Posts Tagged ‘Green Tech’

Engineers Use Composite Materials to Extend Life of Existing Bridges

Technology.am (Apr. 4, 2009) — University of Kansas engineers have developed a new kind of technology that could double the life of exiting bridges. “This technology will allow our existing bridges — to be safer for longer,” said Ron Barrett-Gonzalez, associate professor of aerospace engineering at KU.
The uses of composites can double the life of [...]

MIT Completes Virus-Built Battery

Engineers of Massachusetts Institute of Technology have discovered the concept of a virus-built battery.
Angela Belcher and her team have developed a virus known as M13 bacteriophage, which is attracted to inorganic materials. Each virus coats itself with gold and cobalt oxide and turns itself into a fragment of nanowire. When these viruses are then [...]

Chevy Volt to Sport Smart Charging, Flex Fuel

General Motors on Thursday decided to establish an industry “ecosystem” to make electric vehicles attractive to buyers and are ready to begin testing prototypes of the electric Chevrolet Volt, this summer.

They have planned for mass production of Volt starting in November 2010 in the U.S. and introduction in mid-2011 in Canada. Almost 80 prototypes will [...]

Eco Gadgets : This Garden requires no soil and no fertilizers!

If you are considering that you can not grow the fresh fruits, vegetables without soils and fertilizers then you are wrong. Now soils and fertilizers are not necessary for gardening. Jim Ruck has introduced a Eco friendly gadget which can grow vegetables and fruits inside your home without soils and fertilizers.

For designer Jim Ruck has [...]

A Glimpse of The MIT’s Algae Photo Bioreactor

An algae photo bio reactor prototype was installed on the roof of the MIT’s power station. This excellent piece of technology will use algae to feed on the gases that are released from the smoke stacks. It will then go on to absorb a large quantity of the pollutants it gives off.

A series of tubes [...]

Bigger Steps to go Green: World’s First Hybrid Solar-Gas Turbine Power Station

Not long back work eventually begun on the world’s first hybrid solarized gas turbine power station. It will be constructed in southern Israel.
Image credit: AORA
The power station would be able generate solar power during the day and it would run on bio fuel during hours of darkness. To put it in a simple form it [...]

Making Fuel From Natural Sources: Sun, Water, Carbon Dioxide, and Nanotechnology

Scientists are working harder than ever to see if they too can create fuel from the sun. The trees do it so why can’t we? The world needs to be a little greener so if we could get natural sources of fuel from the sun then it could reduce our carbon foot print.

Scientist from the [...]

IT Industry to Join Energy Efficiency Push

LONDON — The IT industry is joining the push towards energy efficiency by developing new power management technology to curb the sector’s harmful contribution to climate change, operators said. The global computing industry has recently been criticized for the high emissions of carbon dioxide from its data centers and energy consumption.
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