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• DIY eTextiles – Adafruit Flora
  Picking up on my habit featuring DIY infos for the weekend, the recent announcement of Adafruit about the soon to be launched wearable electronic platform called Flora, designed by Limor Fried aka Ladyada, is promising a exiting year ahead for […]
• Antenna clothing
  Researcher at the Ohio State University focus on antenna integration into clothing using plastic film and metallic thread. The potential benefit of doing so is the increase of four times of the antenna range compared to a conventional antenna. Currently […]
• Smart Fabrics – BMW gives a makeover to old fashion car interior
  The use of Smart Fabrics for fashion is still in a very early stage with many uncertainties when and how Smart Fabrics will become another fabric selection option to fashion designer. While the apparel industry is feverishly searching for the […]
• Nike MAG secret unveiled
  Just a few hours after our posting about a mysterious video clip showing the Nike MAG in what looked like a testing room, the secret is officially unveiled. It turns out Nike produced 1500 pairs of this futuristic shoe and […]
• Top Secret – Nike MAG shoe future arrives
  The future finally arrived – at least for the much talked about Nike sneakers Marty McFly in the cult movie ‘Back to the Future Part II‘ had on his feet. Since that movie has been released countless innovators and hackers […]
• SLIVER cells on the wearable solar power horizon
  Researcher at the Australian National University developed what seems a new generation of thin, flexible solar panels called SLIVER Cell. The SLIVER cells are not thicker than a sheet of paper of human hair, making them extremely light weight and […]
• The cool side of RFID tagged apparel
  A while ago RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) tagging of apparel has been a literally hot item which soon cooled down rapidly. RFID tagging of apparel using woven or embroidered RFID antenna typically on labels of apparel would allow a wireless […]

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• Sun-powered Device Converts CO2 into Fuel
  Powered only by natural sunlight, an array of nanotubes is able to convert a mixture of carbon dioxide and water vapour into natural gas at unprecedented rates.Such devices offer a new way to take carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and convert it into fuel or other chemicals to cut the effect of fossil fuel emissions on global climate, says Craig Grimes, fro […]
• Cheaper Materials Could Be Key To Low-cost Solar Cells
  Unconventional solar cell materials that are as abundant but much less costly than silicon and other semiconductors in use today could substantially reduce the cost of solar photovoltaics, according to a new study from the Energy and Resources Group and the Department of Chemistry at the University of California, Berkeley, and the Lawrence Berkeley National […]
• Dutch Keep on Buying Expensive e-Bikes!
  BREDA, The Netherlands – The economic crisis is not hampering the sale of e-Bikes in The Netherlands. Despite an average retail price of € 1,900 per electric bike the Dutch keep on buying the pedal assisted bicycles in record-breaking numbers. During the first three quarters of 2008 sales were up by 52% in value and 35% in volume.The Dutch Dealer association […]
• Harvard Wants Your PC for Solar Research
  IBM and Harvard scientists want to make use of your computer. They are developing plastic solar cells that will be more flexible and allow more absorption of sunlight than traditional silicon cells. Their goal is to make the material more cost efficient and flexible.To do this they would like to be able to use at least 1 million idle computers from around th […]
• Solar-Powered Mobile Phones Coming Soon
  Analysts ABI Research suggests that in the coming years we will be talking about sunshine.The research says that solar-powered mobile phone base stations will turn mobile communications into the greenest high industry.According to an estimate, more than 335,000 base stations all around the world will be using sun power by the end of 2013 and around 40,000 am […]
• Toshiba’s Fuel Cell Concept
  Forget charging batteries, or even whipping out a solar panel. Toshiba says its first fuel cell powered gadgets will be launched in just a few short months!The company says its direct methanol fuel cell will hit shelves before March 31 2009. There’s no word on which gadget it’ll turn up in first, but the firm showed off a mobile phone powered by the technolo […]
• Husqvarna uses sun to power your lawnmower
  Husqvarna plans to show off a solar-powered version of its robotic lawnmower this weekend at the Green Industry and Equipment Expo 2008.The Stockholm, Sweden-based company originally announced the robot last spring in Europe. This will be its U.S. debut. And what better place to tout a new robotic lawnmower than at a green expo in Kentucky, a state famous fo […]
• Panasonic Halves Size of Prototype Laptop Fuel Cell
  Engineers at Panasonic have succeeded in reducing the size of a prototype methanol fuel cell so that it's no larger than a laptop battery pack but provides all-day power.The fuel cell, which the Japanese company has been developing for the last eight years, was first shown at the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas in January 2006. At t […]
• IMEC Reports Method to Extend Lifetime of Organic Solar Cells
  IMEC’s associated laboratory IMOMEC, located on the campus of the Hasselt University, developed a method to stabilize the nanomorphology of organic solar cells resulting in a lifetime improvement of at least a factor 10. With these stabilized solar cells, efficiencies were achieved comparable to state-of-the-art organic solar cells. This breakthrough paves t […]
• New Hybrid Material Pumps Up Solar Power
  A new hybrid material could give solar energy the boost it needs to compete in the alternative energy lineup. According to researchers at Ohio State University, who published their work in the current issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), the new material behaves in a surprising, yet favorable way—it can absorb the entire spect […]

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