Sungenis ya tiene la película En la próxima Primavera se va a proceder a anunciar al mundo científico un descubrimiento extraordinario, pero a diferencia de lo que suele ser habitual, esta vez no se utilizarán revistas especializadas sino una producción fílmica, cuyo titulo es “The Principle”, con todos los ingredientes espectaculares del más puro estilo Hollywood. La razón para este inusual anuncio es que todos los anteriores intentos de anunciar el descubrimiento, mediante artículos, publicaciones o libros divulgativos, han resultado más bien estériles pues han chocado con un muro inquebrantable erigido por el paradigma dominante, muy resistente a caer derribado. Veremos si son capaces de resistir a este embate. El productor ejecutivo de esta película, y documental científico es el americano Robert Sungenis, doctor en Teología y director de la Catholic Apologetic Internacional Publishing, y autor del libro “Galileo Was Wrong -The Church Was Right” que tanto hemos citado en este blog. ¡Agárrense! Bob Angelotti.
Welcome to the Global Cleantech 100 | Guardian Sustainable Business The fifth annual Global Cleantech 100 provides a snapshot of the most exciting, innovative and potentially significant cleantech companies. This year, 9,125 total nominations were whittled down to a final 100 via a three stage process. Nominations came from worldwide experts as well as "passive" nominations derived from analysing market data, taking votes of confidence in a company's ability to achieve high growth and high-market impact from market transactions, and major customer and partnership announcements. These nominations made a longlist of 5,864 companies (up 13% on last year). The result is a list that represents the breadth of cleantech innovation companies.
Scientists Develop Affordable Solar Panels That Work In The Dark It's about damn time, don't you think? Scientists at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory announced Wednesday that they have been able to confirm a new high-efficiency solar cell design that utilizes nearly the entire solar spectrum. Translation: They figured out a way to make solar panels generate electricity in the dark. CleanTechnica says , In earlier trials, the researchers used different alloys that achieved full spectrum responses but involved very high production costs. The Lawrence Berkeley breakthrough represents just one path to increasing the efficiency and lowering the cost of solar cells. In the meantime, you could just turn any metal surface into solar panels with photovoltaic spray paint . [Photo: Norby /Flickr]
Turn Steel Into Solar Panels With Photovoltaic Spray Paint No, it's not a joke or a crazy awesome futuristic concept . It's real. Tata Steel Europe (formerly Corus) and Swansea University in Wales, UK are collaborating to develop a spray-on technology that would transform steel sheets into solar panels. The technology has significant applications since it is highly efficient even in diffused sunlight. If extended, the technology can find its way to the automobile industry where photo-sensitive dyes can be applied to cars to generate electricity to split water into hydrogen and oxygen for fuel cells. Imagine the applications of such a product. The power options could be limitless. And if you think the spray-on solar technology is years away from reality, think again. The technology gains significance because the process of 'printing' these dyes on the steel sheets has already been mastered by Tata's European subsidiary Corus which is working on a new plant for the production of these steel sheets. [Photo: Jaredmoo /Flickr]
Renewable Energy Used to Make Drinking Water From Air Humidity – Blue Living Ideas Availability Published on June 18th, 2009 | by Jennifer Lance Scientists have discovered a way to make drinking water from the air’s humidity, even in arid regions. The system completely uses renewable energy and could provide water for many applications. Models have been built and tested in laboratories at the Fraunhofer Institute for Interfacial Engineering and Biotechnology IGB in Stuttgart. Image by hamed saber Scientists can make drinking water from desert air. Even in areas where there is no surface water or plant life, there is still moisture in the air. The process uses thermal solar collectors and photovoltaic cells, so it can function where there’s no electricity, such as in deserts. Removing the humidity from the air to make drinking water is a unique solution, but I wonder what the meteorological consequences would be to the environment. Would it affect precipitation in non-arid regions? About the Author