Aug 17 2010

Channel Your Personal Power

Tag: Astronauts, Batteries, Biofuels, Candy, Cell Phones, Electricity, Electronics, Engineering, Fuel Cells, Laptops, Life Science, Sensors, iPods — Gene Charleton @ 7:00 am
A biofuel cell implanted in your arm could use oxygen and sugar to generate electricity.

Jun 08 2010

Biofuel’s Water Problem

Tag: Biodiesel, Biofuels, Cars, Energy Production, Petroleum, Vehicles, Water, Water Conservation — Discovery News - Top Stories @ 12:16 pm
Irrigating biofuel crops on a grand scale would be disastrous.

May 25 2010

Air, Sugar Power New Human Fuel Cell

Tag: Animals, Biofuels, Devices, Engineering, Fuel Cells, Medical Treatment, Technology — Eric Bland @ 11:48 am
The tiny device uses the air we breathe and the food we eat to create almost enough electricity to run a pacemaker.

May 12 2010

Electronic Waste Produces Algae for Biofuel

Tag: Biodiesel, Biofuels, CPU, Computers, Green, Petroleum, Plants, Recycling — Discovery News - Top Stories @ 8:53 am
Old computer parts serve as a reservoir to cultivate algae, which can be harvested and used to produce biodiesel.

May 05 2010

Ultrasound Speeds Up Biodiesel Production

Tag: Biodiesel, Biofuels — Discovery News - Top Stories @ 7:00 am
The same technology used to image fetuses in the womb could lower the cost of biofuels.

Apr 20 2010

Military Strives to Shrink Carbon ‘Boot Print’

Tag: Air Force, Alternative Fuels, Army, Aviation, Biofuels, Branches of the Military, Carbon Footprint, Climate, Climate Change, Electricity, Energy Efficiency, Fossil Fuels, Government, Green, Military, Navy, Renewable Energy, Solar Power — Discovery News - Top Stories @ 10:01 pm
The U.S. military has a history of giving the world transformational technology -- and they're at it again.

Feb 10 2010

Humble Weed Could Feed The World

Tag: Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing, Biofuels, Genes, Middle East, Plants — Discovery News - Top Stories @ 8:45 pm
A small, invasive weed could boost production of food and biofuels around the globe.