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These Stylish Solar Lamps Are Only 20 Bucks [Lamps]






Some people hate IKEA. Not me. Affordable, pseudo-stylish furniture that's easy to build? Perfect. Like these SOLVINDEN solar table lamps that come in an array of colors, will cost you nothing in electric...
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Latest Energy Breakthrough Threatens the Entire Existence of Solar Panels [Energy]






Upending a theory of physics maintained for over a century, researchers at the University of Michigan have discovered that magnetic fields coming from light waves are 100 million times stronger than previ...
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Google Dives Deeper Into Green Energy With Latest Solar Farm Investment [Blip]


Google sank a cool $168 million into a California solar farm—their latest move in the world of energy. How will this pair with their power company? Will we welcome them someday as our new power overlords? [Fast Company] More &...
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The World's Smallest Solar-Powered Movie Theater [SolarPower]






Admit it, we're pretty demanding of our movie theaters: IMAX screens, seat shaking sound and glorious AC are the bare minimum. Sol Cinema offers a different experience. It's a glorified trailer that fits ...
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These Hornets Have Solar Powered Bodies [Hornets]






Solar power is always pretty exciting as it reaches more and more places in our lives—a future without fossil fuels! But what if solar power also means getting stung more? Take oriental hornets&mdas...
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23-Year-Old's Solar Powered Fridge Earns Her Award From Nobel Prize Winners [Inventions]






23-year-old Emily Cummins started her career as an inventor as a young girl tinkering in her grandfather's shed. Now, thanks to a solar-powered fridge that's already in use across Africa, Nobel winners ar...
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A Solar Power Breakthrough, Courtesy of the Guy Who Invented the Super Soaker [Energy]






Lonnie Johnson did risk assessment for the Atlantis space shuttle. He helped get the B-2 stealth bomber off the ground. He gave us the Super Soaker. And now, with his latest invention, he might just make ...
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An Ancient Village With 21st Century Juice [Imagecache]






Tocco da Casauria is a quaint town, located in the mountainous region of Italy's interior. It's also home to an electrical grid that bests many of the world's metropolises—the small burg is powered ...
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The Next Best Thing To Oil [Hydrocarbon]






In order to create a renewable carbon economy, you can use solar power to split carbon dioxide. Combine the resulting carbon monoxide with hydrogen and you have the beginnings of a solar fuel that could o...
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Future Solar Cells Will Be Made From Fly Eyes To Maximize Efficiency [Solar]






Scientists believe that fly eyes are perfectly shaped for manufacturing efficient solar cells. Specifically, copying the eye of the Blowfly would allow solar cells to "collect sunlight from a larger area ...
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Solar Powered Party Box Way More Fun Than Regular Shipping Crate [SolarPower]






If you've got the space at your next BBQ, the Boxman is a swanky alternative to the plebeian tent or—gag!—lowly picnic table. Made from a converted shipping container, you're guaranteed to mak...
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Solar Powered Curtain Concept Smartly Controls Shade [Concept]






The Compliant Shading Enclosure concept automatically regulates the amount of shade, shadow and light that comes into a window. How? There's a curtain (the green thing) in between the glass panes that's p...
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Fight Weeds Like Superman: Flying Horizontally, Powered By the Sun [Inventions]






Weeds, aching backs, and dignity: all things that stand no chance in the face of the Wunda Weeder, a magnificent solar-powered gardening exo-skeleton that allows its wearer to soar over invasive plants li...
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Joos Orange Charger Reviewed: Solar-Powered Gadget Charging, For Real [Reviews]






We were a little skeptical of claims that the Joos Orange offered 6 to 20 times more sun-to-power conversion than its competitors. But Giz editor Brian Lam tried one recently and says it's the "best solar...
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Solar-Powered Plane Flies Through the Night For the First Time [SolarPower]






Every few months, the Solar Impulse aircraft embarks upon another test flight, working gradually toward the goal of circumnavigating the globe. Yesterday, it flew for 26 hours, powered through the night b...
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A Traditional Terracotta Roof That Happens to Harness the Sun [Solar]






There are plenty of technical hurdles keeping the masses from decking out their roofs with solar panels, but their general ugliness doesn't help much either. Tegolasolare puts their photovoltaic panels se...
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Charles Eames and His Solar-Powered Toy Cosmos [Imagecache]






The Eames Lounge Chair is widely recognized as one of the most beautiful pieces of furniture ever designed. But as shown by lovely photo of his "Do Nothing" machine, Charles Eames was as much a tinkerer a...
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Solar Powered Transforming Robot Teaches Your Kids the Important Stuff [Toys]






Namely: the awesomeness of robots. Secondarily: the joys of sustainable energy. The £13.00 T3 Solar Robot/Tank/Scorpion will help impart both of these lessons, guiding your child to a promising future as ...
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Solar-Powered Battery Gives You 29 Ways To Charge, Choose One [Batteries]






If you're ready to start making this whole solar power thing work for you, this 20,000mAh battery, which comes with 29 adapters for charging phones, MP3 players, cameras and laptops of all stripe, will ke...
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Scanning New York City With Lasers From 3,500 Feet [Lasers]






Last week, in the early hours of the morning, a crew methodically swept over New York City in a laser-equipped Shrike Commander aircraft. They were busy creating the most accurate, detailed 3D map of the ...
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Sun Boxes, For the Post-Apocalyptic Audiophile [SolarPower]






Once we run out of fossil fuels and our society devolves into a violent, resource-hoarding dystopia, the audiophiles of the world are going to have to get creative with their set-ups. This looks about rig...
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60 Year Old Solar Panel Still Works [SolarPower]






After gathering dust for 60 years, one of the first modern solar cells ever built was recently uncovered and sold at auction. It still works! Take whatever that original Energizer bunny was claiming in 19...
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Around the World, Under the Sun [SolarPower]






The Solar Impulse, a solar-powered glider with a wingspan larger than that of a Boeing 787, completed its first true flight today, a major milestone in its aim to circumnavigate the globe in 2012. More...
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Remainders - The Things We Didn't Post: Long and Winding Road Edition [Remainders]






In today's Remainders: journeys. The Xof1 solar-powered saucer car readies for a trek across a Canadian ice road; analysts rain on the Verizon iPhone rumor parade; Google Buzz headaches reach the White Ho...
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Apple Patents: iPods Get Solar, Gestures Get Funky [Patents]
Apple patents come a dime a dozen, but these two seem both practical and implementable. The first outlines a solar powered iPod and the second details more specific gesture-based input methods, including scoops, nudges, and tilts.
The first patent, publis...
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