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- ShakEnergy: A New Kind Of Recharable Battery
- Got Chicken Parts? Make Biodiesel
- Researchers Use Wood Fibers to Make Tires Greener and Cheaper
- Fiat and Tata Will Sell the Ultra-Cheap Nano in South America
- US Energy and Ag Departments Providing $6.3M for Specialized Biofuels Research
- New Biofuel Could Lead to 100% Clean Flights
| ShakEnergy: A New Kind Of Recharable Battery Posted: 23 Jul 2009 12:36 PM PDT This past weekend while I was at the Syracuse Nationals auto show, my digital camera chewed through my extended-life rechargeable batteries. More than once I found myself without enough energy to get that last, important shot. The recharger I used took 3 hours to recharge them as well, so if I hadn’t have had eight of the batteries I would have been poop outta luck. But a new idea for rechargable batteries might change all that. Need some power? Just shake your battery and it recharges itself! Or at least that is the concept behind the ShakEnergy from Mintpass. |
| Got Chicken Parts? Make Biodiesel Posted: 23 Jul 2009 11:43 AM PDT
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| Researchers Use Wood Fibers to Make Tires Greener and Cheaper Posted: 23 Jul 2009 10:27 AM PDT
Oregon State University Researcher Kaichang Li is already well-known in the research world for developing a non-toxic, soy-based adhesive to make greener plywood for cabinets, so it’s almost no surprise that his next research discovery is along the same lines. Turning his attention to the materials commonly used as reinforcing fillers in tires — carbon black and silica — Li has figured out a way to use plant products to substitute for these toxic and energy intensive conventional materials. |
| Fiat and Tata Will Sell the Ultra-Cheap Nano in South America Posted: 23 Jul 2009 09:38 AM PDT
The Tata Nano has been making a splash recently as one of the world’s cheapest and most fuel efficient cars marketed towards developing economies where cars are generally considered a luxury. Now Fiat and Tata have announced plans to market the car in South America. Behind Italy, Brazil is already Fiat’s second largest market so it only makes sense that Fiat would want to grab more market share in the ultra low-end category. |
| US Energy and Ag Departments Providing $6.3M for Specialized Biofuels Research Posted: 23 Jul 2009 08:59 AM PDT
US Department of Energy secretary Steven Chu and US Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack have announced that the two agencies will be providing $6.3 million dollars for 7 projects at research institutions throughout the US to improve the use of plant feedstocks in biofuel production. Although biofuels have fallen out of favor in the public eye recently, the federal government — led by Secretary Chu — is still forging ahead with providing money to research next generation biofuels.
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| New Biofuel Could Lead to 100% Clean Flights Posted: 23 Jul 2009 01:53 AM PDT
Earlier this month, a team of scientists at the University of North Dakota’s Energy and Environmental Research Center (EERC) successfully tested a new biofuel based on a mixture of canola and soybean oils, and claim it may be the key to zero emission aviation [video]. The new super-biofuel, known as Jet Propellant-8 (JP-8) was used to launch a rocket above the Mojave Desert, where it approached the speed of sound and reached an altitude of 20,000 feet - a major leap forward in biofuel-powered flight. Speaking about the launch Carsten Heide, associate director for the EERC said, “We demonstrated that this fuel is a flying fuel, and is 100% renewable and burns clean. It would open up the possibility to run 100% renewable, clean planes. You can see in the picture how clean it burns.” |
11 billion pounds of chicken feather meal are accumulated annually by the poultry industry in the U.S., and if a process developed by scientists in Nevada moves forward, those chicken parts could be used to produce 153 million gallons of 
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