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Solar Impulse Is Going to Circle the Earth Nonstop — Eventually
Like a gigantic, solar-powered motherf***ing Pterodactyl, the Solar Impulse aircraft hopes to revolutionise air travel by circumnavigating the globe without landing. But first, it has to get from...
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See-Through Solar Panels Are a Window To Wider Usage
New technologies have a greater chance at being accepted and embraced when they’re easy to adopt. And to help the spread of solar power Sharp has developed a new see-through solar cell, allowing them...
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This Giant Inflatable Hangar Is Solar Impulse’s Home Away From Home
When you’re flying around the world in a lightweight solar-powered plane with a wingspan larger than most commercial airliners, you need to guarantee you’ve always got a safe place to store it on the...
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8 Amazing Uses For Metamaterials, the Tech Behind Invisibility Cloaks
Metamaterials are a mind-bending class of matter. Broadly defined as manmade materials with unusual properties not found in nature, this category of materials is probably most famous for serving as the...
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World’s Largest Landfill Will Soon be NYC’s Biggest Solar Facility
At one time, Freshkills Park was the world’s largest landfill, receiving the majority of NYC’s waste. Now, it’s being made into a park nearly three times the size of Central Park, and Mayor Bloomberg...
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UK Solar Powered Buildings Generate Enough Energy to Make Each Person 1,000...
The UK’s solar powered green-credentials continue to go from strength to strength, with the government releasing figures this week revealing that we now have 500,000 solar powered buildings, up from...
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