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Vehicles
The World’s Most Efficient Electric Car Is Destined To Fail
6:53AM Jesus Diaz | According to Gordon Murray — the ex-McLaren’s Formula 1 designer responsible for the T.27 car — one day we all will be driving one of these vehicles. And wearing clown costumes. I don’t care that it’s the most efficient car. It won’t work. More »
Science
Cheap, Printed Solar-Powered LEDs Could Change 1.5 Billion Lives
12:40PM Rosa Golijan | Photovoltaic cells printed on sheets aren’t news, nor are LEDs and ultrathin lithium batteries. What’s news is a combination of the three which can help give light to 1.5 billion people who live in impoverished areas without access to electricity. More »
Vehicles
11:30AM Nick Broughall | So if you were impressed with Internode founder Simon Hackett’s world record drive in his $160,000 Tesla Roadster last week as part of the Global Green Challenge, then you’ll be even more blown away by the final figures from his 3000km roadtrip. More »
Just How Much Electricity Does An Electric Car Use?
11:30AM Nick Broughall | So if you were impressed with Internode founder Simon Hackett’s world record drive in his $160,000 Tesla Roadster last week as part of the Global Green Challenge, then you’ll be even more blown away by the final figures from his 3000km roadtrip. More »
Vehicles
Nimbus E-Power Is World’s First Commercially Available Electric Boat
4:40AM Sean Fallon | Our quest for green energy has taken to the high seas with the 8m-long Nimbus E-Power. Despite being fuelled by electricity, it manages a respectable top speed of 27 knots and a range of 20 nautical miles on a 4-hour charge. More »
Science
Obama $US8b Plan To Modernise The US Power Grid
4:15AM Jesus Diaz | Oh, Sr. Presidente, you look so goooood in the middle of the largest photovoltaic farm in the country — the 180-acre DeSoto Next Generation Solar Energy centre in Tampa, Florida. Maybe that’s why you want to put solar panels everywhere. More »
Music
TerraCycle Recycles Tasty Treat Wrappers Into Speakers
6:00AM Jack Loftus | These recycled speakers are interesting, TerraCycle, but I won’t be 100 per cent impressed until you find a way to turn the World’s Largest Cheeto into a speaker too. More »
Science
Sharp Triple Layer Solar Cell Sets New Efficiency Record
7:17AM Chris Jacob | The gauntlet has been thrown down yet again in the solar cell efficiency arms race. This time Sharp comes up with a cell that can harvest 35.8 per cent of available sunlight. More »
Vehicles
12:41AM Jesus Diaz | This is what the Xbox 360 would be be if it was made out of aircraft-grade aluminium, had two wheels, an electric motor and was just a little quieter: The Yamaha EC-f scooter. Veehee purrty indeed. More »
Xbox 360 On Two Wheels
12:41AM Jesus Diaz | This is what the Xbox 360 would be be if it was made out of aircraft-grade aluminium, had two wheels, an electric motor and was just a little quieter: The Yamaha EC-f scooter. Veehee purrty indeed. More »
Design
Al Gore GPS Backpack Looks Like A C4 Bomb
7:40AM Sean Fallon | Designed by artist Atelier Ted Noten, this backpack consists of a Tom Tom GPS unit embedded inside an acrylic slab. He intends to place it inside a slowly melting glacier in Switzerland — hence the title “Al Gore”. More »
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