Engineering students at the University of Virginia... ...Cerebral Palsy Day. Their winning entry was this solar powered wheelchair which can run indefinitely at... ...htweight and robust materials and high-efficiency solar cells with custom-fabricated solar panels that encomp...
http://www.neatorama.com/2013/06/06/Solar-Powered-Wheelchair/
Daniel Epperson's MowBot began with an old push mower and an electric wheelchair. Now it's a hodgepodge of several different technologies for the ultimate tool in lawn maintenance:This is the Prius of lawnmowers, bringin...
http://www.neatorama.com/2013/04/09/Solar-Powered-Hybrid-Lawn-Mower/
You can build an oven that cooks up to 200°F with a pizza box, tape, plastic wrap and aluminum foil. First, cut a flap into the lid of the pizza box. Cover the lid and the bottom of the box with aluminum foil. Seal y...
http://www.neatorama.com/2013/03/30/How-to-Make-a-Solar-Oven-from-a-Pizza-Box/
Some animals, such as particular sponge and coral... ...and coral species, use photosynthesis to produce energy . But only recently have scientists confirmed that...
http://www.neatorama.com/2013/01/21/The-First-Known-Solar-Powered-Vertebrate/
The Dutch design firm Springtime invented this... ...firm Springtime invented this ice cream cart. The solar cells on the roof collect enough energy to keep the ice cream chilled: The ice cream c... ...d: The ice cream carts were designed to have a solar panel attached...
http://www.neatorama.com/2012/07/17/solar-powered-ice-cream-cart/
It takes two hours on a sunny day, but this solar heater built by engineering students at Humboldt...
http://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/05/solar-heater-made-from-can-lids-can-boil-a-jar-of-water/
One of the difficulties with using solar energy is its inability to produce electricity around th... ...to produce electricity around the clock. Torresol Energy in southern Spain has solved this problem by stor... ...Spain has solved this problem by storing thermal energy...
http://www.neatorama.com/2011/07/31/first-247-solar-plant/
Andrew Schneider's invention is the glorious future of swimwear that will replace the obsolete and dangerous coal-burning bikinis of today: The suit is a standard medium-sized bikini swimsuit retrofitted with 1" x 4"...
http://www.neatorama.com/2011/06/13/solar-powered-bikini/
The UK's Ministry of Defense has issued a research... ...of Defense has issued a research grant to develop solar energy collectors that could be incorporated into the st... ...hin two years.” The project has been dubbed " solar soldier" and has been assigned £650,000 of fundi...
http://www.neatorama.com/2011/03/16/solar-powered-soldiers/
Advances in photovoltaic technology have led t... ...ogy have led to the development of thin, flexible solar cells. It's possible to build a tent out of them... ...ngineer working on the project: “Alternative energy sources are really going to shine in mission scen...
http://www.neatorama.com/2010/12/17/us-army-evaluating-solar-powered-tents/
