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Next to Bluetooth speakers and wireless headphones there are enough portable battery chargers at this year's International CES to power a small country for a year. They come in all shapes and sizes, with all kinds of functionality. But, it's a group of guys from Provo Utah (yes Utah) who took the time to listen [...]
Man what a whirlwind CES was. We hope you enjoyed all of our 2014 International CES coverage, and we've still got a lot more to post in the coming days. We would like to thank our great sponsors for help getting you CES faster including: Wilson Electronics G-Hold Smart Mio Dark Energy And this year's [...]
Smartphone Fireworks Tips It's hard to believe that the Fourth of July is already here. That means that millions of people are going to use their smartphones tonight to take pictures of fireworks. If this is your first time owning a smartphone on the Fourth of July, or your fireworks photos have come out bad [...]
There are an awful lot of home monitoring/smart home devices out there, with a lot of different functionality. However, we just came across one smart home device that packs in just about every single smart home function into one place. The Neoji, according to the creators, "is a sleek and elegant device that functions like [...]
3DLT was recently invited to present at The Dark Horse Competition. The event took place last Friday at the Plug and Play Tech Center in Silicon Valley. Attendees heard keynotes from prominent Chinese and US investors, and pitches from twelve Chinese startups, who were there to compete against twelve American startups, including 3DLT. While Dark [...]
Skye Energy provides a cloud software platform for commercial building energy and water operational analysis and detailed efficiency recommendations. Building owners can share their building details and opportunities with marketplace providers that can bring greater detail to the analysis and submit energy and water efficiency project ideas.
Over the past few days, we have come across some really inventive energy projects. On Monday of this week, we told you a little bit about the Solar Roadways project. The project we are looking at today, however, is a wholly new way to generate energy. The Solar Wind Energy Tower uses a combination of [...]
Everyone is trying to save the environment with this green product or that zero emissions device. This is all well and good, but there is one question that no one has asked yet: is there an environmentally friendly way to shill my beer? Yes, it turns out there is. Feast your eyes on the eCool, [...]
SolidEnergy, yet another company born out of MIT, is making amazing strides in the battery industry that will drastically reduce the cost of electric vehicles (EVs). The company is clearly on the brink of revolutionizing the battery industry, and the awards and honors are beginning to pile up.
It seems like the great majority of crowdfunding campaigns are somewhat trivial in the whole scope of things. A smartwatch; a new video game; funding for a new album; production of a comic book. This is not to take anything away from projects funded through crowdfunding, a lot of these are awesome. That said, the [...]
As wearabes and other small devices are growing in popularity, the problem of power has taken center stage. As it stands right now, battery life is the number one factor limiting wearables. Batteries are the single largest and bulkiest component of every single wearable on the market right now. Thus, companies are forced to decide between [...]
It looks like sugar is going to play a major role in the next generation of batteries. According to a newly published research paper, "Sugar-powered biobatteries could serve as next-generation green power sources, particularly for portable electronics." The battery developed by the research team, "has an unmatched energy density, a development that could replace conventional batteries with ones that are cheaper, refillable, and biodegradable."
Years ago, I had a kinetic watch. The battery was charged from everyday, normal movements: waling, driving, writing. You never had to worry about replacing the battery. If it stopped, all you had to do was shake it around. Since then, I have always wondered why that same concept could not be used in larger [...]
WakaWaka manufacturers extremely high-efficiency, low-cost solar lamps and solar chargers. Thus, WakaWaka - 'Shine Bright' in Swahili - is an apt name for the product. At CES, WakaWaka's CEO answered a few of our questions and even showed us their newest product.
We had a chance to speak with Abu Alim during One Spark. Alim was displaying his project, "Push and Go Electric Bike." Of all the projects that were on display at One Spark, Alim's electric bike is easily the one with the most potential. In a nutshell, the bike utilizes an open thermodynamic system that allows [...]
The latest editing software, whether you're talking about audio editing, movie editing or photo editing, all comes with a world of great shortcuts. In fact more editors, and creatives use shortcuts rather than mouse/click actions, it just makes handling a project go that much faster. But there can be a problem with shortcuts. Editing rooms, [...]
Orfos Flare Whether you're a recreational cyclist or fancy yourself a semi-pro cyclist, cycling at night has always been tricky. There are a variety of bicycle light solutions out there but many of them are either too cumbersome, too bright or not bright enough. It's great to have a lot of light but if that [...]
SolarCity, a clean energy company chaired by Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, is moving into 64 U.S. Best Buy stores across AZ, CA, HI, NY, and OR. SolarCity takes a very unique approach to clean energy
Battery Vampire Save Power It's a little known fact that when most people throw away alkaline batteries they still have half their power left inside of them. Couple that with the fact that billions and billions of batteries are thrown away every year and you have enough power to charge up over one billion iPhones [...]
On Wednesday May 7, BMW announced a brand new solar carport concept, to be launched alongside the upcoming launch of the BMW i8 plug-in hybrid: The international media launch of the BMW i8 in Los Angeles will include the presentation of a solar carport concept developed by BMW Group DesignworksUSA for the use of renewable energy. It [...]
