The PowerWall will store excess solar energy, take power from the grid when it’s cheapest, and provide back-up power in emergencies. Elon Musk has a vision of a world powered entirely... Read more
When you’re preparing to launch a computing platform for self-driving cars, it helps to bring one of the leading voices in automotive innovation along for the ride. That’s just what NVIDIA C... Read more
Bitcoin and 3-D printing aren’t just successful commercial innovations, but signals of a larger societal reset. Every so often, a novel technology emerges that propels society forward. The 1... Read more
The research demonstrates the potential of high-temperature superconductors for applications in a range of fields, including flywheels for energy storage, ‘magnetic separators’, which can be... Read more
Better Place may have given up on its electric vehicle battery swap technology, but Tesla is moving full-speed ahead. Here’s what the company’s ultra-fast swap stations look like. A few week... Read more
Since America’s love affair with cars really got rolling after World War II, nothing but a gasoline-burning internal combustion engine would do. Until now. The gearheads at Motor Trend have... Read more
I’m an optimist, I really am, especially when it comes to technology and its ability to transform the world. But today I can’t shake the feeling that we as a species are really screwing up.... Read more
The tiny Hiriko can fold up so it fits three to a normal parking spot The tiny Hiriko can fold up so it fits three to a normal parking spot, making it perfect for deploying in a crowd... Read more
Calling all Tesla fans! Electrical engineer Greg Leyh and his team at the Lightning on Demand organization (LOD) in California are raising the funds necessary to build the world... Read more
After 3.5 years, I’ve finally re-joined the community of car owners. Between February 2008 and last week, I was car-less. I borrowed and rented cars, took taxis and Zip cars, and occasionall... Read more
ONCE again, worrywarts in Washington are wringing their hands over possible shortages of so-called “critical materials” for America’s high-tech industries. In particular, the Department of E... Read more
Image by Getty Images via Daylife America has to start making things or the economy won’t work KIGALI, RWANDA– As I’ve mentioned before I like my entrepreneurs risk-taking and a little crazy... Read more
Image via Wikipedia Nikola Tesla once dreamed of being able to harness electricity from the air. Now, research being conducted at Brazil’s University of Campinas (UC) is indicating that such... Read more
A wind turbine that uses boundary layers instead of blades to generate power has been patented by Solar Aero, a New Hampshire based not-for-profit scientific research organization. Modeled o... Read more
