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Solar-powered planes for 3G and broadband
News A US-based technology firm is planning to launch unmanned solar-powered aeroplanes that would provide broadband Internet access and 3G mobile services to whole cities from 70,000 feet above the ground.
[July 23, 2002, 14:50]
Solar-powered mesh project helps find new frog
News A solar-powered wireless mesh network in the Amazon rainforest has played a part in the discovery of a new species of frog. We have lots of mesh networks where the occasional inaccessible mesh box gets power by solar or wind or replaceable battery...
[October 6, 2006, 15:35]
Solar Eclipse Maestro
Downloads Solar Eclipse Maestro controls up to 4 USB or Firewire connected cameras during a solar eclipse, so that you can be free to concentrate on observing the event visually. You must preprogram all exposure information according to a script.
[November 17, 2009, 2:35]
Solar Wars
Downloads Solar Wars is a turn-based space strategy game based in a distant solar system with up to 30 orbiting planets. Please note that Solar Wars only runs in screen resolutions of 1024x768 or higher. Start with your home world, then build up your ships...
[April 7, 2004, 13:23]
Solar server farm
Blog The article fails to mention that AISO.net has been relying on solar energy for the past ten years, but it's pretty cool nevertheless. Solar power may be a viable solution to power problems in countries which get a lot of sun, but it would take a...
[October 4, 2007, 17:19]
'Solar' breakthrough reveals green ambitions
Blog MIT Energy Storage Discovery Could Lead To "Unlimited" Solar Power! Illustrated with a large picture of a solar cell array, it has a familiar, breathless style: The process, loosely based on plant photosynthesis, uses solar energy to split water...
[October 26, 2008, 12:29]
3D Solar System
Downloads From the developer: "A rolling 3D solar system with all the planets and some big moons orbit. You can manually select view of planet or moon and the camera takes you there. It includes options like Angle of view, Orbit speed / Zoom.
[September 17, 2002, 6:49]
Samsung's Solar Powered mobile phone
Blog Samsung has just announced a solar powered mobile phone. Time will tell whether the solar panel can produce enough energy to keep the phone going satisfactorily. Clearly it can't charge overnight via solar, so does that mean taking it out of your...
[February 13, 2009, 7:17]
Intel expands solar focus with Voltaix investment
News Intel Capital on Tuesday ramped up its solar investments by pledging $12.5m for Voltaix. The US-based company makes chemicals for producing semiconductors and solar cells. Voltaix, which has provided semiconductor and thin film solar materials for...
[July 30, 2008, 8:28]
Solis Energy develops solar-powered Wi-Fi
News Someday, you might hook up to the internet through solar power. It also sells a product to run streetlights on solar power. Several US state governments are pushing for increased use of solar energy to cut power consumption and curb greenhouse-gas...
[August 28, 2007, 11:37]
Cherry CyMotion Master Solar - Hotkeys)
Downloads Cherry CyMotion Master Solar - Hotkeys)
[September 30, 2003, 8:00]
California utility to buy space-based solar energy
News California regulators on Thursday approved an ambitious project to beam solar energy from space, starting in 2016. Under a power purchase agreement approved by the California Public Utilities Commission, utility provider Pacific Gas & Electric will...
[December 4, 2009, 13:39]
Samsung's Solar Powered mobile phone
Blog Comment I love the idea of solar energy capture clothing, snaffling the energy generated while walking, and so on, and long for the technology to live up to the dream. I've yet to come across a solar charger for phones and other gadgets that works well...
[February 14, 2009, 9:52]
Solar System - Earth 3D screensaver
Downloads Solar System - Earth 3D screensaver invites you for an instant trip to space where you can admire the magnificent view of our planet shown against the twinkling stars. You can see the change of night and day along with the play of sunrays, as the...
[February 26, 2009, 17:39]
Solar System Sim
Downloads Solar System Sim simulates N-body problems in three dimensions and visualizes the solution in a compelling display. The simulation uses an attractive force between bodies which varies by the distance between them raised to a power of your choosing.
[May 22, 2006, 8:00]
Transparent solar cell? Can't see it myself
Blog News from the Far East: Japan's National Institute of Materials Science (NIMS) has built a prototype boron nitride solar cell. BN is particularly fascinating because it has a wide band-gap, an aspect of the way its electrons are configured that...
[September 9, 2008, 15:17]
Silicon balls drop in zero G for solar cell magic
Blog Rather magically, thousands of highly efficient, highly tiny, very spherical solar cells are created. What do you think happens when you dribble molten silicon at thousands of droplets per second through a 14 metre tube?
[March 10, 2008, 21:30]
Solar Winds
Downloads Solar Winds is a port of the Windows OpenGL screensaver made by Terence M. Welsh. All the good things in this screensaver are his.
[August 28, 2009, 18:43]
Comparison Between a Solar System and a Fuel Boiler for Greenhouse Air-Conditioning
White Papers The object of this study was to compare economically a solar system for greenhouse conditioning in order to maintain the greenhouse air temperature at 12? The solar system consists of a polypropylene capillary heat exchanger; it also has two...
[November 19, 2008, 23:00]
More solar flares warm satellite concerns
News The sun has erupted in a series of major solar flares for the second time in less than a week, producing geomagnetic storms that could threaten satellites, power grids and communications networks. According to at least one communications industry...
[October 30, 2003, 9:25]
