Category Archives: Energy

Self-sustaining solar reactor creates clean hydrogen fuel

By doris | Published: April 4, 2012

Full Story at Geek.com t may sound too good to be true, but a mechanical engineer working out of the University of Delaware has come up with a way to produce hydrogen without any undesirable emissions such as carbon dioxide. The totally clean fuel production is made possible due to a new solar reactor created [...]

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10 home gadgets that take tech too far

By doris | Published: November 7, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.com With all of the advancements in technology, it’s tempting for designers to go back to the drawing board and “upgrade” some tried-and-true home products. The result is a lot of unnecessary or unusual functionality. As you will see with the following gadgets, sometimes it’s best to keep things simple. – By [...]

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New airport screeners could save time, energy

By doris | Published: December 25, 2009

Full Story at msnbc.com Using several new advances in T-rays, or terahertz radiation, airport scanners could soon determine if a vial of white powder in a suitcase is common sugar or illegal drugs. Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, at Rice University, in Europe and elsewhere have independently undertaken research to make it dramatically [...]

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First Solar opens utility-scale power plant

By doris | Published: December 22, 2009

Full Story atnews.cnet.com Solar module maker First Solar on Monday opened the largest photovoltaic solar power station in California, which the company plans to replicate in order to expand its utility business. The plant in Blythe, Calif., which First Solar purchased from energy developer NRG, will have the capacity to generate 21 megawatts of electricity, [...]

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