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Kia Makarechi

Using Play To Light Up Life

HuffingtonPost.com | Kia Makarechi | Posted 11.13.2011

Read More: Soccket, Harvard-Students-Soccket, Kinetic Energy, Alternative Energy, Soccer Energy, Huffpost Greatest Person of the Day, Uncharted Play, Huffington Post Greatest Person of the Day, Julia Silverman, Greatest-Person-of-the-Day, Jessica-Matthews, Nigeria, Kerosene, Impact News

It started out simply enough. As classmates at Harvard, Jessica Matthews and Julia Silverman took a class on engineering for non-engineering stude...

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U.S. Subways Harness Kinetic Power To Recycle Train Energy

AP | PATRICK WALTERS | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Kinetic Energy, Brake Energy, Subway Power, Recycle Energy, Green Energy, Green Technology, Subway Recycle, Subway Kinetic Energy, Transportation, Recycle Subway, Smarter Ideas, Green News

PHILADELPHIA — For years, subway cars have been able to recycle some of the energy created when they brake, turning it into electricity to help ...

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Shoe Generator Creates Electricity As You Walk

Inhabitat | Sarah Parsons | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Piezoelectric, Kinetic Energy, Energy Harvesting, Electricity-Generating Shoe, Electrical Engineer, Green Technology, Shoe Generator, Ville Kaajakari, Louisiana Tech, Energy From Walking, Charging Electronics, Power Harvesting, Louisiana Tech University, Electricity From Walking, Green News

These shoes were made for walking--and for producing power. A researcher at Louisiana Tech University designed a shoe that contains a small generator ...

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CES -- Greener Low-Cost Gadgets May Prove to Be High Impact

Christina Gagnier | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mobile Chargers, Solar, Kinetic Energy, Mobile Devices, Charger, Ces, Cea, Yogen, Miniwz, Consumer Electronics Show, Solio, Technology News
Christina Gagnier

Attendees at the 2010 Consumer Electronics Show toyed with gadgets for the environmentally inclined. This year's CES featured a few small devices that could be high impact in terms of powering other products.

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Piezoelectricity: Would Highway Power Be Stealing From Drivers?

EcoGeek and Treehugger | Yoni Levinson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Energy, Kinetic Energy, Alternative Energy, Climate Change, Piezoelectricity, Environment, Renewable Energy, Global Warming, Innowattech, Green News

Israeli company Innowattech is currently developing technology to harness some of the most bountiful manmade kinetic energy out there - the movement o...

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Lewis Hamilton Wins F1 Championship; First Black Driver in Sport's History

Steve Parker | Posted 05.25.2011

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Steve Parker

Lewis Hamilton, 23 and the first Black driver in the history of Grand Prix racing, won the World Driving Championship on Sunday, the most coveted title in all of motorsports.

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They're green! All green! Well, almost - Mini, Peugeot, Ford, Pininfarina and more - Paris Car Show's green cars and concepts, part two

Steve Parker | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Nickel-Metal Hydride Battery, Lithium-Ion Battery, Pininfarina, Peugeot Prologue Concept, Peugeot, Gas/Electric Hybrid, EV, Front-Wheel Drive, Ferrari California, Ford, Rear-Wheel Drive, Super-Capacitors, Paris Car Show, Mini, Mechanical Flywheels, Monte Carlo Rally, Pininfarina B0, Solar Power, Ford Fiesta Econetic, Lithium-Polymer Battery, Diesel/Electric Hybrid, Electric Motors, All-Wheel Drive, Electric Batteries, Electric Vehicles, Mondeo Econetic, Ford Ka, Kinetic Energy, Turbodiesel, Mini Crossover Concept, Mini Clubman, Bmw, Peugeot RC HYmotion4 Concept, Focus Econetic, Solar Cells, Green News
Steve Parker

Here's the green wrap on the Paris Car Show, 2008 version. As in yesterday's posting, we're taking a look at some concepts which might have a chance t...

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