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IoT-ize Your Old Gadgets With a Mechanical Hijacking Device

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Or, that was the idea, anyway. KAIST/Korea Polytechnic University The paper doesn't directly address the cost of the MHD, and with three motors and some other electronics in it, it's not likely to be super cheap. I'd expect it to cost at least USD $100, although perhaps it could get somewhat cheaper in volume.

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We’re the New Renewables

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Bettmann/Getty Images You, the Power Source The incandescent lightbulb, in addition to being a world-changing invention, is the prototypical example of something that wastes a lot of energy, giving it off as heat instead of light. Our bodies slough off a ton of heat too. Diana Gamzina, founder and CEO of Davis, Calif.,

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This $680 4-seater electric swan boat makes my own Chinese e-boat look luxurious

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But after buying an ultra-cheap Chinese electric boat last year , this new one makes my own lazy lake cruiser look like a luxury yacht. And hey, having foot pedals as a backup on a boat like this probably isn’t a bad idea! And that’s after my boat cost nearly twice as much! The design is certainly… intriguing.

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Heating Buildings With Solar Energy Stored in Sand

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Their journey began with a question posed by its founders, Tommi Eronen and Markku Ylönen, when they were university classmates: “Is it possible to build an energy-self-sufficient and cost-effective hippie commune for engineers using only solar power?” Sand is efficient, nontoxic, portable, and cheap!”. “We Eronen says, laughing.

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Singapores A*Star Awards S$27.5M In Research Grants for Technologies for Sustainable Development

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In particular, one of the projects will explore the idea of using cheap and widely available magnesium oxide-based mineral silicates to trap carbon dioxide from industry flue gases via a process known as dry mineral carbonation. The by-products of this can be used as construction or landfill materials.

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Cheap Sensors for Smarter Farmers

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One of the benefits of using print electronics is being able to mass-produce at a low cost, says Gregory Whiting at the University of Colorado, Boulder, one of the principal investigators of the team working on the sensors. With the new, cheap sensors, farmers will be able to collect data on their farms without worrying about the variability.

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ARPA-E Soliciting Second Round of Proposals; $100 Million for Advanced Energy Research Projects, with Focus on CO2-to-Liquid Fuels, Plug-in Batteries and Carbon Capture

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Most of the methods currently under development involve converting biomass or waste, while there are also approaches to directly produce liquid transportation fuels from sunlight and carbon dioxide, typically using photosynthesis. Batteries for Electrical Energy Storage in Transportation (BEEST).

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