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Jan 17, 2019

Researchers make ice repelling materials breakthrough

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Ice is one of the most significant hazards to drivers and pilots and is blamed for multibillion-dollar losses each year in the US. Ice causes all manner of delays in air travel and damages infrastructure, power generation equipment, and power transmission facilities each year. Scientists from the University of Houston have made a breakthrough in repelling ice that could have uses in multiple industries.

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Jan 15, 2019

60 Minutes On This Bicycle Can Power Your Home For Twenty-Four Hours

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Wouldn’t it be great to power your home without having enormous costs to starting a journey on the alternative road? Now, you can achieve that and also take care of your figure! The founder of the Free Electric hybrid bike, Manoj Bhargava, says that his invention uses mechanical energy in the most basic way in order to transform an hour of exercise into supplying rural household with energy for 24 hours. The mechanism is simple: when you pedals, a flywheel is put in action, which turns the generator and thus charging a battery. What better motivation to work out from now on than to power your own home without any costs whatsoever? Watch the video featured to see the bike in action.

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Jan 9, 2019

Boeing unveils refreshed jet concept with ultra-thin wings

Posted by in categories: energy, space, transportation

SAN DIEGO (Reuters) — Boeing Co unveiled a speedier and higher-flying version of a concept plane on Tuesday aimed at sharply reducing fuel use thanks to its elongated ultra-light wings.

The so-called Transonic Truss-Braced Wing aircraft boasts a 170-foot (52 meter) wingspan that sits atop the fuselage and is braced from underneath by a truss in a design reminiscent of biplanes from the early years of aviation.

The world’s largest planemaker and U.S. space agency NASA have been studying the concept plane for nearly a decade as part of the Subsonic Ultra Green Aircraft Research program. Boeing unveiled a reconfigured model or prototype and artist’s rendering at an aerospace conference in San Diego.

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Jan 7, 2019

Microgrids Could Supply Nearly all the Power in Dutch Neighbourhoods

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The future of energy could be cheap, smart, and renewable. (via World Economic Forum)

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Jan 7, 2019

Wireless Charging Tech Lets Drones Stay Aloft Indefinitely

Posted by in categories: drones, energy

A “power cloud” recharges the drone’s battery mid-flight.

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Jan 4, 2019

This Organism Is Part Plant and Part Animal

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The single-celled Mesodinium chamaeleon harnesses algae, which lives inside it, for energy.

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Dec 28, 2018

Maryland is turning algae into electricity AND cleaning up the Chesapeake Bay: BTN LiveBIG

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Their pilot system absorbs excess nutrients, sequesters carbon dioxide and re-oxygenates the water, all while producing an efficient form of energy.

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Dec 27, 2018

Wake-up timer saves power for I.o.T. sensors

Posted by in categories: electronics, energy

To save power, a cheap new timer can tell smart sensors when to wake up—no batteries required.

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Dec 23, 2018

An Ultrafast Camera Filmed Electrons Interacting With Light Energy

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It’s a whole new look at electrons.

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Dec 16, 2018

Amazing human powered bike travels 88MPH

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Amazing bicycle reaches speeds above 85MPH using only human power.

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