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LIFTOFF! Even though the Aeroscraft dwarfs the largest commercial airliners, it requires less net space on the ground than any plane because it doesn't need a runway. The airship takes off and lands...
View ArticleHydrogen-Powered UAV Breaks Record
It might not sound like much, this 78 mile flight, but the recent journey by the Pterosaur Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) was actually a record-breaker. Powered by hydrogen fuel cells, the Pterosaur...
View ArticleCES General Gallery
iRiver SPINNGive Apple a run for its money; iRiver's latest products are more beautiful and innovative than ever. The SPINN claims a 3.2" screen for videos, music, games and apps. Spin through...
View ArticleThe Greening of Hydrogen Fuel Cells
Green Car For a truly emissions-free engine, scientists are looking towards photosynthesis. Elliot Moore One of the technologies being touted as the next great thing for our cars is the hydrogen fuel...
View ArticleVideo: Antares DLR-H2 Becomes the First 100% Fuel-Cell Powered Plane
Antares DLR-H2 Fuel Cell Plane DLR The Antares DLR-H2 has just completed its first test flight, making it the world's first zero-emissions aircraft to successfully fly on hydrogen fuel cell power...
View ArticleHome Fuel Cell Charging Station Could Help Power Hydrogen Economy
The Home Hydrogen Fuel Cell Charge Station Hydrogen Fuel Cell Technology An interesting report from CNN over the weekend: a tabletop hydrogen fuel cell recharging station could bring hydrogen power to...
View ArticleLondon Rolls Out the First Fuel-Cell Powered Black Cab
Cheerio! It's London's First Fuel-Cell Powered Black Cab via engadgetLondon's iconic black cabs are getting a green upgrade in time for the 2012 Olympic Games, and the first street legal iteration...
View ArticlePortable Fuel Cells Charge Gadgets On the Go
Power Trip MTI Micro Mobion, myFC PowerTrekk, and Horizon MiniPAK Brian Klutch Hydrogen fuel cells have exploded onto the market as convenient chargers for your handheld devices. Plugged in via USB...
View ArticleTesting the Goods: Horizon MiniPak Portable Fuel Cell Charger
MiniPak Charger in Hand Horizon As humanity goes wireless, the last pesky tether we and our gadgets have to escape is the power cable. Portable, battery-powered chargers tend to be both...
View ArticleSymbiotic Bacteria Serve as Hydrogen "Fuel Cells" for Deep-Sea Mussels
Mussel Beds The mussel beds at hydrothermal vents form a teeming expanse that contains an estimated half a million mussels. MARUM Hydrogen fuel cells offer plenty of promise as an alternative fuel...
View ArticleSelf-Powered Microbial Fuel Cells Could Serve Up Unlimited Hydrogen Supply
Microbial Fuel Cell Using a pump, liquid flows continuously between a seawater bottle and a freshwater bottle. The system is called a microbial reverse-electrodialysis electrolysis cell. Kim,...
View ArticleCan Hydrogen Fuel-Cell Vehicles Compete With Electric Cars?
Honda FCEV Concept, 2013 Los Angeles Auto Show Suddenly, hydrogen fuel-cell cars are back in the news. Headlines have proclaimed a coming battle between plug-in electric cars and the new shining hope,...
View ArticlePowder-Powered Electric-Assist Bike Runs on Water and Magic Metallic Dust
It’s a 21st-century conundrum: You want a power-assisted bike that’s electrically powered and that packs an energy density (and a light weight) that lithium-ion batteries…
View ArticleUnited Nations' First Satellite Will Study Use of Astronaut Excrement As a...
Befitting its mission to promote international cooperation and celebrate our shared world heritage, the United Nations is sending a $5 million satellite into space to find…
View ArticleLondon Rolls Out the First Fuel-Cell Powered Black Cab
London’s iconic black cabs are getting a green upgrade in time for the 2012 Olympic Games, and the first street legal iteration just took to the streets. Developed by…
View ArticlePortable Fuel Cells Charge Gadgets On the Go
Hydrogen fuel cells have exploded onto the market as convenient chargers for your handheld devices. Plugged in via USB ports, the cells don't have to rely on wind or sun to…
View ArticleTesting the Goods: Horizon MiniPak Portable Fuel Cell Charger
As humanity goes wireless, the last pesky tether we and our gadgets have to escape is the power cable. Portable, battery-powered chargers tend to be both inefficient--so…
View ArticleSymbiotic Bacteria Serve as Hydrogen "Fuel Cells" for Deep-Sea Mussels
Hydrogen fuel cells offer plenty of promise as an alternative fuel source for everything from cars to generators — but they remain expensive, complicated and mostly rare. It…
View ArticleSelf-Powered Microbial Fuel Cells Could Serve Up Unlimited Hydrogen Supply
Hydrogen fuel cells could someday meet a host of industrial energy needs, but it’s difficult and dirty to produce hydrogen using current methods. A new type of microbial fuel…
View ArticleNano-Engineered Bioconstructs Perform Photosynthesis Faster Than Nature Does
Scientists have been trying for a while now to recreate the process of photosynthesis, using sunlight and water to spark chemical reactions. Now a team from Penn State…
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