar panels in the hot desert seems obvious, but there is a problem that gets in the way of solar power paradise; the panels get very dirty, very quickly. Sandstorms can cover the surface…
Fascinating Ice Vehicle for Extreme Conditions
Land-based crossings of the whole Antarctic continent have only been achieved twice. Both expeditions took many months because of the terrain and the type of vehicles used. The Moon Regan Transantarctic Expedition will use three…
