What if “thinking caps” were real? Caffeine-fueled cram sessions are routine occurrences on any college campus. But what if there was a better, safer way to learn new or difficult material m... Read more
Harvard physicists propose a device to capture energy from earth’s infrared emissions to outer space. When the sun sets on a remote desert outpost and solar panels shut down, what ener... Read more
The team concedes that this is just the first step towards a viable trickle charger that could be used to keep medical devices, monitors and sensors trickle charged while a person goes about... Read more
Energy must be generated without depleting resources, without causing pollution, and without incurring waste Energy consumption continues to grow. The costs of generation and transmission of... Read more
ABB has announced a breakthrough in the ability to interrupt direct current, solving a 100-year-old electrical engineering puzzle and paving the way for a more efficient and reliable electri... Read more
V3Solar has developed a cone-shaped solar energy harvester that is claimed to generate over 20 times more electricity than a flat panel For the vast majority of those looking to harvest ener... Read more
Edison’s Revenge The rise of direct current using devices and direct current generation have some rethinking the use of alternating current in the grid A new front in an old feud is be... Read more
Apple just filed a patent for a simple, but rather ingenious invention that could cut overall power consumption in any electronic device that depends on a power supply unit (PSU). Apple thin... Read more