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40-watt portable wind turbine allows portable electricity wherever you go, hiking, camping, or homesteading.
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Scientists Power a Computer Using Only Algae and Daylight to Make the Electricity
Researchers at Cambridge have used a widespread species of blue-green algae to power a microprocessor continuously for a year.
Plants Have Been Grown in Lunar Soil For The First Time Ever
Food has been grown in soil collected from the moon for the first time, paving the way for human migration across the solar system.
Handheld Device Painlessly Identifies Skin Cancer Without Biopsy Scars
Stevens Institute of Technology uses millimeter-wave imaging to slash rate of unnecessary biopsies, it's handheld and painless.
Helicopter Successfully Catches Earth-Bound Rocket in a 'Supersonic Ballet'
Rocket Lab deployed 34 satellites to orbit before the 'Electron booster stage' was successfully snagged by helicopter on its return to Earth.
Bronx Housing Complex Comes With Giant Machine Stomach to Turn All Food Waste Into Fertilizer
An on-site aerobic digester that can turn 1,100 pounds of food scraps into 220 pounds of daily fertilizer is coming to the Bronx at The Peninsula.
Parkinson's Disease Symptoms 'Reversed' by Mini Implant Bringing Hope
For 10% of all patients, a 3-hour survey to implant a tiny battery could restore patients' movement from struggling to walk to playing golf.
New MRI Machine Offers Breakthrough Advancements in Almost Every Aspect
New technology is breaking down five of the most common problems/barriers between patients and the accuracy of the MRI machine.
Turning Seawater Into Drinking Water - With the Push of a Button
MIT researchers build a portable desalination unit that generates clear, clean drinking water without the need for filters or high-pressure pumps.
Texas Scientists Have Created a Protein That Breaks Down Plastic Bottles
A 'pac-man' protein that gobbles up plastic and breaks it down could open the door to eliminating billions of tons of landfill waste, say Texas researchers.
Sci-fi Selfie: Social Media Giant Creates Selfie Camera That Flies Around Your Head
Snapchat has created a selfie camera named Pixy that can fly around your head taking videos and land back in your hand.
MIT's New Paper Thin Speakers Can Cover Any Surface to Turn Your Room Into a Concert Hall
The flexible, thin-film MIT device has the potential to make any surface into a low-power, high-quality audio source.
Congolese Nun Overcomes Blackouts by Becoming Electrician to Create Hydroelectric Plant
In the town of Miti, Congo DRC, blackouts are common, so a convent found a clever nun and sent her to engineering school.
Vermont Startup's Electric Plane That Lifts-Off Vertically is Really Taking Off
The Alia eVTOL - electric vertical take off and landing - is going to usher in zero-emissions shuttle aviation for the first time in history.
New Transistor Could Cut 5% of World's Digital Energy Use While Upgrading Memory Capacity
Replacing the silicon transistor means removing three-fourths of the transistors needed to store data, cutting Earth's energy usage by 5%.
French Town to Light its Streets With Bacteria Luminescence That Needs No Electricity
A French town has invested €100,000 in a company looking to replace LED street lighting with tubes of bioluminescent bactera.
Munich's First Solar Bus Technology Will Hit the Road to Reduce Emissions and Pollution
Sono Motors and the city of Munich are testing a public bus with solar panels on the roof to save fuel, slash emissions, and cut pollution.
Startup Designs Prefab Facades That Turn Energy-Sucking Buildings Into Power Providers
The panels which install in 20 minutes, were able to make the most inefficient buildings in Germany carbon-neutral.
Solar Panels That Make Electricity at Night are Finally Here - And They're Cheap and Don't Need Batteries
Researchers from Stanford University constructed a photovoltaic cell that harvests energy from the environment during the day and night.
Dengue Detection Smartphone Tech Offers Hope For Low-Cost Testing on Par With Labs
Accurate home testing could be used for a wider range of illnesses, as new research shows the capability of smartphone-powered tests for Dengue Fever.
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