Archives for May 2011
New Fuel Cell-Based Charger Uses Soil Microbes to Produce Energy
11 May 2011 | Alternative Energy | 2 Comments
A team of researchers from the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, managed to develope a cellphone charger that uses the microbes in the soil to generate electricity. This fuel cell-based charger could be a real solution in third world countries, where people still lack power.
According to Dr. Aviva Presser Aiden, the mind behind this project, this new device is not very hard to build (it could be built for even less than a dollar’s cost).
Water Powered Jetpack Provides Two Hours of Continuous Flight
5 May 2011 | Alternative Energy | No Comments
In recent years, we all heard about water powered cars or water powered bikes but have you ever imagined that people will be able to fly using a water powered device? I don’t! But now, Raymond Li comes with his Jetlev-Flyer and says: yes, this thing can provide up to two hours of continuous flight.
When he decided to buid this water-powered Jetpack many engineers told him it’s impossible. They didn’t belived that water will flow with such a high pressure that it can keep one person in the air. Talking about the stability of this jetpack in the air, scientists were also sceptics.