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Electromagnetic Harvester. Charging Batteries from Thin Air

Capacitive electromagnetic fields are created by a simple current flow in devices like photocopiers, printers, coffee makers, wireless devices , and electric substations. Most of these activities involve the transfer of information as their primary…

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Wind Turbines Snap in Half and Catch Fire – Dangers of Wind Turbines

There were roughly 225,000 wind turbines globally at the end of 2012 with a combined output of about 230,000 megawatts (MW) of electricity. With a 25% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), and rising spending expected…

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Concept eCycle: Aesthetics, Ergonomics and Efficiency

According to automotive and industrial designer Milos Jovanovic, a native of Serbia and winner of a “Sitting Green” award in design by Belgrade Design Week, the eCycle concept springs from the notion that existing electronic…

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The Most Hazardous Industrial Site in Western Europe

At a cost of $30 billion to build, the Sellafield nuclear power site, located on the Irish Sea in Cumbria, England, is one of the most expensive engineering projects in history. Before all is said…

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Desalination Spending to $16.6 Billion by 2016

Economists see water scarcity as the driver for desalination demand to explode. Undrinkable seawater covers 71% of the planet and contains 97% of its water supply. The worldwide spend in 2010 for desalination plants and…

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Turning Deserts into Inhabitable Oases

Shimizu, a major player in the international construction industry, has been studying how to turn deserts into inhabitable oases. Shimizu’s plan, still in the simulation stage, would locate multiple manmade lakes in naturally low-lying areas…

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Solar Powered Floating Homes

Life is reported to have started in the oceans with the first creatures coming ashore about 3 billion years ago. With 71% of the Earth’s surface made up of ocean water humans may spend the…

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Unmanned Robots Push the Limits on the High Seas

Research at sea is vital in evaluating the health of our waters and climate change, but it’s also an arduous task, requiring much time and manpower, and not to mention the cost. There are however…

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Giants Carrying Iceland’s Electricity

Landsnet, Iceland national power transmission company launched a competition with the goal to obtain new ideas in types and appearances for 220kV high-voltage towers and lines. The competition emphasized that specific consideration be given to…

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Los Angeles $1.5 Billion “Water Supply Action Plan”

In urban centers throughout the western United States where over 70% of annual runoff originates from large snowy mountains city planners are taking a look at the threat and risk of global warming and…

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Energy

Electromagnetic Harvester. Charging Batteries from Thin Air

Wind Turbines Snap in Half and Catch Fire – Dangers of Wind Turbines

Concept eCycle: Aesthetics, Ergonomics and Efficiency

The Most Hazardous Industrial Site in Western Europe

Desalination Spending to $16.6 Billion by 2016

Turning Deserts into Inhabitable Oases

Solar Powered Floating Homes

Unmanned Robots Push the Limits on the High Seas

Giants Carrying Iceland’s Electricity

Los Angeles $1.5 Billion “Water Supply Action Plan”

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