Solar Bus Stops Light The Way In Perris, California

With an abundance of sunshine, it’s no wonder that some of the most innovative and successful solar power installations are found in California. Recently, the City of Perris, located in green energy-friendly Riverside County, announced that it would use solar power to...

The Voltmaker Charges Your Gadgets Off-Grid With Kinetic Energy

Sick of your batteries dying at the very moment you need to make a call, flick  on a flashlight, or find your position on a GPS when you are lost in the  outdoors? Introducing the Voltmaker– an innovative and rapid kinetic electricity generator inspired by a fan or...

All-Bamboo Smartphone Concept Reinvents Simplicity

The phone was conceived by Kieron-Scott Woodhouse, a student at London’s Middlesex University. After posting the concept online, it attracted the attention of Jerry Lao, an entrepreneur who specializes in tech products. Together the two have taken the concept from...

Spin Cell Cones

When V3Solar released information about their Spin Cell photovoltaic cones last year, the details already looked remarkably impressive; they have a smaller physical footprint than flat photovoltaic cells and the capacity to generate up to 20 times more energy for the...

Fiji Boat Made from Plastic Bottles

600 littered plastic bottles were used by Tom Davies, a New Zealand native living in Fiji, to create this boat. It measures 4.5 metres long and 1.4 metres wide. All the 600ml bottles used are glued together to a layer of foam underneath. In Tom’s tests, the boat can...