Wednesday, May 22, 2013 - 11:23am
Rice University students create a kinetic energy shoe attachment that can power small electronics.
generator stories
Wednesday, November 21, 2012 - 1:51pm
15-year-old Kelvin Doe lives in Sierra Leone. Electricity in his area is erratic, only turning on a handful of times each month. What can you do? Well, this very clever teen went about finding a solution and he ended up building a battery to power his family home.
Wednesday, November 7, 2012 - 2:09pm
The 2012 Maker Faire Africa held in Lagos, Nigeria this week brought together people who build things, from traditional crafts to modern inventions. Four teenage girls made a particularly lasting impression at the event with their generator that is powered by urine.
Friday, February 19, 2010 - 4:33am
I'm all for green power generators that harness solar energy to create electricity, but it doesn't make much sense if their light source is an office light fixture that is itself being powered by dirty power. You can't take power...
Tuesday, February 16, 2010 - 12:24pm
Size matters when it come to wind turbines, so the Norwegian energy company Enova is leading the charge by building the largest wind turbine ever, saying that its gigantic size will make it more efficient than current models. This monster...
Sunday, February 7, 2010 - 7:56am
When I was a kid, I had dynamo powered lights on my bike. They worked great as long as you were moving along, but quickly dimmed if you slowed down or stopped. Now a California company called High Tide Associates...
Wednesday, January 20, 2010 - 9:31am
The Eolic is a foldable, portable wind-powered generator. So you just prop it up, face it towards a stiff breeze and start channeling that wind into a fully-functioning Xbox 360 during a hurricane. It's a pretty neat idea, although in...
Friday, January 8, 2010 - 10:57am
Anyone who's ever ridden a bike knows that unless you're on a stationary bike, you are constantly battling aerodynamics. Every foot of forward motion is fighting the air resistance. Why not take advantage of that movement of air to generate...
Tuesday, September 15, 2009 - 4:11am
Walk up to this house, and you might think it was just like all the others on the street. But take a peek in the backyard and basement, and you'll see that it's bristling with high technology. The $350,000 house,...
Thursday, May 7, 2009 - 1:31am
As the world looks for more and more ways to generate energy, harnessing the might of the sea is seen as nothing new. However, add the phrase "rubber sea snakes," and people might just think you've been brewing your own...
