Oslo Running Out Of Trash, How Much Is Yours Worth?
Oslo, Norway is a city of 1.4 million people that finds itself in the enviable position of having to import garbage. In fact half of Oslo’s residents need a steady supply of garbage in order…
Energy
New Light Bulb Cuts Energy Usage In Half, Doubles Light Output
Philips has developed a new light bulb, which it claims is the “most energy efficient” to date and could spell the end for fluorescent lights. The electronics giants unveiled the LED prototype, which will be…
Siemens CX 400 Turbine Producing 12 Megawatts of Energy
The British gas turbine specialists, Centrax, have begun a number of new initiatives in their French operations that include the expansion of a geothermal plant in Versailles outside of Paris with the installation of a…
Shedding Light on the Sahara Forest Project
A new Kickstarter campaign “Green Deserts — The Saltwater Revolution” got underway last month to raise $35,000 to fund a new documentary produced and directed by Per Liebeck and his colleagues at Copenhagen Film Company…
Turning Landfills into Power Plants
Swedish researchers have discovered a method of harnessing and storing the hydrogen released from landfill incinerator ash. Usually the ash is used to covered landfills or can also be used in the manufacture of construction…
Wave Disk Generator Could Revolutionize Engines
Researchers at Michigan State University have been awarded $2.5 million from the Department of Energy’s ARPA-E program for their research and development of the wave disk generator, a new engine that could drastically change fuel…
Ferrari LaFerrari Hybrid Boost 963HP
Been kicking yourself ever since you missed out on the chance to own a brand new Enzo? Here’s your chance to make up for it. The awkwardly-named Ferrari LaFerrari ($TBA) is the company’s new limited-series…
N55 Walking Houses are Transforming Human Life
Denmark is on the way to a green and sustainable future already having achieved 20% renewable energy and a plan to reach 100% by 2050. Most of Denmark’s renewable energy comes from wind turbines and…
Water Desalination Using 99% Less Energy With Pefrorene
Lockheed Martin’s Pefrorene, made from a single atom 100 nanometer thick sheet of graphene is 500 times thinner than the best desalination Reverse Osmosis technology available today and cuts energy expenses involved in the process…
Tapping 90% of Earth’s Fresh Water Frozen in Glaciers and Icebergs
Due to the shortage of freshwater around the globe scientists and engineers are interested in exploiting fresh water in icebergs by towing them to where the ice can be melted and converted to drinking water.…
