Aquaporin, the company that designed NASA’s wastewater filtration system, plans to use this technology on Earth and help with water scarcity. Discover now.
For those who like to bike while not getting rained on.
Hopefully they come up with a version with built in airconditioning for warm places. 😃
Sustainable velomobile with electric assist and weather protection.
Empty Coke bottles are being turned into solar-powered light sources! They’re lighting the way for communities without access to electricity and upcycling plast… See More.
“While astronauts in space need to get creative with their water supply, that’s not to suggest that people ought to start drinking pee to access clean water. Rather, Aquaporin, the company behind the new system, suggests that the same kind of technology could be used to clean up other types of wastewater or filter existing drinking water supplies to the point that they could be used.”
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Roughly 2 billion people don’t have access to clean drinking water, according to CNN, and a system like Aquaporin could help remove pollution and plastics from the supply.
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Renewables keep on gaining steam. 😃
Improving the efficiency of solar cells can make a huge difference to the amount of energy produced from the same surface area and the same amount of sunshine, and another world record has been beaten in the push for better yields.
Researchers have now hit an efficiency of 29.15 percent in the perovskite/silicon tandem solar cell category, which is just one of several different types of cells. There are currently a variety of different technologies in use to convert solar energy into electricity.
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California-based Aptera recently opened pre-orders for its solar electric vehicle that ‘never needs charging’ and within less than 24 hours, according to the firm, the $26,000 car sold out.
The futuristic-styled structure is designed with lightweight materials, providing low-dray aerodynamics and cooling.
Continue reading “New solar-powered electric vehicle beats Tesla in range of miles” »
“What our technology does is it improves range and lowers vehicle cost,” Campbell said. “It’s as simple as that.”
As the name of his company suggests, Campbell thinks the key is a more-solid electric car battery. The lithium-ion batteries powering almost all of today’s electric vehicles rely on a liquid electrolyte, which ferries charged ions from a cathode to an anode. While the technology makes it practical to charge and recharge, the liquid can catch fire if overloaded.
For decades, scientists have seen a potential answer in solid electrolytes, which could allow a battery to soak up more energy without overheating.
If we’re going to get better at powering the planet with renewable energy, we need to get better at finding ways of efficiently storing that energy until it’s needed – and scientists have identified a particular material that could give us exactly that.
The material is known as a metal-organic framework (MOF), in which carbon-based molecules form structures by linking metal ions. Crucially, MOFs are porous, so they can form composite materials with other small molecules.
That’s what the team did here, adding molecules of the light-absorbing compound azobenzene. The finished composite material was able to store energy from ultraviolet light for at least four months at room temperature before releasing it again – a big improvement over the days or weeks that most light-responsive materials can manage.
Electric cars from Toyota are coming! 😃
Toyota may have mastered the art of the solid-state battery. Get the details in here.
Reptiles having their annual nap are the latest roadblock to Tesla’s progress in Berlin, but a local court said the carmaker can carry on.
