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Process desalinates water, produces hydrogen and treats wastewater

By Damir Beciri
One Comment11 December 2010

ren-groupThere are many efforts to invent ways to make water desalination a low energy consumption process. Water purification usually requires a lot of energy as well, while utility companies need large amounts of water for energy production. Their goal is to find a low-energy-required treatment technology. Researchers from the University of Colorado Denver College of… »

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Fujitsu hybrid energy harvesting device generates electricity from heat or light

By Damir Beciri
2 Comments9 December 2010

fujitsu-hybrid-energy-harvesting-device-1Using ambient energy (such as light, vibration, heat, radio waves, etc.) to produce electrical energy is being developed by many researchers around the globe. The folks from Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd. recently announced that they have developed a new hybrid energy harvesting device capable to generate electricity from either heat or light. Instead using multiple harvesting… »

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Zebra Imaging digital prints provide eyewear free 3D images

By Damir Beciri
One Comment8 December 2010

zebra-imaging-holographic-digital-printsWe already wrote many articles regarding 3D image reproduction such as 3D displays, physical 3D pixels, and various ways to simulate holography as well as the real photography stored in 3D, and in this article we’re going to write about holographic digital prints from Zebra Imaging, a company founded in 1996 by graduates of the… »

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Green architecture – Misool Eco Resort, Indonesia

By Damir Beciri
7 December 2010

misool-eco-resort-1Misool Eco Resort is an exclusive dive resort and conservation centre located in the southern part of Raja Ampat, Indonesia. It is located at a private resort island Batbitim, which is fringe with powder-white beaches, protected by stunning clear lagoons and abundant reefs. With just nine guest holiday cottages, Misool Eco Resort is able to… »

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Robots imitate honeybees for aircraft aerobatics

By Damir Beciri
3 December 2010

flower-honeybeeBy allowing aircraft to quickly sense which way is “up” by imitating how honeybees see, engineers and researchers at The Vision Centre, Queensland Brain Institute and the School of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering at The University of Queensland, have enabled planes to guide themselves through extreme maneuvers, including the loop, the barrel roll and… »

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QD Vision and LG team up on QLED displays development

By Damir Beciri
2 December 2010

qd-vision-qled-1QD Vision, Inc. and LG Display announced a joint development agreement focused on creating highly-efficient, high-performance active matrix displays based on electroluminescent quantum dot LED (QLED) nanotechnology. Quantum dot light emitting diodes (QLEDs) represent an advanced electroluminescent technology that shows the potential to be used for the next generation of electronic displays and solid-state lighting… »

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Green architecture – The Park Hotel in Hyderabad, India

By Damir Beciri
2 Comments29 November 2010

the-park-hotel-hyderabad-1The recently completed The Park Hotel Hyderabad, the flagship hotel for The Park Hotel Group, has achieved the first LEED Gold certification for a hotel in India. This 49 382 square-meter (531,550-square-foot), 270-room hotel infuses a modern, sustainable design with the local craft traditions, and is influenced by the region’s reputation as a center for… »

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Research breakthrough may lead to disposable e-readers

By Damir Beciri
23 November 2010

andrew-stecklA discovery by University of Cincinnati researchers could revolutionize display technology with e-paper that’s fast enough for video yet cheap enough to be disposable. In their research, Andrew Steckl and UC doctoral student Duk Young Kim demonstrated that paper could be used as a flexible host material for an electrowetting (EW) device. EW involves applying… »