Oneida Lake a valuable resource.
Flying Cars by 2011? If you secretly nurtured a dream of owning a flying car, the good news is your dream can be a reality by 2011. This month MIT students, from Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, have successfully flight tested the prototype of a winged car for the first time. This car took off from a runway [.]Posted in: Inventions, Transportation |
Superhydrophobic: Self-cleaning Photovoltaic Cells A team of scientists at the Georgia Institute of Technology has developed a new treatment for silicon photovoltaic solar cells. This new method generates bumps and peaks on the surface that increase cell efficiency in two ways. The uneven surface protects the cells from water and dust. When water falls on the surface, it [.]Posted in: Inventions, PhotoVoltaics, Solar Power |
| Antarctica’s tumultuous past revealed Antarctic Geological Drilling project, or Andrill, are working day and night near the surface of McMurdo Sound extracting cores of stone to provide them with a record peering 19 million years into Antarctica’s history. Andrill’s results reveal a breathtaking picture. |
| Global warming bills meet with limited success. Supporters hopeful that the 2009 regular session would usher in sweeping changes in Arkansas energy policy were disappointed by session’s end that only a handful of bills recommended by the Arkansas Governor’s Commission on Global Warming passed the Legislature. |
| Will YOU be a carbon sink in 2050? There is a lively youth contingent at the Bonn talks this year, and no matter who you talk to or which meetings you attend, you cannot escape their dreaded 2009 slogan. How old will you be in 2050? |
| Add agriculture to climate talks, says global body. A global farm policy think tank has recommended that agriculture should form part of the international negotiations on climate change in the upcoming conference of parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. |
| Oneida Lake a valuable resource. In the old days, Oneida Lake ice often got to be more than 2 feet thick by February. Today, 12 to 15 inches is more common. |
| Open Source Treadle Pump Treadle Pump PrototypeA team of students from the University of Michigan BLUELab produced their first prototype of a treadle pump in Quetzaltenango, Guatemala last week. There are currently many treadle pumps patented and manufactured by NGOs, but the BLUELab pump is unique in that all the drawings and specifications are available online for free. [.] |
| Obama climate adviser open to geo-engineering to tackle global warming The global warming situation has become so dire that Barack Obama’s chief scientific adviser has raised with the president the possibility of massive-scale technological fixes to alter the climate known as ‘geo-engineering’. John Holdren, who is a member of the president’s cabinet, said today the drastic measures should not be “off the table” in discussions on how best to tackle climate change. While his office insisted that he was not proposing a dramatic switch in policy, Holdren said geo-engineering could not be ruled out. |
More Efficient Palladium Fuel Cell Catalysts This age is known as electronic age. It seems impossible to run life without electronic goods. They are part and parcel of our personal and professional life. We use many small devices in our everyday life. And each small device needs power. Now devices are becoming smaller with each passing day hence scientists are [.]Posted in: Batteries, Fuel Cells, Inventions |