Tag: Electricity
Why Smart Power Grids Will Come At A Hefty Price
The world’s power grids are considered by some to be one of, if not the, largest contiguous man-made systems on the planet. Similar in immensity to the global telecommunications infrastructure, the worldwide power grid is a complex, interconnected, intercontinental physical system that is vital for ...
Paper Generators By Disney Research Harvest Electricity From A Touch
When I think about companies that are on the cutting-edge of touch technology, I immediately think of Disney Research. Their team seems to come up with innovative ideas nonstop, and they often provide the creativity needed for other companies to take their own ideas into completely different directi ...
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Imagine A World With Sustainable Energy & Access For All [Infographic]
"Sustainable Energy For All" is a collaboration between the United Nations and 70 countries who share three goals - making sure the entire world had access to modern energy, doubling renewable energy and doubling the improvement in energy efficiency by 2030. It's a lofty goal, but it's also inspirin ...
Pebble Smartstick Is Your Marker-Sized Emergency Charger
As far as battery life on your mobile device goes, there is no getting around the fact that it will eventually run out. Until some clever innovator comes up with a way to harvest power from thin air, we will always run out of power when we least expect it. There is no shortage of solutions that will ...
High Tech Picnic Table Umbrella Uses Sunshine To Charge Mobile Devices
I wrote an article yesterday about how we want our devices to work all the time with no exceptions. We have no patience when our smartphones run low on battery, and we'll do almost anything to keep that from happening. As a result, manufacturers try to create the most innovative mobile chargers so w ...
Thermoelectric Wristwatch Converts Body Heat Into Electricity
Thermoelectric generating devices are more common than you may realize. It's a device that converts heat directly into electrical energy. Right now, they are mostly used in the space and automobile industries, but as the technology progresses, we will start to see thermoelectric generators used in o ...
Electricity Tracking Device & iPhone App Keep Your Bills Down
The one thing that could quickly send your personal economy into a depression is the unpredictable electricity bill that keeps surprising you from time to time. If you don't remember to turn off lights, TVs or even your computer when you leave home or go to sleep, it can quickly get out of hand. The ...
Electrocuted Flowers: Unusual Flower Pics Created Without A Camera
Not only were these unusual flower images created without a camera, there is no digital manipulation going on here either. These incredible shots were taken with a very old method of photography known as Kirlian. Well, they were created with that and 80,000 volts of electricity, hence the name of th ...
Hand-Crank Phone Charger (For When You’re Without Electricity)
Living without electricity is a big deal, and if you are blessed enough not to know what that feels like, try doing it for one day. It will be torture. Electricity is one of those things that we completely take for granted. If you think it's hard to live when your Internet goes out, try going withou ...
Roominate Dollhouse Lets Her Be A Little Engineer & Architect
When I was a kid, my sister put her foot through my dollhouse. It cracked down the middle. Needless to say, my soul still bears the scars of that moment. If I’d had an alarm for the dollhouse, perhaps connected to a few high intensity lasers, we’d all be sitting around telling a different story, wou ...
Learn Something New Today: The Exact Size Of A Nanosecond
They always say that a great teacher can make even the most boring topics interesting. Learning about electricity and nanoseconds isn't boring at all to me, but if it is to you, naval officer Rear Admiral Grace Hopper will explain it in a way that makes it super fun. If you think old people (and old ...
USB Wall Outlet: No More Searching For The Power Adapter
Have you ever needed to charge your cell phone only to realize that you left the USB power adapter at home on your desk? How many times can you stop by the same Apple store to borrow one of their cradles conveniently hot glued to the display table? Seriously, you've never jack powered while pretendi ...
Disaster Survival Nerd Robo Shelter
While the world is utterly upside down, and we have disasters going on pretty much everywhere and seemingly all the time, maybe it is time we start thinking about how to better keep ourselves safe. It's evident that we are not prepared for everything that might happen, and time and time again we se ...
Emergency Toilet Design Created For People In Japan
As of today, it's been three months since the devastating earthquake and tsunami hit Japan. We don't see as many bloggers writing about it anymore, and the articles being spread around in social media are becoming few and far between. However, that doesn't mean everything is okay in Japan now.
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The Geek’s Dream Multi-Outlet Socket System
No wonder this little concept design has taken the Internet by storm over the past few days. It's colorful, it rotates, and best of all, it snaps together like a bunch of Lego bricks. This is perfect for any geek!
Designers Cheng-Hsiu Du and Chyun-Chau Lin created this ingenious system called " ...