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Friday, July 3, 2009

• Solar / Mimicking Living Organisms > Photosynthesis Imitation >
  Converting light into energy with ‘artificial leaf’ one step closer - As an efficient, natural means of capturing solar energy, photosynthesis is hard to beat. But it's also proving extremely difficult to duplicate. Researchers at Leiden University in the Netherlands have built a light-harvesting antenna using the chlorophyll of the alga Spirulina, bring them half way towards creating an artificial leaf. (GizMag; July 1, 2009)
  

• Humor > Fuel Efficiency >
  Smart Car's impact on cars of the future - See a gallary of what some of your favorite cars might look like if they were minaturized in the spirit of the Smart Car. Maybe you've already seen these, but I thought they were hillarious. Check out the Smorvette, Smaudi, Smamborghini, Smorsche (shown at right), Smerrari (Youtatech; June 25, 2009)
  

Thursday, July 2, 2009

• Batteries / Nanotechnology >
  Printable batteries - For a long time, batteries were bulky and heavy. Now, a new cutting-edge battery by Fraunhofer ENAS is revolutionizing the field. It is thinner than a millimeter, lighter than a gram, and can be produced cost-effectively through a printing process. (PhysOrg; July 2, 2009)
  

• Water > From Air / Conservation >
  The AIR-igator draws water from the air for thirsty gardens - The AIR-igator collects condensate from air conditioners, storing it and then automatically drip-watering. So, the hotter it gets, the more water your garden gets. A fairly efficient three-ton central air conditioning unit will produce as many as 15 gallons of water a day. (GizMag; June 29, 2009)
  

• Mimicking Living Organisms >
  Biomimicry: Designing with Nature - People at Natural Logic ask their clients to imitate life as model, mentor, and a measure of what works, and to change the way we conduct business to be more in harmony with nature. (RealitySandwitch; June 30, 2009)
  

Wednesday, July 1, 2009

• 
  Featured: Fuel Efficiency > Fuel Pre-Heating >
  Green Mileage Maker by Vapster, Inc. - Patent-pending device uses an electrical heater rather than exhaust to pre-heat the fuel, resulting in improvements in mileage by 20-30%, as well as a reduction in emissions by 80%, confirmed by a Florida university. Combined with hydroxy devices, the improvement in mileage goes as high as 45%. (PESWiki; July 1, 2009) (Comment at Examiner.com)
  

• 
  Stirling Engines / Alternative_Fuels >
  Dean Kamen developing eco hybrid that will run on anything that burns - Dean Kamen – the multimillionaire inventor behind the Segway – is well down the road in the development of a new bike that combines electric power and a radical stirling generator which will allow it to burn almost any fuel; and is part of a project that also includes a car designed around the same technology. (GizMag; June 28, 2009)
  

• Solar / U.S. Government and Energy >
  Interior Dept Designates Solar Energy Zones - Hoping to speed up the development of renewable energy resources on federal lands, the U.S. Interior Department designated about 670,000 acres of land, divided into 24 solar energy zones spread across six western states that could generate nearly 100,000 megawatts of solar electricity. (Planet Ark; July 1, 2009)
  

• Conspiracy / Suppression >
  History: GM Conspired to Eliminate Mass Transit - The automobile did not end up dominating American transportation by chance -- or by public choice. General Motors led the way to buy up and replace more than 100 electric mass transit systems with their more expensive, less efficient, and much dirtier, diesel-powered buses. (Mercola; June 30, 2009)
  

Tuesday, June 30, 2009

• Conservation / Water >
  New Washing Machine Only Uses One Cup of Water - Most of the water in the washing machine developed by the University of Leeds, Britain is replaced by thousands of tiny reusable nylon polymer beads which attract and absorb dirt under humid conditions. Presently available for commercial applications, a consumer version is expected next year. (Alternative Energy News; June 26, 2009)
  

• Events > Breakthrough Power >
  Silicon Valley New Energy Group - Join them July 5 as they launch a local New Energy Movement chapter, considering clean innovations as well as new energy devices you can assemble and use yourself. (SJSU.edu)
  

• 
  Environment >
  We are the World (music video with subtitles) - Very touching performance by 45 of the biggest music stars from 1985, including Michael Jackson, Lionel Richie, Paul Simon, Kenny Rogers, Stevie Wonder, Bruce Springsteen, Billy Joel, Diana Ross, Huey Lewis, Tina Turner, Kenny Loggins, Ray Charles. (YouTube; May 02, 2007)
  

Monday, June 29, 2009

• 
  Engines >
  Perendev Nitrogen/Air Motor Video - Footage shows testing being done inside an EADS (European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company) lab. The motor, running on compressed air at just 3 bars, turns at 2900 rpm; allegedly designed to run at 10,000 rpms on 30 bars of pressure. A month ago, Perendev posted a new video showing an all-magnet motor, but not running. (PESWiki; June 29, 2009)
  

• BioElectricity >
  Voltree demonstrates first wireless sensor network powered by trees - A three-day test of Voltree Power's climate sensor network, powered by energy harvested from living trees, not only proved Voltree’s technology but also demonstrated the successful integration with already existing “Remote Automated Weather Stations” network, transmitting air temperature, humidity, and diagnostic data utilizing the preexisting satellite infrastructure. (BusinessWire; June 25, 2009)
  

• 
  Environment >
  Michael Jackson - Earth Song - (music video) - One of the all-time most expensive music videos features a commentary on what we humans have done and are doing to the planet, also inspires an un-doing of the damage to restore the earth to its pristine state. It is a prayer of intercession, and one of last artistic works done by the controversial musician. (YouTube; May 14, 2008) (See also: Treehugger; July 26, 2009)
  

Sunday, June 28, 2009

• 
  Featured: Magnet Motors > Steorn >
  Steorn Jury issues verdict: no excess energy - After nearly three years of review, the jury selected by Steorn to validate their claim to a free energy device has issued a verdict: Steorn's process does not produce energy. Despite the negative results of this jury, Steorn continues to hope that they will have such a product available to go into production by the end of this year. (PESN; June 28, 2009) (Comment at Examiner.com)
  

• Perpetual Motion / Gravity Motors >
  The Physical Principles of Unworkable Devices - . Perpetual motion machine inventors do have principles. Unfortunately the physical principles they assume are often ones not obeyed by nature. Let's examine just a few that stand in the way of these idealistic people who seek to make a machine that outputs more work than is required to run it. (Donald Simanek at IHUP.edu)
  

• Global Warming > Politics >
  EPA Quashed Report Skeptical of Global Warming - Less than two weeks before the EPA formally submitted its pro-carbon dioxide regulation recommendation to the White House, an EPA center director quashed a 98-page report that warned against making hasty 'decisions based on a scientific hypothesis that does not appear to explain most of the available data. (CNet; June 27, 2009)
  

Saturday, June 27, 2009

• Solar > Vehicles >
  Round-the-world solar plane debut - Swiss adventurer Bertrand Piccard, who made history in 1999 by circling the globe non-stop in a balloon, has unveiled a prototype of the solar-powered plane he hopes to fly around the world in 2012, using super-efficient solar cells, batteries, motors, propellers, and a wingspan the size of a Airbus 340 to get it through the dark hours. (BBC; June 26, 2009)
  

• Batteries > Lithium
  Waterproof lithium-air batteries 10x more energy dense than Li-ion - A company based in Berkeley, CA, is developing lightweight, high-energy batteries that can use the surrounding air as a cathode. PolyPlus is partnering with a manufacturing firm to develop single-use lithium metal-air batteries for the government, and it expects these batteries to be on the market within a few years. (MIT Technology Review; June 26, 2009)
  

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