Tag Archives: solar powered

First solar-geo plant blooms in Nevada’s high desert

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Drive west on US Route 50 through a stretch of Nevada highway known as “The Loneliest Road in America” and you’ll eventually find yourself in the rural county of Churchill. Once a solitary leg in the Pony Express route, irrigation transformed swaths …


Logitech outs Apple-friendly Wireless Solar Keyboard K760, we go hands-on

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Earlier this May, Logitech unveiled its Solar Keyboard Folio for the new iPad and iPad 2, and the accessory maker is rounding out the month by adding another sun-powered peripheral to its stable. Like the Keyboard Folio, the just-announced Wireless S…


Solar-powered Son-X Octavia now bringing ‘interactive sound’ to school playgrounds

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While initially announced in the summer of 2011, the Son-X Octavia has been working its way into reality ever since. As of this month, though, the solar-powered “interactive sound device” is now shipping to schools in Europe. For those unfamiliar, th…


Panasonic sends 100,000 LEDs down Tokyo river, mates tech with tradition

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If you’d been by the shore of the Sumida River in central Tokyo this past weekend, you would have noticed that it was glowing a distinct shade of blue. That’s because Panasonic decided to kick off the first-ever Tokyo Hotaru (fireflies) festival by s…


First solar-powered boat to circle the world pulls into home port, contemplates next move

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It’s been two years since we last heard of the 98-foot-long solar-powered boat, which at the time was gearing up for its big journey around the world. Well, some 19 months and 37,286 miles after setting sail from Monaco, the MS Turanor PlanetSolar ha…


Logitech unveils its Solar Keyboard Folio for the new iPad and iPad 2, we go hands-on

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There are all sorts of ways to go green these days, from driving an EV to installing super efficient light bulbs, and now Logitech’s given us an environmentally friendly way to type tactilely on a tablet. It’s a new iPad and iPad 2-friendly case call…


Logitech unveils its Solar Keyboard Folio for the new iPad and iPad 2, we go hands-on

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There are all sorts of ways to go green these days, from driving an EV to installing super efficient light bulbs, and now Logitech’s given us an environmentally friendly way to type tactilely on a tablet. It’s a new iPad and iPad 2-friendly case call…


Has James Bond gone green? Bulletproof electric roadster in the works

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Warding off assassins while saving the environment just became a cake walk with the Jo-Mojo, an upcoming creation by Lativian armored vehicle company DARTZ. This two seat convertible roadster brandishes an 80 horsepower electric engine capable o…


Inhabitat’s Week in Green: flexible OLEDs, wind-energy skyscrapers and 3D-printing spider robots

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Each week our friends at Inhabitat recap the week’s most interesting green developments and clean tech news for us — it’s the Week in Green.

Exciting energy projects lit up the newswires this week as Inhabitat reported that Desertec will begin…


AUO’s flexible e-paper to take on Stretch Armstrong in battle of the bendiest

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There’s nothing better than unplugging on a Sunday afternoon with a newspaper and a cup of Joe, which is exactly what AU Optronics hopes to facilitate with its 6-inch Rollable Organic TFT E-paper. We’ve heard rumblings about the foldable photovoltai…