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September 17, 2008

Mercedes-Benz S400 BlueHYBRID gets 29MPG!

Mercedes unveils their new S400 BlueHybrid, which sports a V6 engine and supposedly would get 29MPG. It’s not a great feat for a hybrid car, I think they have to at least get somewhere around 35MPG otherwise it’s not worth going “hybrid” here. The V6 produces 279 horsepower and can be aided by the electric motor during acce ... More

Posted in A+Featured Auto, Auto, Cars, Consumer, Cool, Design, Earth, Educational, Energy, Entertainment, Gadgets by max on the September 17th, 2008 at 1:24 pm

September 11, 2008

Underwater Turbine for Water Power from Oxford University!

Engineers at Oxford University have come up with a new innovative concept for underwater turbines that use 60% less manufacturing and 40% less in maintenance costs. This type of new underwater generator involves the THAWT device. I believe these types of underwater turbines and ocean wind turbines combined will soon be everywhere in the ocean t ... More

Posted in Consumer, Cool, Design, Earth, Educational, Energy, Entertainment, Gadgets, Industrial, Water, Wind, World records, technology by max on the September 11th, 2008 at 8:29 am

September 9, 2008

Mazda intros an Innovative “Stop and Go” Motor!

Mazda intros an Innovative Mazda is working on an innovative stop and go motor that might just save enough gas when your car is idling in front of a traffic signal. This might be smarter than making bio-fuel as this system could save additional 10MPG on every car, especially those cars in frequent-stop-and-go traffic areas. Mazda has announced a ... More

Posted in A+Featured Auto, Auto, Cars, Consumer, Cool, Design, Earth, Educational, Energy, Gadgets, Industrial by max on the September 9th, 2008 at 2:31 pm

September 8, 2008

VolksWagon 74 mpg Golf BlueMotion Concept!

VolksWagon 74 mpg Golf BlueMotion Concept! For those of you Volkswagon-lovers or Golf-lovers (the car I mean), you are in luck as VW is working on a 105 horsepower, 184 lbs.-ft. of torque at a low 2,000 rpm diesel engine that could change the way you pump gas forever. At 74MPG, you would get about 700-800 miles of non-stop driving equal to a drive ... More

Posted in A+Featured Auto, Auto, Cars, Consumer, Cool, Design, Earth, Eco-friendly, Educational, Energy, Entertainment, Gadgets by max on the September 8th, 2008 at 9:12 am

September 1, 2008

EarthRace Boat completes 1 round trip around the World with 100% Biodiesel!

Check out this EarthRace Boat which runs on 100% biodiesel and is 100% carbon neutral, meaning this cool boat doesn’t excrete any CO2 or poisonous fumes to the atmosphere. It’s been an exciting month as we’ve seen green transportation records set on the ground and in the sky, so naturally we are taking the next step and bringing you to t ... More

Posted in A+Featured Earth, Bio-diesel, Boats, Consumer, Cool, Design, Earth, Eco-friendly, Educational, Energy, Entertainment, Gadgets, Industrial, Travel, World records, technology by max on the September 1st, 2008 at 6:53 pm

Green Microgym collects Energy from Workouts!

Green Microgym collects Energy from Workouts! Here’s a cool new gym in Portland, Oregon that collects energy from the work generated by people working out. I think this is a great concept and should be applied to every gym. In fact, they should make every gym machine so it can re-charge itself and other gadgets such as your cellphone. The ... More

Posted in Consumer, Cool, Earth, Eco-friendly, Educational, Energy, Entertainment, Gadgets, Re-use, health by max on the September 1st, 2008 at 10:55 am

August 28, 2008

Tree Solar-Charger for your iPhone/iPod Touch!

Tree Solar-Charger for your iPhone/iPod Touch! Though just a concept now, this solar tree is a customizable Tree Solar Charger you can build using artificial branches. Once you build it, plug in your charger and you are ready to go. This is a quite amazing concept. Recharge your cellphone and camera with this universal & usb solar-cell tree c ... More

Posted in A+Featured Earth, Consumer, Cool, Design, Earth, Educational, Energy, Entertainment, Gadgets, Solar by max on the August 28th, 2008 at 10:15 am

August 25, 2008

Solar Powered Unmanned Flight Sets World Record!

Yey, someone set a world record for the longest solar-powered UAV! Zephyr’s reputation as the world’s leading solar powered high-altitude long-endurance (HALE) Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) has been reinforced with a world-beating three and a half day flight at the US Army’s Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona. The solar powered plane ... More

Posted in A+Featured Earth, Consumer, Cool, Earth, Educational, Energy, Entertainment, Gadgets, Solar, World records by max on the August 25th, 2008 at 5:32 pm

August 23, 2008

DIY - How to Hack your own Solar RC Car!

When it comes to building your own gadgets, nothing is better than a solar powered RC Car! Of course, it only “charges” using solar cells, but this solar movement is helped greatly by DIYs like this. Great job! A rc car with two solar panels strapped up top for charging power. (Sorry no images) video coming soon. This is my first Instr ... More

Posted in A+Featured DIYs, Consumer, Cool, Design, DoItYourself!, Earth, Educational, Energy, Entertainment, Gadgets, HOWTO, Hack, Projects, Solar by max on the August 23rd, 2008 at 6:59 pm

Australian Student Invents Cheap way to make Solar Cells!

