New study shows that shifting to 40% renewable electricity production and 30% biofuel by 2038 will create 4.2 million jobs."WASHINGTON - A major shift to renewable energy and efficiency is expected to produce 4.2...
A simple electrical device can improve fuel efficiency up to 20%, a development which could save billions as fuel costs continue to skyrocket."According to Rongjia Tao, Chair of Temple's Physics Department, the small device consists of an electrically charged tube that can be...
There has been speculation in the UK that Gordon Brown would give families a payment to pay their heating bills as fuel costs rise, but today he ruled that out."Government sources have now said that they are focusing...
Ohio's electronic voting machines, made by don't-call-them-Diebold, are broken, and won't be fixed by Election Day. Does that sound right to you? What do you think of a company that can't fix its software by...
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Comparatively small, less noisy, more bird-friendly and reduces dependency of the People on big utility corporations. Based on an ancient Egyptian design for grinding grain."At a height of 30 ft. tall and only 2 feet...
A british company believes that new technology based around a detritus-loving bug that is in almost every compost heap will help solve the bio-fuel versus food production problem. This would be a real breakthrough...
Turning your car into a closed system."New Tech Converts Heat into Electricity, Saves You Gas Furukawa, a Tokyo-based tech company, has developed a thermoelectric conversion material that's said to be...
"WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Researchers at Purdue University have overcome a major obstacle in reducing the cost of "solid state lighting," a technology that could cut electricity consumption by 10 percent if widely adopted. The technology, called light-emitting...
"Do you wish your computer was faster? Engineers and physicists from Germany have demonstrated the quickest prototype yet of an advanced form of RAM tipped by hardware manufacturers to be the future of computing. The device is so fast it brushes against a fundamental...
This exhibition happened earlier in the year in Berlin, but I still love the concept."In the '60s Poland it was almost impossible to acquire a tractor in Poland. Agricultural machines produced by the country were available mainly for state-owned enterprises. For private...
With all eyes on China during the current Olympics, it appears many important issues are beginning to be addressed by leaders and national icons. Yao Ming is using his status as an international basketball star...
A new car that should be released in 2010, claims to be run on a combination of compressed air and fuel. The company that makes the car, Zero Pollution Motors, claims that is can achieve up to 106 miles per...
"Matt Clark, he is a young industrial designer from Southern California. He showed me his bicycle creation, the IV-1 (for Innervision 1) : Here is the description of this unique bike: "This bicycle prototype is...
Gordon Brown wants all UK motorists to be driving electric or hybrid cars by 2020, which is a great idea, but could be undermined by a shortage of the most popular hybrids on the market.The Honda Civic Hybrid and the...
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Opinion: Don't be fooled by the glowing language and self-congratulatory air wafting like a bad smell from the G-8 statements on Climate Change. George W. Bush and Stephen Harper, climate change obstructionists...