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Energy-generating sOccket soccer ball scores a goal in off-grid villages
What kid doesn’t like kicking around a soccer ball? Imagine if this fun activity could also provide enough energy to power something useful in a modest off-grid African village, like a reliable light to cook by or an emergency mobile phone.
The sOccket is a prototype soccer ball that captures kinetic energy [...]
Green Wavelength unveils bumblebee inspired wind turbine
Gizmag’s pages are filled with clever examples of biomimicry, and why not, evolution is after all the biggest, oldest and most successful design house we know of. Today’s lesson is being given by insects like bumblebees, hummingbirds, and dragonflies, whose efficient wing flapping capabilities are being harnessed by Californian start-up Green Wavelength in an effort [...]
Promising tests for MotionPower system to generate electricity from traffic
Apparently, the ongoing testing of the MotionPower system for generating electricity from the movement of cars and light trucks – as reported here previously – is paying dividends. New Energy, the company developing the technology, reports it can produce a 25-fold increase in the system’s capacity to capture kinetic energy from moving vehicles, bringing the [...]
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