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Inventions

Solar Shingles: A More Attractive, Powerful Option

August 24, 2011

When home solar panels started selling on the market, many homeowners expected a revolutionary change in energy generation.  For many though, the disadvantages outweighed the benefits.  Some Homeowner Associations banned the use of solar panels simply based on the fact that they were an unattractive addendum to the roof.  Given that a single panel cannot [...]

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DiCaprio’s Hybrid Sports Car

August 23, 2011

Hollywood superstar Leonardo DiCaprio is already known for his stance on environmentally friendly technology.  This time, he is proving that fast cars and hybrid technology don’t have to be incompatible.  The $100,000 2012 Fisker Karma hybrid leaves other hybrids in the dust.  With a 2 liter, 4 hybrid engine, the sports car has a top [...]

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Iowa City Paves The Way

August 17, 2011

Asphalt is already America’s most recycled product, and now it’s becoming even greener.  An additive, which was developed in South Korea by the Korea Institute of Technology, lets the warm mix asphalt be kept at a lower temperature by about 30 to 50 degrees.  The organic additive has never been used in the United States [...]

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Soy Ink For The Office

August 16, 2011

Printers have a bad reputation in the green community for the harmful chemicals in ink, not to mention all the paper used.  SoyPrint is the first biotoner that is introducing a more environmentally friendly product to non-commercial printing.  Soy ink has been used for the last forty years by newspapers and commercial printing presses, but [...]

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Supercomputers Pinpoint Climate Forecasts

August 16, 2011

Overarching averages tend to psychologically excuse people from participating.  That’s why it’s suggested to assign tasks to specific people in an emergency.  “Someone call the police!” generally results in no one taking leadership.  “Man in the red shirt, call the police!” generally results in immediate action.  For the most part, general calls to action leave [...]

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Harnessing The Power Of The Tides

August 16, 2011

Washington State, with much urging from its residents, is leading the research in clean power.  In 2006, the state passed an initiative that requires large utility companies to generate 15 percent of their energy from renewable energy sources rather than carbon-based fuels.  Now researchers from Puget Sound Energy in Sequim Bay are trying to generate [...]

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Erasable Taiwan e-Paper

August 11, 2011

Developed in Taiwan, the so-called “i2R e-paper” is a new invention that blends the popular e-readers with the ever-present paper page.  Current technology in e-paper requires backlighting in order to display an image.  This new invention though needs no backlighting to be viewed and therefore uses no electricity.  It has resolution clarity of up to 300 [...]

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