Trawling Apple's patents is a rewarding and frustrating game, since you never know what'll make it into reality. Rarely do you earn an "aha" moment. But this time, we may have struck a vein of relevant info--a new patent could explain ...READ»
1366 Technologies, a startup spun-out of MIT that aims to raise solar panel efficiency without increasing cost, announced this week that it has developed a manufacturing process to produce multicrystalline solar panels with an 18% ...READ»
The army has slowly taken advantage of advances in renewable energy with algae-derived jet fuel, trash-powered electricity generators, and now solar-powered aerial drones. The Air Force has spent $450,000 on a project researching the ...READ»
All sunlight is not created equal--as any avid outdoorsman knows, some locations are much more effective at creating harsh sunburns than others. So why should solar cells be the same everywhere? They shouldn't, according to UK ...READ»
First Sharp announced the development of the world's first waterproof solar-powered cell phone, and now the company has done the world one better by developing the thinnest solar module for mobile devices ever. The LROCGO2 Solar ...READ»
Samsung's Blue Earth is the first solar-powered all-touchscreen smartphone. The device even takes energy saving a bit further with a built-in "eco-mode" system.
This system sets low screen backlight brightness and duration with a ...READ»
