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Harvesting energy from vehicle air flow using piezoelectrics

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Previously, we’ve looked at technology to generate electricity from roads embedded with piezoelectric crystals that produce electricity when squeezed. Now a group of researchers is looking to shift the technology from the road to the vehicles themselves and use piezoelectrics placed on the vehicles to convert their kinetic energy into electricity.

About a half-inch [...]

Not your average solar panel: The SRS solar roof tile

The Solé Power Tile system is the first building-integrated photovoltaic roofing product designed to blend in with curved roof tiles

A Quest for Batteries to Alter the Energy Equation

The goal of Mr. Peters, 51, and his co-workers at International Battery, a high-tech start-up, is industrial revolution.

Inexpensive Thin Printable Batteries Developed

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For a long time, batteries were bulky and heavy. Now, a new cutting-edge battery is revolutionizing the field. It is thinner than a millimeter, lighter than a gram, and can be produced cost-effectively through a printing process.

In the past, it was necessary to race to the bank for every money transfer and every [...]

In Bolivia, Untapped Bounty Meets Nationalism

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UYUNI, Bolivia — In the rush to build the next generation of hybrid or electric cars, a sobering fact confronts both automakers and governments seeking to lower their reliance on foreign oil: almost half of the world’s lithium, the mineral needed to power the vehicles, is found here in Bolivia — a country that may [...]