Jul 22 2011

‘Air-Conditioned Clothes’ Help Japan Beat Heat

Tag: Air Conditioning,Clothing,Cooling,Gadgets,Inventions,Jackets,TsunamiDiscovery News - Top Stories @ 2:57 pm
Restrictions in electricity use are creating a demand in clothing that cools.

Jul 22 2011

Titanium Straw Out-Muscles All Others

Forget those wimpy plastic substitutes -- this is the only straw you really need.

Jun 18 2011

Climate-Controlled Jacket Keeps You Cool or Warm

ClimaWare jackets have small metal plates and rechargeable batteries that let you control your level of comfort.

Jun 07 2011

EcoBoost: Ford’s Smallest Engine Ever

A 1.0-liter, three-cylinder engine increases fuel efficiency and lowers exhaust temperatures.

Mar 28 2011

Chicago’s Willis Tower to Harness Sunlight

New windows could turn one of the city's most iconic buildings into a solar energy generator.

Mar 25 2011

Reactor Breach Feared at Nuclear Power Plant

As workers continue efforts to control a steady radiation leak, the death toll from the disaster tops 10,000.

Mar 20 2011

Liquid Air Stores Renewable Energy

A pilot program is demonstrating an unusual method for storing energy from sunlight and wind.

Jan 22 2011

Cold Fusion Claims Resurface

An Italian team of researchers claims to have discovered cold fusion. It will either change the world or be another fruitless and premature "breakthrough."

Oct 29 2010

Flying Can Be a Greener Choice Than Driving

Air travel may have many down sides for the planet, but a new study shows that driving a car can often be worse.

Aug 28 2010

New Colorado Ikea Taps Earth for Climate Control

Tag: Cooling,Green Building,Green Tech,HeatingAlyssa Danigelis @ 12:27 pm
Besides inexpensive Swedish furniture, the new Ikea store opening next year in Colorado will have geothermal heating and cooling.

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