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World’s smallest wireless LED lamp casts a big shadow

Billed as the world's smallest wirelessLED lamp, the MR16 delivers quality light, energy savings, and eliminates the need for a light switch.

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Solar Electric Scooter spares the environment, gives to charity

SES sponsors a program to provide its scooters to students with financial difficulties. Called “Giving Back”, a portion of the business’s net profit is set aside to finance the new vehicles.

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The Mwezi Light: Illuminating new job opportunities in Africa

It’s a unique approach solving both micro and macro level problems with a scalable and sustainable solution.

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Zeit Eco E-Scooter plays tunes, stores meals in glovebox

Is this an e-scooter or some form of two-wheel car?

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Want healthier tomatoes? Grow ‘em with LEDs

Recent research shows that growing tomatoes indoors with LEDs produces more nutrient-rich fruit than when growing with fluorescent lights.

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The green 3D printing materials we’ve been waiting for

Although the technology has quickly become quite sophisticated, the materials used in 3D printers have been slow to catch up... Until now.

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Solar-powered RC race cars teach valuable energy lesson

Solar Rollers hope to teach teenagers to love solar energy, one race at a time.

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Solar Impulse bathroom mystery solved

The flights stretch on for 18 hours or more. So what does the Solar Impulse pilot do when he has to, you know, go?

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VRZ: The custom track bike you can (almost) 3D print

This super-light, fixed-gear bike can be customized for an individual rider in a very small period of time.

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PediPower turns your morning run into clean electricity

A group of students at Rice University have found a way to turn that 5k into way more than just a power boost for your body.

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DIY your own glowing plant with this maker kit!

Yes, that's right -- a glowing plant.

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Lab-grown crystals could yield LEDs that mimic sunlight

Some reserachers are looking toward nanocrystals to create an LED that emits the white light we crave.

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First US floating wind turbine launches in Maine

It went onto the water in Brewer, Maine, and is on its way to being connected to the grid.

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NASA's asteroid-grab mission is to be powered by solar

Do you lie awake at night worrying about the possibility of an asteroid flying into Earth and ruining your day – or worse? Fret not. One way or another, solar power aims to save us.

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Voltmaker aims to save your day via kinetic energy

The makers behind it claim that after just a few minutes of this activity you can produce enough power at the minimum to make a short phone call.

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Fairphone is going to be a real thing!

It’s Fairphone: the world’s first openly-designed, conflict-free phone that’s made with care and transparency.

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New spin on wind turbine adds solar element

The university is touting a design that combines wind and solar in a vertical-axis turbine configuration.

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Vodafone sleeping bag turns body heat Into clean energy

The Recharge sleeping bag, developed with help from the Electronics and Computer Science Department at the University of Southampton, uses a prototype “Power Pocket” to harvest thermoelectric energy.

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A tabletop terrarium for growing your own…edible bugs?

It is designed to provide the perfect habitat for raising grasshoppers, a significant source of protein in many parts of the world.

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EPA helping small businesses develop green tech innovations

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is looking to help these small businesses succeed, recently announcing $2 million in funding to bring a little bit of extra cash to those in need.

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SunnyBot tracks the sun to light and heat your home

If you prefer to throw open the shades rather than flip a light switch, the SunnyBot was created with you in mind.

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4th graders ‘Flip-The-Switch’ on solar-powered classroom

In mid April, when they returned to school after their Spring Break, the students found that all the components of their solar panels and wind turbine had been delivered!

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Solar coming to 200 more Walgreens roofs

Walgreens, which made a notable push into rooftop solar power a few years ago, is back for another, even bigger round of deployments.

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Paravelo flying bicycle not just pie in the sky

Paravelo, according to XploreAir, is said to be the world’s first flying bicycle, capable of altitudes up to 4,000 feet.

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Solar-powered boat to patrol Great Barrier Reef

The catamaran will be as about eco-friendly as a boat of this type can be, and will work for marine conservation.

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MIT team puts super-thin spin on solar

What if solar cells were so thin and light that you could stack layers of them atop each other? That’s a concept MIT researchers are offering up in a new paper.

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Students’ robotic solar boat on transatlantic trek

The entirely solar-powered Scout is following a preprogrammed route. If Scout makes it, that would be a first for a boat of its kind.

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Solar power makes yard work clean and quiet

Gas-burning mowers, blowers, trimmers – they’re polluters of the first rank. But Madison Earth Care, a family-owned business, has come up with a briliant way to run a landscaping company without the...

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Good news! Wind power and this vulnerable bird species get along fine

Scientists find that wind power farms don't harm this at-risk species, a bit of surprise because other studies have shown that oil and gas development does affect prairie chickens.

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Solar robot slims down for better performance

This robot runs along on what looks like a Lilliputian monorail to adjust the panels so they’re getting maximum sun exposure. Only introduced last September, the company is making improvements already.

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