Solar Empowered Grandmothers
Bunker Roy gives an interesting and entertaining talk to a group at TED about a new school model that teaches grandmothers around the World how to bring solar power to their villages.
Archive for 'Energy'
Advanced Thermostat
The Nest is the latest thing in home thermostats that learns from you throughout the day as you re adjust the temperature. Here is a link to their website. http://www.nest.com
Small Way To Solve Our Needs
Justin Hall-Tipping talks to a group at TED about how science and nanotechnology are making advancements that can help solve our problems.
Solving Energy Needs With A Kite
As we search for clean ways to solve our energy needs, a group of engineers are experimenting with kites as a method to help find the way.
Nanotechnology Advancements
This is the video of Dr Wade Adams talking to a group at TED about nanotechnology what it is, what it can do and how it is advancing medicine and energy development.
Death Ray R5800
Eric Jacqmain is the young man that attached 5800 mirrors to a fiberglass satellite dish that concentrates the power of the sun to multiply it by 5000 times.
“The Cube” Home
The cube is a fully contained living space that leaves no carbon footprint. Here is the link to their site. http://www.cubeproject.org.uk
The Future Of Solar Power Is Bright
These videos are about the building of the World’s largest solar power plant called Ivanpah. It is being built in the desert between Los Angeles and Las Vegas by a company named BrightSource Energy and it will supply enough electricity to run over 300,000 homes. Here is a link to their website http://www.brightsourceenergy.com.
Tango With Speed
This video will show you the latest in electric cars; it’s called the Tango and can go from 0 to 60 MPH in 4 seconds. The Tango is half as wide as a normal car and you sit in it like a bob-sled.
Living Off The Grid
These videos are about a man named John Wells who is building a home out in the middle of nowhere Texas that will allow him to live off the “Grid” he calls his oasis The Field Lab. Here is a link to his website http://www.thefieldlab.org. Here is a link to his blog http://www.thefieldlab.blogspot.com Live video [...]
