Posts Tagged ‘solar’
Sea Limousine For Dubai’s World Is Solar Powered
Saturday, July 5, 2008 9:23 1 CommentDubai is building a complex of artificial islands called “The World” which is designed to form a map of the world. Since there are many islands and there is a need to go from and to the mainland, the people behind The World askedĀ Dennis Ingemansson come up with a transport system. He came up [...]
300 Days “Shipwrecked” On A Deserted Island
Saturday, May 31, 2008 14:55 No CommentsFew years ago Tom Hanks starred in “Cast Away”, a film about a man that was shipwrecked in a deserted island, somewhere in the Pacific ocean. He stayed on that island for some years and lived exclusively on the food that he found on the island. Now Xavier Rosset, a French explorer and adventurer [...]
First Solar-Powered Speedboat Is Here
Tuesday, May 27, 2008 19:55 No CommentsThe Dutch Czeers MK1 combines not only great design but also carbon neutral performance. Its about 10 meter (30 feet) long and can reach 55km/h with out any need for refuelling! It is covered with solar/photovoltaic panels that power it up.
I am very curious to see the price that czeers will announce for this boat. [...]
Solar Lily Pads On Rivers Generate Electricity
Monday, May 12, 2008 20:30 No CommentsI have heard of wind farms going offshore, but this is the first time I heard of an application of photovoltaic cells on water. Placing Solar Lily Pads in rivers and lakes is definitely the right step towards a carbon neutral city, it looks good, artistic and it generates energy. We all hope to see [...]
Ecological Online Game from IBM
Monday, February 18, 2008 18:00 No CommentsIBM created the PowerUp, an online multiplayer game which is hoped to “persuade” ids to help save the planet from an ecological disaster. The games purpose is to create 3 power sources, solar, wind, ad water before the planet is totally destroyed from storms, floods etc
In other words this is an educational online game probably [...]