Topic: Green - on August 27, 2007 at 12:59:00 PM CEST
Sony develops a bio battery powered by sugar
Battery test cells have generated up to 50 milliwatts, or enough electricity to power music playback on a memory-type Walkman. Sony said in a statement released in Japan on Thursday that the output is the highest for a bio battery of this type.
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Topic: Green - on August 24, 2007 at 11:55:00 AM CEST
All-electric squad car makes quiet debut
The first all-electric powered police car in the country was quietly debuted Wednesday by its design engineers and those that will be using it on a day-to-day basis.
Although it has been put into limited service by the Connellsville Police Department, the refitted 2000 Chevrolet Impala was moved from the municipal garage to center stage making very little noise as it was officially unveiled to the public.
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Topic: Green - on August 16, 2007 at 9:23:00 PM CEST
The one-of-a-kind wooden bicycle
When most people think of bicycle frames, they have in mind materials running the gamut of aluminum, chrome-moly steel and carbon fiber. Not so a timber technology student in Germany. For his two-wheeled creation, he turned to the beech tree.
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Topic: Green - on August 12, 2007 at 1:52:00 PM CEST
How to Reach 200 MPH on Hydrogen Fuel Cells
This car is about to go down in history. Unless any mechanical maladies or foul weather foils the plan, by this time tomorrow, the Ford Fusion 999 may just become the fastest hydrogen fuel cell powered vehicle ever to speed across the Bonneville Salt Flats. The run—or runs, depending on the conditions—will take place during the annual Bonneville Speed Week August 10-17 near Wendover, Utah.
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Topic: Green - on August 1, 2007 at 11:20:00 AM CEST
Have you driven a Fjord lately?
Three pinstriped London investors stand outside an electric car factory in the green fields of the Norwegian countryside, waiting their turns to test-drive a stylish two-seater called the Think City.
But first, Think CEO Jan-Olaf Willums takes the wheel. While the moneymen fiddle with their BlackBerrys, Willums, looking slightly rumpled like the academic he once was, turns the ignition, and the stub-nosed coupe silently rolls toward an open stretch of pavement. Suddenly he punches the pedal, and the car takes off like a shot, the AC motor instantaneously transferring power to the wheels. The only sound is the squealing of tires as Willums throws the little car into a tight turn and barrels back toward his startled guests.
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Topic: Green - on June 4, 2007 at 11:17:00 AM CEST
Black Google Would Save 750 Megawatt-hours a Year
As noted, an all white web page uses about 74 watts to display, while an all black page uses only 59 watts. I thought I would do a little math and see what could be saved by moving a high volume site to the black format.
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Topic: Green - on May 31, 2007 at 10:57:00 AM CEST
Air-Car Ready for Mass Production
The world's first commercial compressed air-powered vehicle is rolling towards the production line. The Air Car, developed by ex-Formula One engineer Guy Nègre, will be built by India's largest automaker, Tata Motors.
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