Information on Water Grass Biofuels

Using Algae as an Alternative Source of Energy?

algae growth system prototype NASA

Every year NASA stuns the minds involved with various scientific circles in the majority of countries around the world. Notwithstanding its substantial involvement in operating space shuttles, unloading humans on the surface of Mars, and detailed research of the planetary system, NASA is also one of the leaders in the market of innovative, environmentally friendly technologies. And notably, NASA is involved in the development and promotion of renewable energy distribution in technics and aircraft, also used by the agency itself.

One of the recent achievements of NASA scholars is the introduction of a method of biofuel cultivation based on water grass and waste waters, which one could guess might benefit both alternative energy implementation as well as urban ecology. Continue reading

Using WordPress Can Be Eco-Friendly Too

 Getting Online to Start a Blog or Site for Business

Wordpress Login Page

While the idea of being a “blogger” may have fallen off a bit in terms of popularity in recent years, the truth is, more people are online than ever before, operating blogs and basic websites in order to disseminate information and make some money in the process. Whether you realize it or not, the basic platform that software developers created, and countless other innovators have since added to as part of the open platform design behind WordPress, is behind a ton of websites currently existing on the web.

WordPress offers a ton of solutions for beginner bloggers just looking to get into the game online, going as far as hosting free sites with slightly limited functionality. And for the more advanced web designers and programmers out there, WordPress can function as the ultimate in user-friendly Content Management Systems (CMS), whereby the programmer uses the basic WordPress front end to design a more elaborate site. From this platform, widgets can be developed or brought in to add further functionality. And the best part? The back end, where users add content and publish information, is all still the basic WordPress design, making it super easy to use, and a real confidence-booster when designers have to turn over their newly minted sites to clients who may not have that much training in operating a website. Continue reading

VIDEO: GE Locomotives, The Science of Efficiency

In this new General Electric video, engineers explain why locomotives are the most efficient means of transporting goods over land. The clip offers a snapshot of the lab’s single power assembly and displays how engineers test concepts quickly and efficiently. It also provides some interesting facts about energy conservation and going green.


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INFOGRAPHIC: Mobile Phone Recycling Numbers

cell phone recycling infographic

Improvements in Solar Panel Technology

self cleaning solar panels

It is now widely held as common knowledge that solar panels are crucial technologies in the generation of solar energy. However, dust and dirt can possibly reduce the efficiency of solar panels by 80%, which has gotten the recent attention of scientists. Given this situation, a team of scientists has developed self-cleaning solar panels. This technology is already being used by NASA for trips to the moon and Mars, where solar energy is extremely important and the environment is full of dust.

The development of this technology is a result of the fact that to clean solar panel of dust is a fairly difficult thing to do because of the highly fragile photocells and the overall large area of the panels. So, it is nearly impossible to imagine how much time and effort one might spare for the cleaning of large banks of solar panels. In order to solve this problem, scientists from American Chemistry Association offered to use technologies that had been originally designed for space flights (by NASA particularly). Continue reading