Car manufacturers are quickly turning away to alternative energy sources for vehicles of the future. Designer Thierry Dumaine has come up with one such vehicle that powers up in a pretty interesting way, a paradigm shift away from the ordinary. Called the Ventile, this vehicle uses a…
Wind-powered Ventile car uses giant fan to suck air
2011.07.04. 14:28ide tette: kiterdekel
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In English: Solar Powered Wind Turbines Are Twice As Green
2011.04.05. 05:58ide tette: kiterdekel
For researchers at the University of Liverpool, wind turbines weren't enough. They need to be solar powered wind turbines. The design aims to fix one of the main issues with wind turbines: that they're essentially useless when there's no wind at all. By having photovoltaic solar cells included on…
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In English: Italian bridge to have wind turbines and solar panels hooked to underbelly
2011.02.23. 06:23ide tette: kiterdekel
How do you cleverly change an old bridge falling to pieces into something more worthwhile than a path waiting to crumble? Well designers Francesco Colarossi, Giovanna Saracino and Luisa Saracino came up with a novel way to do so with the Solar Wind project. This projecyt basically adds a load of…