A PhD student in Australia has found a cheap way to make solar cells with household parts. If this process works as well as thought-of, we might have solar cells popping up everywhere with DIYers who make their own solar cells. An Australian PhD student has found a cheap way to make solar cells with nail polish, a pizza oven and an ink jet print ... More

Posted in A+Featured Earth, Consumer, Cool, Design, Earth, Eco-friendly, Educational, Energy, Gadgets, Solar by max on the August 23rd, 2008 at 3:33 pm

August 22, 2008

M2E Kinetic Re-Charge Technology!

You’ve seen those new type of flashlights that will re-charge simply by “wacking” it. Now, here’s a company that will take that concept further so you can re-charge your batteries simply through motion. If you take a bus or simply walk a lot on your way to work, this type of re-charging device will be great at re-charging ... More

Posted in Batteries, Consumer, Cool, Earth, Educational, Energy, Entertainment, Gadgets by max on the August 22nd, 2008 at 6:28 pm

August 20, 2008

Eco-Friendly Wind Powered Toy Car!

There’s has been no better time than today to learn about saving energy with the eco-friendly wind powered toy car. We suggest you to get one for your child for the best learning experience. Actually, I might get one myself it’s so cool… (Picture of the race car charging) Video of the wind-powered car in action: Download lat ... More

Posted in A+Featured Gadgets, Consumer, Cool, Design, Earth, Educational, Energy, Entertainment, Gadgets, Gifts, Household, Toys, Wind, kids by max on the August 20th, 2008 at 11:49 am

August 15, 2008

RoofRay lets you calculate your home’s Solar Power potential!

RoofRay is a site that let’s you calculate your home’s solar power potential using the power of GoogleMaps. It’s very interesting as the site will caculate the solar power potential based on the roof area and the slope of the roof. It’s probably pretty accurate as most data is using direct satellite images off GoogleMaps. T ... More

Posted in A+Featured Web, Consumer, Cool, Earth, Educational, Energy, Gadgets, Household, Industrial, Solar, home by max on the August 15th, 2008 at 3:51 pm

August 8, 2008

Wind-up Cranking Remote Control!

With the wind-up cranking remote control, couch potatoes will now be able to get some real motivation for working out those fingers. Better yet, get a Wii Fit. Our Wind Up Remote Control not only lets you survey and control your multimedia empire from the sofa armed with just one for all remote controls, this handy device is a completely battery ... More

Posted in A+Featured Gadgets, Consumer, Cool, Design, Earth, Energy, Entertainment, Gadgets, Household, TV by max on the August 8th, 2008 at 5:58 pm

August 5, 2008

Apple iPhone 3G Solar-Power Case

Finally, a solar-powered case is available for the Apple iPhone 3G. This case does a real good job with leather outfits too. With the Apple iPhone 3G Solar Charging Case you can charge your Apple iPhone 3G when on the move. Also your Apple iPhone 3G will be protected from getting scrathed or damaged. The Case includes a mini USB to USB cable so ... More

Posted in A+Featured Earth, Consumer, Cool, Design, Earth, Eco-friendly, Energy, Gadgets, Gifts, Solar, cell phones, iPhone, iPhone 3G by max on the August 5th, 2008 at 11:14 pm

July 25, 2008

Yamaha R1 Converted to an Electric Bike Still Does 54HP!

Here’s a cool Yamaha R1 that’s been converted to an Electric Bike and still does 100MPH with 54 horsepower. That might not seem a lot but it is for an electric bike. Electric Motorsport of Oakland Ca debut of the AC inductance Yamaha R1. This revolutionary electric motorcycle is powered by a 550amp 84v AC inductance electric drive syst ... More

Posted in Consumer, Cool, Design, Earth, Eco-friendly, Electric, Energy, Gadgets, bikes by max on the July 25th, 2008 at 3:01 pm

July 23, 2008

Human Powered Mobile River Gyms for New York!

Here’s a really cool mobile gym concept that might actually be a good idea for most metropolitan cities with rivers. It’s a human-powered mobile river gym, all powered by people exercising in it. What if you took every single calorie generated by people working out in New York City and put it to use like this? You’d proba ... More

Posted in Consumer, Cool, Design, Earth, Eco-friendly, Educational, Energy, Entertainment, Gadgets, Government, Industrial, Re-use, health by max on the July 23rd, 2008 at 3:32 pm

Electric Bike with Automatic 8-Speed Transmission!

If you thought you could have it all, this electric bike with 8-speed automatic transmission might be the way to commute your way to work. This is the electric bicycle that uses automatic transmission to downshift into a lower gear when it senses a hill, upshifts for rapid acceleration up to 20 mph on flats, or allows you to pedal normally because ... More

Posted in Consumer, Cool, Earth, Educational, Energy, Entertainment, Gadgets, bikes by max on the July 23rd, 2008 at 2:02 pm

19 Σεπτεμβρίου 2008

Gasohol που προσφέρεται στο Βιετνάμ και είμαι ζηλότυπος!