Twin Creeks Technologies is a new startup that says it has sliced the price of producing solar panels in half—using an ion cannon. According to the company, it can produce solar cells for about 40 cents per watt compared to the 80 cents it costs now. More »
Besides a reduced monthly power bill, there's a certain smug satisfaction to recharging your gear with solar energy. It's almost like you want everyone to know how eco conscious you're being, and with the Changer solar charging system, you'll actually be rewarded for bragging about it. More »
Did Stanford's Solar Car Project build the fastest solar-powered car ever assembled by human hands? Possibly. We'll now for sure when the vehicle, called Xenith, hits the pavement in Australia during the World Solar Challenge. Updated.More »
New York is fairly forward-thinking when it comes to energy innovation, but it's pretty terrible when it comes to solar. City College of New York wants to change that, so they created an interactive solar map of the city using laser airplanes. More »
In Rene Lee's dreamland, a docked tablet would turn this Bento Book from case to full-functioning laptop, also holding a smartphone, external SSD, and solar charger. It's clever, it's beautiful, but we're not going to see it in our lifetimes. More »
