DIY This Thermoelectric Phone Charger

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Check out this step by step guide to creating a gadget that will turn waste heat into juice for your favorite gadget! Read more →

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Waste Energy Harvested With Printed Thermoelectrics

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Printable thermoelectric generators could make it cheap and easy to harvest energy from waste heat. Read more →

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Even Better Gas Mileage For Plug-In Hybrids Via Heat Recovery

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Green Car Reports takes a look at a recent study which suggests plug-in hybrids could benefit from waste heat recovery systems to be even more efficient. Read more →

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Body Heat-Activated Pump Could Dispense Medication On Contact

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The pump is activated by body heat and relies on the natural process of fermentation to trigger the medication flow. Read more →

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Can HP & Intel Build The World’s Most Efficient Data Center?

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The US Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory recently recruited two top IT companies to aid in its quest for a super efficient data center. Read more →

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A High Tech ‘Water Bottle’ For The Coming Apocalypse

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What if all fresh water supplies are compromised, and we eventually run out of water? Takram imagined that we might need something more sophisticated than a bottle. Read more →

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Waste Not: Turning Industrial Heat To Power

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Through the use of nanotechnology, researchers say they will be able to potentially recover energy wasted as heat in factories, power plants and cars. Read more →

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PV And Concentrating Solar Try To Hook Up

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A company plans to build a 20-megawatt photovoltaic system in the California desert, with a pilot solar thermal system right next door. Read more →

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How Your Pants Might Charge Your Phone

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By layering carbon nanotubes and polymers, researchers discovered that they could create a fabric that converts body heat to electricity. Read more →

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Coffee For Energy Gets A New Twist

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Researchers at the University of North Dakota are developing a waste-to-energy technology for the Green Mountain Coffee roasting facility in Waterbury, Vermont. Read more →

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