The Solar Impulse 2 has landed in California on Saturday, three-day flight across the Pacific Ocean as part of its journey around the world. Pilot Bertrand Piccard landed the sunlight-powered aircraft in Mountain View, in the Silicon Valley south of San Francisco on the night of April 23rd, at 11:45 p.m. following a 62-hour, nonstop… Continue reading Solar Impulse 2 Completes Journey Across Pacific Ocean
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Solar-Powered Airplane Attempt To Fly Around The World
After becoming the first solar powered airplane to complete an intercontinental flight in 2012 and then traveling across the USA in 2013, the Solar Impulse 2 has embarked on its most recent world record-breaking attempt, the 2015 round-the-world trip. The Solar Impulse 2 took off from Al Bateen Airport in Abu Dhabi and will attempt to… Continue reading Solar-Powered Airplane Attempt To Fly Around The World
Creating a Sun-Powered Death Ray
Kevin Moore and Grant Reynolds from What Could Possibly Go Wrong? on the Science Channel attempted to create a focused beam of light hot enough to melt bronze. To accomplish this goal, they will only use the lenses of old projection TV’s and the abundant light of the sun. Watch the video below.
Mercedes-Benz New Concept Car Powered By Its Paint Job
Mercedes-Benz has unveiled the Vision G-Code, a concept car that doubles up as a huge solar panel to generate energy. Using something known as ‘multi-voltaic’ silver paint. The SUV concept car or SUC (Sports Utility CoupĂ©) as Mercedes-Benz calls it, is designed to capture energy from solar rays to power a hybrid engine. It can even… Continue reading Mercedes-Benz New Concept Car Powered By Its Paint Job
Window Socket: Solar-Powered Plug Sticks To Window
The Window Socket is a solar-powered charger that can be attached to a window and used as a standard plug. Its a portable socket that gets its power from the sun rather than the grid. The charger stores energy and gives you up to 10 hours of use, after five to eight hours of charging. Its designed to be as intuitive… Continue reading Window Socket: Solar-Powered Plug Sticks To Window
Video: Three Years of Sun in Three Minutes
NASA Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) has released an incredible time lapse video that shows three years of the sun’s activity in just three minutes. This video shows those three years of the sun at a pace of two images per day. SDO’s Atmospheric Imaging Assembly (AIA) captures a shot of the sun every 12 seconds in 10… Continue reading Video: Three Years of Sun in Three Minutes
Jet Powered Body Board by Kymera
The Kymera electric powered body board is powered by a lithium-ion battery pack that will allow the rider to zip across the waves for around an hour, also comes with a solar charging station to help refuel the board. Retail price for the Kymera is currently set around $5,000, but Woods hopes that an increase in demand will… Continue reading Jet Powered Body Board by Kymera
Ikea Store in Bloomington Has Gone Solar
Swedish furniture retailer Ikea is now generating electricity atop its store in Bloomington near the Mall of America. The 142,000 square foot, 1,014 kW system, was built with 4,316 panels and will produce approximately 1.2 million kWh of clean power annually – the equivalent of reducing 801 tons of carbon dioxide. IKEA worked with Xcel… Continue reading Ikea Store in Bloomington Has Gone Solar