Posts Tagged ‘wind’

Nereus: Kite Driven Watercraft

Friday, June 6, 2008 16:50 No Comments

Mathias Koehler, a German designer, is behind the Nereus. This is a kite powered watercraft that is able to submerge for short periods of time. With a behaviour similar to a jet ski it promises hours of fun in the sea and all in an ecological way as it is essentially powered by the wind.

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Selsam’s SuperTurbines Promise Better Efficiency For Wind Farms

Thursday, May 15, 2008 14:10 No Comments

Lately a lot has been written in press regarding new renewable systems (1, 2) that promise through their innovation to change our lives. Selsam?s SuperTurbines deliver just that and it probably one of the most promising new ideas. It flows on the idea that the higher you go the faster the wind is, so the [...]

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Solar Lily Pads On Rivers Generate Electricity

Monday, May 12, 2008 20:30 No Comments

I 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 [...]

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Ecological Online Game from IBM

Monday, February 18, 2008 18:00 No Comments

IBM 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 [...]

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