Energy
Looking to Snip Energy Use? ADS Home Control Automation Systems Can Help
Managing energy use is a challenge for almost all home owners. With hundreds of dollars being spent on each house, it has become a new industry trend that has spurred many to go for security systems. And, the most heartening fact is that security systems you choose to pick for your home come with add-ons such as energy saving options ...
Apple iPads Will Cost Only $1.36 A Year To Charge
Apple iPad owners out there, do you know that it will cost only $1.36 a year to charge your favorite slate? Surprised? This has been revealed in a study conducted by the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) on the assumption that a user fully charges his iPad every other day. The figure implies that an iPad consumes 12 kWh of electricity ...
IBM Uses Hot Water To Cool Supercomputer, Saves Energy by 40%
IBM, in collaboration with the Leibniz Supercomputer Center in Munich, is using hot water to its SuperMUC supercomputer. This is not new for IBM. It had used the technique way back in 2008 to cool Power 575 supercomputer. However, the new technique, with significant improvements from the earlier one, is touted as an innovative way of energy saving. The system, called LRZ ...
Latest energy reforms in UK could see consumers paying more for power
The world is indeed well and truly heading towards a massive change when it comes to the power and energy sectors. Both domestic and business electricity needs are growing at a fast pace and it is essential that changes take place across the globe which ensure that we are able to tackle the growing energy needs in the coming decades. ...
Japan’s Last Standing Nuclear Station Shuts Down
Japan plans to shut down its last nuclear power station next month. As you all know, after the Fukushima Daiichi Power disaster, atomic energy suffered a set back in Japan. The Fukushima Daiichi power plant went into a meltdown post-tsunami in March 2011. The residents objected to reopen the operators as they lost faith in the government’s nuclear safety policies soon ...
Tata Hybrid Buses to Get A123 Battery Packs
A123 had been in the news some time back due to their deal with Fisker, and it looks like they are tying up with more automotive giants now. A123 systems have agreed to supply battery packs for Tata which they will be using for their Hybrid buses. The company develops and manufactures advanced lithium-ion (lithium iron phosphate) batteries and battery ...
Body Heat Your Phone Up to Talk More
Utilizing the versatility of thermoelectric components, the Center for Nanotechnology and Molecular Material at Wake Forest University has developed a ‘power felt’ that can harness energy from body heat to charge phones. This product is absolutely a breakthrough in the gadget charging arena and can amass world wide sales in days after official launch. This new material works by making use ...
Sears-Evatran Combo to Provide Wireless Charging Stations to Homes
Evatran, a producer of wireless charging systems for electric vehicles, has signed an installation agreement with Sears Home Services that will make it easy for owners of electric cars to charge them at home. Sears Home Services, the installation arm of Sears Holdings, will install Evatran’s Plugless Power system in homes and commercial sites. Benefits offered to Plugless Power customers through ...
Daimler to Make Inductive Charging a Viable Source of Power
As trendsetters, Mercedes wants to implement a new style of charging for all their EVs. Thinking of how to reform the wires, they have come up with the idea of wirelessly charging the automobile. Daimler and Conductix-Wampfler are teaming up on inductive charging tests with a Mercedes-Benz B-Class E-Cell Plus. The general idea is that a car can automatically charge up ...
Electricity Generation from Cars Speeding on Highways Possible
Tapping electricity from cars speeding on a magnetic highway is a fantastic idea. Already, highways are used to generate kinetic energy, but designer Fang-Chun Tsai has an electrifying idea for us: he suggests using the kinetic energy from speeding cars on magnetic highways to change a magnetic field to generate electricity. According to Fang-Chun Tsai, it is very easy to install ...
