A flashlight powered by your body temperature would be really useful for power outages or camping. Ann Makosinski, a 15-year-old student from Victoria, British Columbia, developed a flashlight that does just that.In her...

A large dairy in the Ukraine is powered by the energy generated by the cows' own manure. In fact, the...  ...That's enough to fully power the factory and sell energy back to the grid. The advantages of using poop po...

A Swedish start-up company called Minestro is...  ...ed Minestro is developing a system for harvesting energy from ocean currents. "Deep Green" consists of ki...  ...meter for the turbine -- relative to other tidal- energy designs. [...] The company hope to begin trial...  ...rcial tidal power device operate...

(YouTube Link) Solar Dog is a prototype cell ph...  ...e user mounts it on a dog's back to collect solar energy as it plays outside. Schiegg writes: My Andro...

Photo: Design Boom Rochus Jacob designed and bu...  ...s: I was looking for opportunities to generate energy through activities we naturally do. The final res...  ...ated from the rocking motion. During daylight the energy gets stored in a battery pack. The construction o...

Image: KiteGen Research The Italian firm KiteGen Research is developing a generator that harnesses the wind through kites. As a kite flies into the air, it unspools a cord that cranks the turbine. Carina Storrs writ...

Photo: Norfolk Southern Norfolk Southern's NS 9...  ...ntirely electric locomotive that uses a lead-acid energy storage system comprised of 1,080 12-volt batteri...  ...in locomotive also can regenerate dynamic braking energy through a system provided by Brookville Equipment...  ...Equipment Company. The reco...

The world's largest windfarm began operating today. The Roscoe Wind Complex is composed of 627 turbines over four counties in western Texas. According to E.On Climate and Renewables North America, the owner, it is alre...

Here's a great video from Oregon Public Broadcasting: The White Zombie, a 1972 Datsun that has been converted to run on nothing but electricity. Not satisfied with an ordinary electric car, John "Plasma Boy"...