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Headlines: Energy Innovations & Progress 2005 – 2010

Posted by on February 12, 2010
In Energy News

Legislation, societal demands, and common morality have been contributing factors in the decisions of United States consumers and people all over the world are demanding a more responsible look at current environmental measures.  Due to the implementation of policies and standards in the past five years, the world’s economic landscape has changed over the greatly, [...]

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10 Renewable Energy Ideas that Could Change the World

Posted by on February 12, 2010
In Energy and Technology, Energy and the Environment, Saving Energy

In recent years there has been a paradigm shift towards new, renewable energy resources and away from fossil fuels.  Billions of dollars are being invested in hundreds of new ideas. These ideas range from conservative improvements  on to current technologies, all the way to outlandish sci-fi like concepts.  It is likely that there won’t be [...]

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Cutting the Cord: The World of Wireless Electricity

Posted by on February 10, 2010
In Energy and Technology

MIT Assistant Professor of Physics Marin Soljačić couldn’t sleep.  The sound of his wife’s dying cell phone  beeping over and over as it went dead was keeping him up.  One night he laid awake thinking, “if there was so much electricity running through the house and in nearby objects, surely some of them could charge [...]

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Energy Pioneers: Negative Carbon Footprints & Giving Back to the Grid

Posted by on February 5, 2010
In Energy and Technology, Energy and the Environment, Energy News, Saving Energy

Everyone knows that “going green” is the new trend of the decade, and many forward thinking companies and individuals are doing their best to improve their impact on the environment.  For many, the benefit of “going green” extends beyond the good feelings they get from being good citizens or corporate entities. By improving their energy efficiency, [...]

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Free Energy: Fact or Fiction?

Posted by on February 3, 2010
In Free Energy, Science and Energy

Finding and tapping into an unlimited, inexhaustible source of energy to power our technology has been the holy grail of many scientists and some tinkerers since as far back as the 12th century, proving that energy efficiency has been on the minds of great thinkers for quite a bit of time. Innovative thinkers, like Leonardo [...]

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