GM Hy-Wire

Now there is nothing too exciting about this Hydrogen car but toward the end of the Top Gear video James makes a valid point about being able to interchange motor bodies for different applications. - something that was kind of covered in Tuesdays meeting to do interchanging bike trailers.

Omni-Directional Wheels

AirTrax

Who said our vehicle has to only be able to move in one direction? The video is a little cheesy but nice application.

New Zealand at the forefront of Solar Power

"The refining of pure silicon, although a very abundant mineral, is energy-hungry and very expensive. And whereas silicon cells need direct sunlight to operate efficiently, these cells will work efficiently in low diffuse light conditions."

-- Dr. Wayne Campbell, Massey University, Nanomaterials Research Centre


Renewable Energy Access [link]

Motorcycle Protective Clothing

here is a short video from the test of motorcycle protective clothing (in German):

http://www.spiegel.de/videoplayer/0,6298,19551,00.html

Solar enery beakthrough

I just stumbled on this article. A month ago massey university anounced they had developed a colloured dye which can harvest sunlight in shady conditions. The result of ten years of work they announce that they are the world leaders and this technology is not only greener (sic) but will cost a tenth of the cost of current silacone based photovoltics.

http://masseynews.massey.ac.nz/2007/Press_Releases/04-04-07.html

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