Collaborate Disseminate
Light has always been a key part of the classic Game Boy experience. Some of us have fond memories of riding along in the back seat of a car at …read more Continue reading Building a Solar Powered Game Boy Pocket
Researching a piece on vacuum tubes, we stumbled on something unexpected from Electro-Harmonix, best known for guitar amplifiers and audio tube manufacture. In a break from their core business, they …read more Continue reading The Magnetosphere Has a Ton Of Energy. Can A Guitar Amp Company Tap Into It?
The idea of a tritium power cell is pretty straightforward: stick enough of the tiny glowing tubes to a photovoltaic panel and your DIY “nuclear battery” will generate energy for …read more Continue reading Tetris Handheld Powered By Tritium Cell, Eventually
The past year has been quite a ride for everyone on Earth. But you never know which day is going to be your last, so you might as well live …read more Continue reading Sunlight-Based Life Clock Predicts Your Darkest Hour
Without knowing it, we’ve spent years watching [Jasper Sikken] piece together an empire of energy harvesting equipment, and now he’s putting the pieces together into wonderful creations. His recently finished …read more Continue reading Magic Pyramids Blink Eternal with the Power of the Sun
Once upon a time, the consensus was that renewable energy was too expensive and in too sparse supply to be a viable power source to run our proud, electrified societies …read more Continue reading South Australia vs. Too Much Home Solar
We have a soft spot for BEAM projects, because we love to see the Sun do fun things when aided by large capacitors. [NanoRobotGeek]’s marble machine is an extraordinary example …read more Continue reading BEAM-Powered, Ball-Flinging Beam Has Us Beaming
Spend enough time riding a bike, and chances are good that you’ll start carrying a few tools with you. Even if you don’t, you’re probably going to use a bag to carry something along, so why not make that bag …read more
Continue reading Solar Safety Bag Lights Up the Night, Charges Your Phone
Solar power is a great source of renewable energy, but has always had its limitations. At best, there’s only 1,000 Watts/m2 available at the Earth’s surface on a sunny day, and the limited efficiency of solar panels cuts this down further. It’s such a low amount that solar panels …read more
Continue reading World Solar Challenge: How Far in a Solar Car?
Anyone tackling solar power for the first time will quickly find there’s a truly dizzying amount of information to understand and digest. You might think you just need to buy some solar panels, wire them together, and just sort of plug them in. But there are a hundred and one …read more