Remember the MiniPAK portable fuel cell that’s capable of recharging common electronic devices? The device, which converts hydrogen stored in a metal hydride solution with oxygen in the air to create electricity, provides four AA batteries worth of electrical power on each refill of its removable HydroSTIK. The only problem is that users of the [...]
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The HydroFILL Station Refills Fuel Cell Cartridges
July 22nd, 2010
The MiniPAK Portable Fuel Cell
June 16th, 2010
I have no idea if fuel cells are going to be the alternative energy source of the future, but if technology like the Bloom Box and products like the MiniPak from Horizon Fuel Cell start to permeate society, they’ll definitely be a strong contender. The MiniPak is a pocketable power source that generates up [...]
Wireless Power from WiFi
March 26th, 2010
Ok, so we’re not talking about powering light bulbs, TV’s, or anything substantial, but the idea is still almost as cool as beaming power from space. It seems that the geniuses at RCA have refined a technique by which the minute amounts of energy carried by a 2.4GHz WiFi signal can be harnessed and stored [...]
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Tags: battery, power, RCA AirPower, Wireless Power 
3 Comments »Japan to beam power from space…
November 8th, 2009
Recently, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) announced that it has partnered with several private Japanese companies to develop and deploy a network of solar panels in space. While this hopefully won’t turn out to be another space mirror, given the rise in humanity’s energy consumption it’s worth a try. Japan, having few domestic energy resources, [...]
Posted in Alternative Energy, Energy Storage and Transmission, Science, Space, Technology Tags: JAXA, solar panels, space, space solar power system 2 Comments »MotionPower could drive down energy needs…
October 21st, 2009
If we’re ever going to be a “green” society, energy conservation has to occur on both the macro and micro scales. Both the largest factories and smallest apartments must operate with concern for even the most minuscule amounts of wasted energy. Similarly, energy must be derived not only from large power centers, but also at [...]
