Articles on Solar

Solar curtains to tap those rays - Oct 19, 2009

Crave More clever ideas to incorporate solar panels into your home, the Some Shine Solar Energy Storage System by designer Ming-Ching Hsueh hangs, literally, at the window. There's a lot of ... Read story »

Keep track of your power usage with solar stickers - Sep 30, 2009

Crave Place this one in the "interesting idea, bad execution" category. Label With Green is a concept design by Shao Wei Huang, Chia-Yi Cho, Yu Pei Kuo, and Chung Kai Chiang ... Read story »

Solar Roadways could replace asphalt one day - Sep 9, 2009

Crave It's hard to imagine paving the streets of Asia with solar glass panels when you think of our tuk-tuks, bicycles, scooters and family sedans crunching roughshod over something so brittle-sounding. ... Read story »

Harnessing the sun's energy to power the world - Sep 30, 2009

Crave Sun Catalytix is pursuing a breakthrough system that would use cheap solar panels to produce hydrogen, which would be stored and then used to produce electricity in a fuel cell. ... Read story »

Voltaic Solar Backpack - Nov 8, 2004

Crave About time someone combined solar panels with a backpack into a portable solar powerhouse. This should find a ready market here with most Singaporeans already lugging backpacks as part of their ... Read story »

AC solar panels may make it easier to DIY in near future - Jul 26, 2009

Crave Startup GreenRay Solar has raised money to finalize development of a solar panel that puts out household-grade alternating current, a technology that backers say will make solar power more accessible to ... Read story »

Solar cells for phones still not fully feasible - Aug 19, 2009

Crave Sharp's Solar Phone SH002 launched in June in Japan. Solar or photovoltaic (PV) technology in mobile computing devices is still impeded by performance and price issues, and is not likely ... Read story »

Chromasun looking to make solar air conditioners - Jun 12, 2009

Crave Packing heat: a prototype of a solar collector designed to fuel industrial chillers. Fledgling company Chromasun plans to put the sun's heat to work cooling commercial buildings. Founder Peter Le ... Read story »

Charge your phone on-the-go - Nov 13, 2006

Crave Make haze while the sun shines? With the Indonesian fires still smoldering, it should inspire some of us to go eco-friendly with alternative sources of power, like the Scotty Solar Charger. ... Read story »

Solar-powered air conditioner - Mar 23, 2007

Crave Anything that runs off solar power and keeps our planet alive another day, it gets our vote. Increased use of air conditioners has been lamblasted for producing more greenhouse gas. SolCool's ... Read story »

Solar panels take on roof tile shape for aesthetics - Jun 27, 2009

Crave Solé Power Tile system developed for US Tile by SRS Energy integrates seamlessly with its terra-cotta counterparts. Will a better aesthetic tempt more people into going solar? SRS Energy is ... Read story »

Solar-powered trash compactors for homes - Jun 15, 2009

Crave Who knew America's mayors were so interested in trash? Asia, with its growing mountains of trash, could surely learn a thing or two from the US. Garbage removal heavyweight Waste ... Read story »

Go green with the Solar Vest - Jul 2, 2009

Crave Babe magnet: The Solar Vest At first glance we thought it was just another photographer's equipment canvas vest right until we noticed the words "SOLAR VEST" printed on the back ... Read story »

Samsung debuts solar-powered cell phone - Jun 15, 2009

Crave If you're an outdoorsy type, you might never have to worry about your phone running out of juice again. Samsung announced Wednesday its first solar-powered GSM mobile phone, the E1107, ... Read story »

Stanford/Reuters Digital Dirt Bike - Jul 21, 2004

Crave Developed more for remote villages with little access to the World Wide Web, the Digital Dirt Bike is still one very cool machine. No surprise it picked up the Chicago Athenaeum ... Read story »

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