What would you say if I said your roof could be so much better? Why am i asking you about your roof on a tech blog? If you thought there was nothing cool about such things, think again. The roof above our head is a grossly outdated piece of human existence that has remained unchanged for decades. That’s all about to change with the Thermeleon roofing tiles. What’s so special? These futuristic phase-change polymer gel-filled tiles developed by MIT students...
Imagine driving down the road and looking out in front of your car and seeing the roadway light up with markings or directions. Such a sight might make you think of some science fiction movie or some futuristic technology that is still decades from becoming reality. However, the technology and deployment may not be that far off. Instead of the typical asphalt based roadway that does nothing but cause us to use more petroleum based products, the solar roadway could...
Nothing is more free and more eco-friendly/tree huggin good as the sun, solar panels, and solar energy. It is one of the few forms of “free” energy meaning we don’t have to anything to harness it. Simply plop a solar panel down out in the sun and you’re good to go. Taiwan is set to one up every other environment do gooder by slapping a whopping 8,844 solar panels on the roof of their $152 million National Stadium, home of the 2009 World Games. ...
With the ever increasing tension between the U.S. and other countries of the world, particularly countries that supply us with tons of black gold, we have shifted our priorities from careless living to finding new sources of energy that are either renewable, or at least “home grown”. PG&E is looking to space (literally) for the answers to the United State’s ever increasing and unquenchable hunger for energy. Said company has reportedly has signed...
