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Inventor Jon Bohmer has created a $5 oven made out of cardboard boxes
Design uses 2 boxes, and an acrylic cover that lets in sun’s rays and traps them
Award-winning oven has gone into production in a factory in Nairobi

By Saeed Ahmed
CNN
(CNN) – When Jon Bohmer sat down with his [...]

Scientists mimic essence of plants’ energy storage system
Anne Trafton, News Office
July 31, 2008
In a revolutionary leap that could transform solar power from a marginal, boutique alternative into a mainstream energy source, MIT researchers have overcome a major barrier to large-scale solar power: storing energy for use when the sun doesn’t shine.

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Daniel Nocera [...]

El edificio más eficiente del Caribe está ubicado en Puerto Rico.

El edificio de Standard Refrigeration, en Caguas, es la estructura más amigable al ambiente y eficiente en la Isla. Posee la certificación platina del US Green Building Council y de Energy Star. En la foto, su vicepresidente, Carlos E. Pacheco, y la ingeniera Neysa Sánchez. [...]

Catalyzing the vanguard of a design science revolution
Greetings Design Revolutionaries!
Bucky had it right. “You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.”
That’s why we’re awarding a $100,000 prize each year for comprehensive solutions that radically advance human well-being and ecosystem health. The [...]

By: Carl Alviani
From www.core77.com
Published June 26, 2008

We’ve been hearing about the boom in alternative energy research in Silicon Valley for a while now, but not so much in terms of actual marketable products. That may be changing, though, if Mountain View based Sol Focus is any indication.
Looking at the history of solar power, one of [...]