Not long ago, a so-called Dynario fuel cell by Toshiba was finally unveiled. Specially designed for mobile devices, once the mini fuel cell is filled with methanol, it then generates electric power (5V, 400mA) and supplies it to the mobile gadgets via USB. One such device can hold 14ml of fuel, enough to charge two batteries.
Though everyone wants to be a smart consumer, there’re still some details that may ruin our careful and rational planning. The number one enemy is heavy consumption of electrical power caused by those not-in-use chargers and devices. So to provide a good solution, presenting here is an innovative E-rope by Miju Kim. It is a modular power strip that allows you to assemble several needed sockets in any shape you may want. More important, E-rope also helps to cut down the undue wastage of power because it prevents appliances from costing extra electrical power even if they’re inserted in the socket.
Based on Faraday’s Laws of Induction, the musical pen from China can generate power and store it in the built-in battery as you write with it. The shake movements and music has earned for it the nickname “Shake Shake Radio Pen”. For the sake of an effective use, the radio pen is embedded with a volume/channel controller, a speaker and an earphone socket as well. So get one “Shake Shake Radio Pen” and complete your assignments with joy!
Have you ever realized your skin can generate electricity? The Dyson energy bracelet gives you a definite answer. Inspired from “Seeback effect”, the energy bracelet can generate electricity and charge your mobile phones when you desperately need it.
Making electrical cars is the major trend of motor industry. However, charging is not an easy thing, and the traditional electric generating way is actually not entirely eco-friendly. This station comes with a solar layer on the top and so it can offer energy with a greener way.
Two retired physics of a company designed a new electric generator by using wave energy. It is filled with water and fixed by a stick. Therefore, swing along with the wave it will be squeezed to drive the turbine at the other end to generate power.
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In sunny days, most people prefer to close the curtain to prevent strong sunshine. Sunshine is blocked but we lost energy at the same time. Is there any way to prevent this kind of energy from being lost?
This curtain is a good idea which comes with a lot of solar panels. Since all of the solar panels are soft, these curtains just like normal ones. But thanks to the sunshine, you will get up to 16,000 watt-hours of electricity by transforming household curtains into flexible, semi-transparent, solar collectors. [Read the rest of this entry...]
This gadget could transfer the kinetic energy into electric power to charge other portable devices. [Read the rest of this entry...]
Sine we all suffering from the lack of energy, why not generate power just by our own. This innovative door from Fluxxlab is actually a power plan which could transform the motion of the spinning door into electricity. [Read the rest of this entry...]
Austrilia’s Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) is working on a new project aiming to generate power from shirts. If it comes true, everybody wearing this shirt could be a power source. [Read the rest of this entry...]
Clemson University physicist Terry Tritt aimed to built a system which could capture and convert the hot of engines into energy with the help of thermoelectric device. He said that more than 60% of the automotive combustion cycle’s output has been wasted. Therefore, if these energy could be captured, it must be a good thing for environment.
He also claims that with the current thermoelectric technology-whose efficiencies range from 7-8%, over 1.5 billion gallons of diesel could be saved each year if applied to heavy trucks only in U.S. [Read the rest of this entry...]
As is shown in the picture below, this miracle tube from US based company Ecowatts could give you extra energy. It means that the law of conservation of energy might be wrong? [Read the rest of this entry...]
Three 9m wind turbines are integrated into the top to generate sufficient power to drive the energy efficient lighting to the building. It’s a cool idea. [Read the rest of this entry...]
This is an exiting idea from two MIT graduate students. They plan to install system generating power driven by the footsteps of walkers. Although it’s not a big source, we will still receive enough power for street lamps based on commuter-heavy areas. [Read the rest of this entry...]
The turbine is a unique design which uses vertical, rather than traditional horizontal, rotation. It is from a Industrial Design Engineering student in the UK, whose name is Ben Storan.
Its efficiency is about three time of current product in market. [Read the rest of this entry...]
