News & Articles By David Williams
02/10/2019
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By David Williams
China to build “solar roadways” with fully transparent concrete covering solar cells
Solar-powered technology has indeed come a long way since it was first invented. These days, it has come to a point where it can finally be used in large-scale applications, the latest of which is a fully working road that’s made to be used by motor vehicles. The road, colloquially referred to as a solar roadway, is […]
02/07/2019
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By David Williams
Denmark claims pole position in race to maximize wind power
The world is now, after a few long years, slowly starting to come around on the concept of renewable energy. While it’s true that the idea of using renewable energy sources has been around for literally decades now, it’s only now that it has become truly economically viable. In fact, it has become such an […]
10/19/2018
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By David Williams
MIT researchers unveil better approach to rechargeable batteries that could lead to inexpensive power storage
Battery technology is continuously being improved every day, but most of the innovation that you end up seeing pretty much daily are related to mobile devices such as laptops, tablets, and smartphones. However, those aren’t the only things that require batteries. Sometimes, batteries are used in places where the overall cost of materials matters much […]
10/12/2018
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By David Williams
Triboelectricity: Renewable, wireless energy source generates electricity from motion
Wireless energy transfer has been around as a concept for quite a long time now. But it has never really been implemented in a practical sense. Now a team of researchers from Clemson University has developed a fully working wireless energy source that is capable of generating electricity from simple motions such as waves, taps, […]
10/05/2018
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By David Williams
Tesla made around $1 million in a few days from the use of its giant battery in Australia
Elon Musk, CEO of the world’s biggest electric car company — Tesla — has made some pretty bold statements over the years. But no matter what you think of him, there’s no denying the fact that he has also, quite successfully, finished installing some similarly bold, large-scale inventions as well. This includes the 100 MW […]
10/02/2018
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By David Williams
Biofuel challenges: Some green fuels can become contaminated with the wrong microbes
Biofuel is seen as a promising alternative to fossil fuels when it comes to serving as a viable source of energy, and for good reason. It offers a number of tremendous benefits, not the least of which is the fact that it’s much more environmentally friendly than current standard fuels. For this reason, its adoption […]
09/11/2018
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By David Williams
Researchers create new “smart windows” that block out the sun and turn sunlight into electricity
Have you ever heard of windows that can turn from transparent to opaque, and thereby block out light from the sun? So-called smart windows have been around for quite some time now. Now one research team says they have made a quiet breakthrough that will allow for the construction of highly efficient smart windows that […]
08/29/2018
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By David Williams
Fisker solid-state battery promises 500-mile range and a 1-minute charge time for electric cars
Unless you’re a fan of the Aston Martin vehicle brand or you follow news about high-end sports cars, Henrik Fisker is a man whose name you’ve probably never even heard of. But his name might be of great significance if his promises about a new kind of battery technology that can be used in future […]
08/21/2018
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By David Williams
Solar-powered car that can go for months on track to arrive by 2019
If you take a look at some of the latest headlines under the Technology or Future categories in any prominent news publication, you’ll find that any mention of futuristic cars will mostly be filled with all sorts of buzzwords. All-electric, self-driving, and driverless are among those most commonly used, to name a few. But there’s […]
08/10/2018
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By David Williams
Returned to full power: Engineers have developed a process that restores worn cathodes from used lithium ion batteries to build new ones
Humanity as a whole is creating far too much waste from the use of batteries, rechargeable or otherwise. Now a group of nanoengineers from the University of California, San Diego (UC San Diego) have managed to develop a method of recycling batteries that not only makes them usable again, but also restores them to their […]
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