The US Military consumes over 12 million gallons of gas each day costing US taxpayers approximately $11 billion each year. In conflict zones such as Afghanistan delivering fuel to the front-line endangers troops so the Department of Defense in its forward looking efforts to reduce costs and protect troops is going green. For years the [...]
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Demand for Electric Vehicles (EVs) has been tepid leading some to question if there is a future for this newest breed of no emission transportation. Electric vehicles are not a new technology with the first prototypes being built well over 150 years ago. In the spot light today is the Chevy Volt which has been [...]
Sir Richard Branson has a lofty goal of making space travel available to everyone. His company Virgin Galactic is building two spacecraft that will have the ability to take passengers and payloads into sub-orbit. The spacecraft WhiteKnightTwo (WK2) features four jet engines and will act as the launch vehicle for [...] The thermoelectric effect describes how differences in temperature can be used to create energy. The effect was first discovered after two metals at different temperatures joined in a closed loop produced an electric current with the charge flowing from the hot side to the cold side. The effect can be demonstrated by attaching copper wires [...] Zero Energy Buildings (ZEB’s) are gaining the interest of designers and builders since theoretically they will produce as much energy as they use over the course of a year. Today in the US there are eight zero energy buildings certified by the Department of Energy. Designers take into consideration factors such as the orientation of [...] You may already be familiar with the concept of Augmented Reality. Computer generated overlays on a map displaying icons such as a restaurant or gas station is one of the most basic forms of the technology. Wearable computers such as an HMD (Head Mounted Display) have been developed to enhance information about what the viewer [...] Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) Art Galleries will transform the way we see and buy art in the future. The promise of using electronic displays to download works of art from the cloud for enjoyment in our homes or offices will open up an entirely new and exciting venue for famous and lesser known but hopeful [...] Spherical Oil Silos may one day become the backbone of thriving Residential Communities (Image Courtesy of PinkCloud.dk): A company called, “Pinkcloud.dk” has developed a design for an Eco-efficient architectural style. Their design is based on both a growing problem in today’s economy…and also an important opportunity. The issue at hand is oil. Both the [...] Pacemakers currently run on batteries which require surgery to be removed – new pacemakers will be powered by alternative energy and will not require a surgical procedure to be replaced: A pacemaker is the most common form of an electricity-dependent cybernetic implant in human beings. These devices regulate heart rate by using an electric [...] Windbelt Technology is much more efficient than traditional Wind Turbines: What happened to Humdinger Windbelt Technology? This new way of harnessing “Microwind” energy is both kinetically efficient and cost-effective. Instead of spinning wind turbine blades, windbelts use kinetic resonance to capture energy from even relatively weak wind sources. Yet there hasn’t been an update [...] |
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