Gravity Light: Did you know that there are currently over 1.5 billion people in the World who have no reliable access to mains electricity?→

UT San Diego: Last December, Gov. Jerry Brown said a key reason to pursue very costly alternative energy was that America was running out→

Most people would look crazy wearing a jacket in the middle of summer, but Kranthi Kiran Vistakula’s jacket is very different. The wearer can→

Cassandra Daily: Bike and/or solar power may not be the best ways to charge up during cold, dark nights. Enter the K-TOR Pocket Socket,→

Phys.org: One of the holy grails of solar cell technology may have been found, with researchers at UCLA announcing they have created a new→

Although door-to-door sales has fallen on hard times in the US, it still works elsewhere. One place that is having tremendous success with the→

When you think of Lonnie Johnson, the first thought to pop up in your head is probably that famous water gun he created. His→

This looks fun: If you can play business, you can learn business! Kids will have fun earning money in their neighborhoods and communities while→

Most entrepreneurs try to think outside the box. Charles Sidi did the exact opposite when he created his business, BizBox, reports AZCentral.com. [The BizBox→

Stephen Key: The UK mobile services company Orange in association with the American product design firm Kaleidoscope designed the Orange Solar Concept Tent; a→

photo credit: Jesse Wagstaff Want to get into the solar business but don’t know anything about electricty? No problem, says the NY Times, neither→

Like a superhero, one social worker turned inventor has come to every woman’s rescue with a unique purse that will also double as a→

Entrepreneur.com: While few homeowners would object to lower utility bills, many have eschewed residential solar power systems because of the upfront costs–which can be→

River Falls Journal: Two years ago Virgil Johnson invented an energy-saving solar air heater for homes. He sold a do-it-yourself eBook online on how→

MyFox Houston: All eyes are on Isaac as the hurricane makes landfall along the Gulf Coast. But it was another hurricane that inspired a→

VisualNews.com: Of all the water on earth, only an incredibly small percentage is available for us to use and drink… the remainder is largely→

1858 – U.S. President James Buchanan inaugurates the new transatlantic telegraph cable by exchanging greetings with Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom. However, a→

IBNLive.com: With virtually all modes of transport going the hybrid way, here’s news that could make the rickshaw – which is now restricted to→

Knoxville News Sentinel: Matthew Davis, a 1995 industrial design graduate of Purdue University, has developed a solar boiler electrical generator and heat machine that→

The following is a guest post by Kristie Lewis. There has been a push over the past five years by consumers looking for more→