|
Innovation Blog |
|
msnbc.com: Innovation
|
Msnbc.com is a leader in breaking news and original journalism.
|
|
|
-
Robotic spy planes go green
Robot spy planes are harnessing alternative energy to make them more covert and longer lasting than ever.
 
AlternativeEnergy - Technology - Energy - Environment - Renewable
-
Zap! Light used to paralyze tiny creatures
Set your ultraviolet rays to stun. Researchers have now developed a molecular on-off switch that can paralyze animals when they are exposed to ultraviolet beams.
 
Light - Ultraviolet - Shopping - Technology - Home and Garden
-
Could cheap algae oil power our energy future?
Algae oil production on land is expensive, but the costs could go down if brought out to sea.
 
Extraction of petroleum - Energy - Business - Oil and Gas - Operating Companies
-
Hyperlens sharpens sights with sound
A versatile, new hyperlens could soon give expecting parents high-definition baby pictures as well as provide ship captains incredibly accurate maps of the sea floor.

Home - Family - Baby Homepages - Babies - Shopping
-
Radioactive batteries keep going and going
With the ability to keep electronic devices powered for years, radioactive batteries could handle even the most extended iTunes playlist.
 
Electronics - Business - Batteries - Consumer electronics - ITunes
-
7 ways to generate and save energy at home
After you’ve replaced your incandescent lightbulbs with fluorescent and chucked the energy-hogging fridge, it’s time to integrate reduced energy use with at-home generation.
 
Energy - Technology - Conservation - Energy Efficiency - Organizations
-
Fastest computer used for planet-saving science
At least for the moment, the world's fastest supercomputer is devoted to solving scientific questions that may save the planet — climate change, renewable energy, new medicines — rather than advances in nuclear weapons that might blow it up.
 
 
Climate change - Renewable energy - Nuclear weapon - Environment - Supercomputer
-
6 ways to smarten the electricity grid
Check out some of the technologies supported by President Barack Obama’s $3.4 billion in grants for projects designed to modernize the grid with cutting-edge innovations.
 
 
Barack Obama - Electricity - United States - Politics - Society and Culture
-
Army using spray foam to keep tents cool
To cool down sweaty troops and improve energy efficiency, the U.S. military recently began coating 900 air-conditioned tents with spray-on insulating foam.
 
Efficient energy use - United States armed forces - Technology - Energy - Conservation
-
10 cool gadgets we really, really want
Santa's little helpers have been busy cranking out some great stuff, from connected media players and multitouch screens to wafer-thin HDTVs and groovy netbooks.
 
Netbook - Gadgets - Components - Shopping - Business and Economy
-
The reality of flying cars
Flying cars have long filled our fantasies. That fantasy may will become a reality within the next five years. These six designs might someday soon send you soaring over traffic jams.
 
Traffic congestion - Flying car - Recreation - Aviation - Aircraft
-
Snail goo may turn out to be a lifesaver
A new material modeled after the egg case of a snail could have a variety of applications from bungee cords to artificial ligaments.
 
Snail - Agriculture - Animals - Snail mail - Eggs
-
IntelliDrive program blends technology, safety
The Department of Transportation’s IntelliDrive program brings together government, industry, academia and others to specify, develop and produce technology for safer driving.
 
United States Department of Transportation - Government - Technology - United States - Transportation Department
-
Fool’s gold: A golden opportunity for solar
Scientists from the University of California, Berkeley and Switzerland-based NLV Solar are developing solar cells based on one of the most widely available minerals on the planet, pyrite.
 
 
University of California Berkeley - University of California - Switzerland - Gold - Pyrite
|
|