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| Gallery: VC Money Drives Solar-Tech Innovation Around the World : Photo: Emily Lang/Wired.com
SAN FRANCISCO — Despite uneven support from the U.S. government, solar power is experiencing a
global explosion. Concerns over climate change and rising energy prices have driven billions of dollars into developing the efficiency and variety of technologies that capture power from the sun.
And we’re not just talking about new photovoltaic panels. The [... [..] |
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Solar powered poultry lighting  This one is for Dale since the last phone conference call we had he was feeding his chickens… Solar powered poultry lighting - put together a solar system to power poultry lighting - increase winter egg production from REUK.co.uk.
If we received 1p every time someone emailed us about solar powered poultry lighting we would have [...] [..] |
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Ruh-roh: Concert Business Wobbling, Too  The peanut gallery's advice to musicians goes something like this: Stop whining about music piracy! Go on the road and make your money there! After all, none of you make money on record sales, a [..] |
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Parabolic solar collector @ MIT  The folks @ MIT are warming up to the idea of parabolic solar collectors, recently demonstrating this 12-foot dish of massive heating power -
– the completed mirror focuses enough solar energy at its focal point to melt solid steel. The energy of typical sunlight is concentrated by a factor of 1,000. This was [...] [..] |
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| Feeling the Heat in a Solar Race Car Driving 2,400 miles across the scorching Midwest in July without air conditioning is not pleasant, but it’s the only way to win a solar car race.
Eighteen collegiate teams will brave temperatures in the 90s and roads littered with road kill during the North American Solar Challenge, a 10-day road race from Texas to Alberta in [...] [..] |
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Solar pendulum  From the MAKE Flickr photo pool
Flickr member Pocket-sized breadboarded a solar/magnetic pendulum as seen in the BEAM book - JunkBots, Bugbots, and Bots on Wheels
The self-sufficiency of solar power can really up the fun-factor in these builds - Magnetic Pendulum on Flickr
This site explains the project a bit more, and highlighting it’s strengths:
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ITP show: Solar chandelier  Christian Cerrito & Petra Farinha’s Solar chandelier - A suspended solar/kinetic sculpture that gathers energy during the day, and dispenses light at night.
A kinetic mobile made of up of several independent light seeking, energy gathering BEAM robots. Each segment/robot of the chandelier will rely upon sensor input to move into an optimal position for [...] [..] |
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Solar tricycle  Instructables user dpearce1 made a solar-powered motorized trike, and an instruction set to go along with it. From the instructable:
The purpose of this project is to build a vehicle that:
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Sins of a Solar Empire finally gets demo treatment  Filed under: PC, Strategy
Sins of a Solar Empire might just be the best game you've never played. Then again, maybe you have, considering how well the PC game has been selling since its early Februa [..] |
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| SUNN : Solar powered car At least this vehicle will not cause a debate about the source of the electrical power. You know, the one about electric cars still getting their energy from the grid. The SUNN is completely solar powered, and as the inventor states; “You get infinity miles per gallon”. Now, if it only had the styling of [...] [..] |
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Build: Solar Theremin  Jim sent me one of his Solar Theremin kits for this weeks build. My initial impressions of the kit are really good. It is very well documented and everything you need is included, except for the mint tin or case. In particular, I like the full color build instructions and schematics. I highly recommend building [...] [..] |
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Sins of a Solar Empire releases today in UK  Filed under: PC, Strategy
Although we're sure plenty of Europeans have already pirated Sins of a Solar Empire -- and really, we can't blame you -- the game officially launches in the UK today. The surprise PC hi [..] |
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| Prius hybrid to get rooftop solar panel A £20 one from Maplins would do just as well
Motor mammoth Toyota, maker of the famed Prius hybrid car, is rumoured to be thinking about fitting some new Prius models with solar panels. The possible move is unlikely to seriously affect the car’s fuel consumption, however, and is being seen by some as a PR [...] [..] |
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