by egsiii | Apr 21, 2017 | Wind
While an outdoor adventure is a great time to switch off from the digital world, the modern mountaineer or connected camper might still want to send some snaps to social media. Battery life usually limits that luxury, but there’s a tent-load of gadgets...
by egsiii | Mar 27, 2017 | Wind
One of the biggest criticisms against wind turbines is that they aren’t usually nice to look at, but that may be about to change thanks to the French company NewWind. Their new device, Tree Vent, is an array of vertical wind turbines that look a lot like a tree....
by egsiii | Jan 25, 2017 | Wind
As unconventional wind turbines go, the flapping machine introduced by Tunisian company Tyer Wind is on the far edge of quirky. Employing dual oscillating blades that mimic the figure-8 motion of the wings of a hovering hummingbird, the turbine’s relatively...
by egsiii | Jan 12, 2017 | Wind
The 600,000 Dutch that travel daily by train will now do so thanks purely to wind energy, with the national rail operator Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS) announcing that 100 percent of its passenger trains will be powered by the renewable source from January onwards. [...
by egsiii | Jan 20, 2015 | News, Solar, Wind
If you’re trying to save power, you generally don’t leave your lights on all night. With a few exceptions, however, that’s what cities do with their streetlights. That’s why some groups have developed streetlights with built-in solar panels. A...
by egsiii | Jan 19, 2015 | News, Wind
In 2013, Norway’s Lade AS unveiled designs for Vindskip, a “hybrid” merchant ship which aims to harness the wind courtesy of a specially-shaped hull, in the process taking the burden off of its natural-gas powered engines and saving fuel. Researchers...
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