For as long as people have been envisioning the house of the future, it almost always features control initiated with the briefest of gestures. Now, in the name of conserving energy that vision could come true with a solar house designed to use an Xbox Kinect to switch off energy consuming devices with simple movements .
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Solar powered house saves energy with Kinect
Chalk this up under things that sort of seem like terrible ideas: geothermal energy developers are planning to pump millions of gallons of water into an active volcano in Oregon to see if they can somehow generate electricity without angering the gods .
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Let’s pour tons of water into an active volcano to generate power
It’s a solution that seems so obvious its amazing scientists haven’t thought of it before. Recently, solar researchers have experimented with using the spiraling pattern found in the florets of sunflowers and daisies to more efficiently channel the sun in concentrated solar plants (CSP) by reducing the area needed for operation.
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Sunflowers inspire more efficient solar arrays
In a rapidly warming world, the task of finding a way to reduce greenhouse gases — primarily carbon dioxide — has been on the mind of scientists everywhere. Now, a team of researchers may have found a way to cut down harmful carbon dioxide courtesy of an inexpensive polymeric material.
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Inexpensive polymer radically reduces greenhouse gases at source
We all know we should unplug our appliances to stymie standby or “vampire” energy, that trickle of power that occurs even when they are not in use. Now there’s a concept wall socket that physically ejects unused cords from the wall so we can go green without thinking about it.
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Electrical socket knows you’ll forget and unplugs appliances for you
We all know we shouldn’t throw light bulbs or batteries in the trash , but how to recycle them often remains a mystery. One option is the boxes at big chain stores , but soon a safer and more enticing solution may be available: deposit them in a reverse vending machine and receiving an immediate reward for your trouble!
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Reward recycling offers incentives for dead bulbs, batteries
We love water toys with interesting propulsion systems, and the new MIG 675 cruiser will certainly fit the bill. It will reportedly produce its own fuel by using an onboard generator to harvest hydrogen directly from the seawater itself.
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Hydrogen-powered boat creates its own fuel as it goes
Sometimes a photo speaks more than a thousand words. This is one of them, but we’ll give you the gist: a 328-foot-tall and wind turbine burst into flames as it tried to keep up with hurricane force winds in North Ayrshire, Scotland.
Scotland, being awesome, is putting some serious effort into eventually sourcing 100% of its energy from renewable sources. Seeing as the weather up there is often blustery enough to blow your kilt up around your ears, wind energy seems like a safe enough bet, and the Scots are getting a giant new wind turbine that comes with its own helipad.
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This wind turbine is so big it has its own helipad
Milk used to come in glass bottles, but that ended when daily milk deliveries petered out. Now environmentalists are looking at the way wine is sold, arguing that a paper bottle would help save the planet. But will wine snobs be willing to give up their glass bottles to go green?
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Are wine snobs too snooty to accept a paper bottle?
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