Street Smart: Solar Roadway Lights Up & Feeds Power Grid
Currently in crowdfunding, these hexagonal pavers can provide energy, melt accumulated snow and ice, light up with LEDs, all while being tough enough to support trucks weighing 250,000 ...
Tag: energy
Rad Rides: Nuclear Power Plant Turned into Amusement Park
The iconic central cooling tower has been turned into a swing ride and climbing wall, but the re-purposed complex as a whole features over a dozen attractions including rides, restaurants, bars ...
Liters of Light: DIY Solar from Used Bottles, Bleach & Water
Now setting its sights on a million homes, the organization behind this remarkably cheap approach to solar home lighting has already transformed the lives of thousands who were previously living ...
Hourglass Lamp: Grid-Free LED Powered by Falling Sand
Traditional timepiece meets inventive illumination in this human-powered hourglass lamp that draws its energy elegantly from grains of falling sand. Designed by Danielle Trofe, each ...
Street Smart: Intelligent Motion-Activated Outdoor Lighting
While we are all familiar with motion-detection technology in controlled indoor environments, the technology problem is much more complex when you add stray animals, wind-blown trees, ...
Only in Russia: World’s First Floating Nuclear Power Plant
It sounds at best far-fetched and at worst frightening, at least at first, but this unique water-based energy station is already under construction and is designed to (safely) generate power and ...
On Not Off: Giant Light Switch Mural is Brilliantly Literal
A photo-realistic mural with a nuanced message, this giant work of wall art is impressive in scale and a definite surprise to passers by. Complete with shade and shadow, the huge on-and-off power ...
Solar Socket: Portable Plug-In Creates Free Energy to Go
With batteries running low, your eye roams the room for a place to plug in, but then you remember: you brought your own power supply - all you need now is a window. Portable, easy and green, this ...
All-in-One Bicycle Helmet: Sleek Integrated Lights & Signals
Bicyclists need this. Incredible design is not just about looking good (which this does) or working well (which this does), but weaving the solution so that each seems the natural outcome of the ...
Lunar Power: Solar Spheres Energized by Both Sun & Moon
Magnifying light by a factor of 10,000, this liquid-filled, sun-tracking, energy-harvesting glass sphere is so powerful that it can not only harvest solar rays directly but is even able to draw ...
