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Germans create the most efficient solar cells ever made

Monday, January 26, 2009 - 6:45am

Researchers at Germany's Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems have created a solar photovoltaic (PV) cell in the lab that's more than 41.4% efficient. That bests the old record set by the US' National Renewable Energy Laboratory last summer...

40 amazing photos of Microsoft's New American Home

Tuesday, January 20, 2009 - 8:01am

While we were in Vegas earlier this month covering CES, we got a sneak peek at the New American Home, a posh house on town outskirts that Microsoft and a few other select tech companies were involved in designing. Built...

Breaking: Aliens hate wind power

Tuesday, January 13, 2009 - 11:58am

Last Sunday the people of Lincolnshire, England, awoke to discover that one of the many wind turbines on their countryside had been severely damaged. Never ones to subscribe to silly concepts like Occam's Razor, the townspeople looked at the...

SolarRadio's retro look taps the sun to tune you in

Saturday, January 10, 2009 - 12:55pm

Freeplay's latest radio offering packs clean power generation in a slick, older look. Ok, so the older appliance it riffs on may be a toaster, but it's still pretty cool. Freeplay — makers of slick hand-crank radios since 1996...

Moof bike is a chunky hunk of pedaltasticalness

Friday, January 9, 2009 - 4:27am

On first glance, the Moof bicycle looks like a high school metal-shop DIY project, but on closer inspection this bike boils down the single-speed revolution into a bold fashion statement. Encased in each end of its top tube is...

Toyota car of the future to run solely on solar

Friday, January 2, 2009 - 9:32am

Toyota is reportedly still working on that Prius with solar panels (pictured above) to partially power its air conditioning, but now a secret has leaked that trumps that by a mile. Get this: The company's goal is to create...

First partially-solar-powered ship launches

Wednesday, December 24, 2008 - 11:54am

Tankers are essential in today's world, being the main way we get products and oil from continent to continent. Unfortunately, they use a ton of fuel to haul their cargo, driving up shipping costs for everyone. Now, the first partially-solar-powered...

Solar-powered shades are a stylish way to keep gadgets juiced up

Kevin Hall

Thursday, December 18, 2008 - 1:42pm

The idea of being able to carry around a portable, renewable energy source is an attractive one — especially if you're lugging around a laptop, iPod and a cell phone. You've already seen solar-panel-laden backpacks — and I've spotted...

Solar paper lantern uses the sun's rays to light up the room

Thursday, December 4, 2008 - 6:53am

This beautiful Solar Paper Lantern is made out of 36 miniature solar panels. Each panels is connected to an electroluminescent diode, meaning the entire thing is powered by the sun. It's not only lovely, but it's environmentally friendly, too. It...

SHIFT: How President Obama could create a New Deal for clean energy

Thursday, November 20, 2008 - 2:31pm

President-elect Barack Obama's team sent out an e-mail earlier this week to people on his campaign's giant e-mail list, inviting them to send in their own ideas about energy and the environment. They want to harness the change Americans...

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Germans create the most efficient solar cells ever made

40 amazing photos of Microsoft's New American Home

Breaking: Aliens hate wind power

SolarRadio's retro look taps the sun to tune you in

Moof bike is a chunky hunk of pedaltasticalness

Toyota car of the future to run solely on solar

First partially-solar-powered ship launches

Solar-powered shades are a stylish way to keep gadgets juiced up

Solar paper lantern uses the sun's rays to light up the room

SHIFT: How President Obama could create a New Deal for clean energy

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