Startup aims to reinvent the kerosene lamp
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Blog: D.light Design, started out of a Stanford student project, aims to bring a safer, cheaper form of energy to families living in emerging nations without access to electricity.
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With Pixar style desk lamps, cyber-teddies, and droid flowers An MIT doctoral candidate has produced a robotic desk lamp, though its maker prefers to call it a "collaborative lighting assistant", or even "non-anthropomorphic robotic platform".â¦
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Scientists at the Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory say they have developed the first system to convert dirty diesel fuel into a quiet, self-contained and efficient energy source.
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Sandia National Laboratories' "Sunshine to Petrol" project uses solar energy to recycle carbon dioxide and recover the building blocks of hydrocarbons, which can then be used to synthesize fuels like methanol and gasoline.
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A new company NRG Dock shows off a general-purpose solar panel and battery to power electronics.
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SourceLabs will use the venture capital for ongoing research and development and to expand its sales and marketing. Ignition Partners was founded by Microsoft veterans -- including
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Algae has been the terrain of start-ups, but now Chevron is interested too.
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A big company needs some big ideas in order to grow bigger.
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Off-the-shelf lamps can be used as a cheap alternative to laser surgery, Israeli researchers claim.
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A new super-efficient light bulb could spell the end of regular ones, Glasgow scientists claim.
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It all came down to a small, Utah-made device sitting inside an Idaho pottery kiln. This recent experiment at a national research laboratory in Idaho Falls, Idaho, may pave the way for an efficient means of extracting hydrogen from water.
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An artist has created a hat with LEDs on it that can play sequenced animations.
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A team of US scientists show off a novel device that harvests energy from human movements.
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A start-upâs first product, modeled on the human ear, curbs background noise.
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A Boston company that builds location-based services for cellphones is lowering the bar for entrepreneurs to launch mobile widgets in the wireless world, whether it's NearBio, a mobile application that finds the closest biodiesel pumps, or Everytrail, a GPS widget that maps hikes and rides.
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A Japanese company has created a home  appliance the size of a paperback novel that can warn of  earthquakes seconds before they strike.
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The semiconductor supplier may reinvent itself via an exciting entry into energy.