When Barbara MacIsaac puts on her black hologram wristband every morning, she feels like she’s just loaded a pack of batteries. “I can’t really even explain it,” said MacIsaac, a restaurant owner from San Juan Capistrano. “I just have this energy level that I’ve never had before. The only thing that’s changed is I’ve started […]
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NPR: Move over Abba, Sweden has found new fame. The small Nordic country is breaking records — in waste. Sweden’s program of generating energy from garbage is wildly successful, but recently its success has also generated a surprising issue: There is simply not enough trash. Only 4 percent of Swedish garbage ends up in a
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Oman Tribune: According to Umer Farooq, an inventor and author of ‘Limitlessness’, the invention of the super efficient permanent magnet, if scientifically explored, can rid the entire world of high cost of energy. Farooq claimed that the newly developed magnet and the device that measured its efficiency were ready to be examined. He said this
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When was the last time you saw a kite-like device flying on a boat? While it may appear to be a fun toy at first, a special device called SkySails is helping these boats save money on fuel by harnessing the power of air, reports AFP. The 160-square-metre (524-square-foot) kite, tethered to a yellow rope,
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Knoxville News Sentinel: Matthew Davis, a 1995 industrial design graduate of Purdue University, has developed a solar boiler electrical generator and heat machine that converts solar energy to usable steam for heating, cooling and power generation. At the heart of Davis’ system is a century-old idea — first developed by electrical pioneer Nikola Tesla —
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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 do these guys: Technology advances and falling prices for solar technology have opened the gates for solar installations by businesses with no background in electricity generation. Energy generation “is not our
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Remember Peak Oil? That was the theory that at some point soon, we would reach the point at which the rate of petroleum prodution would begin to decline, never again to reach the high point of production. It seemed like a good theory, but according to The Boston Company Asset Management’s Global Natural Resources Team
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What do dairy farms generate a lot of? Besides milk, its safe to say what goes into a cow will come back out in the form of manure. One innovative man, Kevin Maas, has created a machine that will allow farmers to turn that mess into energy to run the whole farm, reports The Seattle
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I can’t embed the video, but if you’re interested in the long term economic situation in the United States, you need to watch this video of a BBC interview with Royal Dutch Shell’s chief executive Peter Voser. In the video, he discusses the shale gas revolution in the U.S., which he predicts will bring manufacturing
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Don’t like chewing? A company is currently working on making food that you can “breathe,” starting with their own energy product. AeroShot, the flagship product of Breathable Foods, is revolutionizing the way people energize their lives. Using a small lipstick-sized tube, consumers puff in fine particles of caffeine and B vitamins, which are absorbed into
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