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A New Computer Interface – Your Skin
When I was doing interviews for a story about Skintech – a technology that turns a user’s skin into a mobile device’s primary input surface – someone brought up the old science joke “don’t ask why,...
View ArticleSoaking up the Summer Sun, and Putting It to Use
Unfinished with finals week, seventeen Northwestern University students packed up on June 10, 2010 and began our drive down to Texas as NUsolar. After two days on the road, the team (half of which was...
View ArticleHuffing and Puffing and Blowing the Grid Down
As another reminder of the need to reconstruct America’s power grid in order to move forward with renewable energy sources, wind surges in Oregon are forcing grid managers to shut off the wind farms....
View ArticleBoosting the Efficiency of Solar to Compete with Oil
Current solar technologies are split between using the light or heat from the sun’s rays to produce electricity. Now, Stanford has developed a device that can use both, boost efficiency by 200%, and...
View ArticleRockets to Neutralize Emissions From Wastewater Plants
Stanford has done it again, this time with a process that is rather unexpected. Their system will alter the wastewater treatment process to create nitrous-oxide (N2O) and methane gas that will then be...
View ArticleOffshore Wind Energy Development in the Great Lakes
A team at the University of Michigan has published a study related to the possibility of offshore wind energy development in the Great Lakes. The report identifies a number of policy options for...
View ArticlePrinting a Solar Cell: Almost as Simple as Printing a Document?
The mostly widely used substrate, or support material, for solar cells today is glass. Now, a new technology developed by a team of researchers at MIT allows solar cells to be printed on inexpensive...
View ArticlePatented Idea May Make Your Shoes Your New Battery Charger
As much as ten watts of power is dissipated as heat every time someone takes a step. Mobile devices like phones use between one and fifteen watts. Sound promising? Nature News reports on developing...
View ArticleJapanese battery turns paper into power
A new battery prototype has emerged in Japan that turns waste material into electricity. Sony’s battery is paper-powered and still in the early stages of development, but it may be a new way to charge...
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We’re All In This Together
From Pinterest to Tumblr to Foodily, social media has blossomed beyond Facebook and Twitter. All the sharing, liking and posting can get exhausting at times. Maintaining your online presence has...
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Test Your Science Smarts
Online quizzes that my friends have taken often pop up in my Facebook feed. Their scores, good or bad, are displayed alongside a cheerful invitation to take the quiz myself and then compare my results...
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