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Co.Exist: World changing ideas and innovation

Thu, 27 Dec 2012 15:15:06 +0000

fastcoexist.com

News, infographics, and videos about the future of energy, electric cars, the environment, and food on FastCoExist.com.

» Co.Exist: World changing ideas and innovation

Finally, A More Exciting Design For Wind Power

Mon, 05 Nov 2012 14:08:05 +0000

fastcoexist.com

It may be full of potential, but wind power is still a young industry with many design challenges that prevent it from scaling up. From an environmental perspective, how can designers and entrepreneurs lower the technology’s impact on local ecosystems?

» Finally, A More Exciting Design For Wind Power

Excellence

Tue, 17 Jul 2012 10:49:22 +0000

vimeo.com

Opening Titles for the Documantery Series "Academic and Scientific Excellence".

» Excellence

European research at TEDx

Mon, 09 Jul 2012 12:25:16 +0000

scienceineurope.com

The EUREKA BLUETECH project was presented in June at the TEDxBinnenhof, an independently organised TED event featuring ten inspiring talks on ground-breaking ideas from the Netherlands.

» European research at TEDx

European research at TEDx

Mon, 09 Jul 2012 12:25:16 +0000

scienceineurope.com

The EUREKA BLUETECH project was presented in June at the TEDxBinnenhof, an independently organised TED event featuring ten inspiring talks on ground-breaking ideas from the Netherlands.

» European research at TEDx

Facenuke or: A failed social network visualisation by Greenpeace

Tue, 01 May 2012 09:29:56 +0000

polscieu.ideasoneurope.eu

The image above is a network visualisation of the energy sector in France. Or so at least claims Greenpeace France. It looks nice, it looks plausible but methodological it is poorly done and therefore creates the impression of a network where there may be non.

» Facenuke or: A failed social network visualisation by Greenpeace

E.ON Innovation - Challenges

Wed, 15 Feb 2012 04:38:25 +0000

eon-innovation.com

We're launching five exciting challenges linked to our Channel 4 series 'Home of the Future with E.ON' and are inviting you to join a nationwide online community to help generate fresh innovative ideas and help the UK save energy.

» E.ON Innovation - Challenges

Reinventing Energy Futures: Four Visions

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:18:03 +0000

iftf.org

The Reinventing Energy Futures: Four Visions Map (PDF) is an invitation to explore four corners of possibility for the future of energy. It is a tool to make connections across a broad array of action domains where control over our resources will play out.

» Reinventing Energy Futures: Four Visions

MIT's Innovative Plan For The Future Of U.S. Energy

Mon, 09 Jan 2012 04:58:57 +0000

fastcoexist.com

Instead of focusing on a moon-shot funded by the federal government, a look at America’s "energy innovation system" finds that a much more likely solution will come from marginal, local developments - and that’s where we should be investing.

» MIT's Innovative Plan For The Future Of U.S. Energy

EUR 9 million for new EU marine fund

Fri, 16 Dec 2011 10:11:50 +0000

enterprise-europe-scotland.com

A new EU-funded initiative is set to give the marine renewable energy sector a boost worth EUR 9 million. The MARINET ('Marine renewables infrastructure network') initiative will give companies access to test facilities in specialist marine renewable energy centres across Europe.

» EUR 9 million for new EU marine fund

Does fantasizing give you the motivation to achieve your goals ?

Tue, 01 Nov 2011 22:02:17 +0000

bakadesuyo.com

Positive fantasies allow people to mentally indulge in a desired future. Whereas previous research found that spontaneously generated positive fantasies about the future predict poor achievement, we examined the effect of experimentally induced positive fantasies about the future.

» Does fantasizing give you the motivation to achieve your goals ?

eco oman exhibition center 3d walkthrough.

Wed, 07 Sep 2011 07:44:11 +0000

youtube.com

EcOman Centre at Mina al Fahal is an engaging and eye-opening journey through the evolution and future of energy. The centre consists of three themes: the ‘Power Tower’, ‘Better World’, and connecting these two, the ‘Energy Journey’.

» eco oman exhibition center 3d walkthrough.

Perpertuum Mobile: The Quest for Perpetual Motion

Sun, 04 Sep 2011 15:14:35 +0000

darkroastedblend.com

Most scientists and scholars agree that perpetual motion violates either the first or second law of thermodynamics or in fact breaks both of them. Some devices which don’t break these laws but get their energy from an obscure source have been called perpetual motion machines, but really aren’t.

» Perpertuum Mobile: The Quest for Perpetual Motion

IEEE Spectrum

Wed, 31 Aug 2011 18:19:08 +0000

spectrum.ieee.org

Latest engineering, technology and science news. Articles, podcasts, videos, and webinars about robotics, electronics, computing, energy, biomedical devices, nanotechnology, and other cool tech.

» IEEE Spectrum

Powering A Nation

Sun, 28 Aug 2011 16:13:19 +0000

unc.news21.com

The truth about energy: Explore America’s energy stories, meet the people behind the debate and join the conversation about our future.

» Powering A Nation

Better cell phone battery life? Recapture wasted LCD backlighting

Tue, 16 Aug 2011 08:31:24 +0000

arstechnica.com

UCLA researchers have developed LCDs with photovoltaic polarizers that can turn light wasted by the screen back into energy for the phone. Since screens use the most battery power, the technique could lead to significant increases in battery life.

» Better cell phone battery life? Recapture wasted LCD backlighting

New way to store sun's heat: Modified carbon nanotubes can store solar energy indefinitely, then be recharged by exposure to the sun

Tue, 19 Jul 2011 07:54:54 +0000

sciencedaily.com

A novel application of carbon nanotubes shows promise as an innovative approach to storing solar energy for use whenever it's needed.

» New way to store sun's heat: Modified carbon nanotubes can store solar energy indefinitely, then be recharged by exposure to the sun

How Green is the iPhone

Mon, 11 Jul 2011 12:33:17 +0000

geekaphone.com

Geekaphone just finished our green study of the iPhone and wrapped it all up in a tasty infographic.

» How Green is the iPhone

Solar Sinter Project

Thu, 30 Jun 2011 09:46:30 +0000

vimeo.com

In this experiment sunlight and sand are used as raw energy and material to produce glass objects using a 3D printing process, that combines natural energy and material with high-tech production technology.

» Solar Sinter Project

Into Eternity

Mon, 20 Jun 2011 21:36:41 +0000

cinemay.com

Every day large amounts of radioactive waste is created by nuclear power plants is. In Finland the world’s first permanent repository is being hewn out of solid rock that must last 100,000 years as this is how long the waste remains hazardous.

» Into Eternity