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A bright future with solar lanterns for India's poor

Other Sciences / Other

created Apr 27, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (19) | comments 0

Solar energy has the potential to improve the living conditions of poor rural households in India as well as contribute to the country's future energy security, according to Professor Govindasamy Agoramoorthy from Tajen University, ...





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Solar Cells with LEDs Provide Inexpensive Lighting

Technology / Energy

created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (17) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- Of the 1.5 billion people in developing countries who do not have electricity, many rely on kerosene lamps for light after the sun goes down. But now, researchers from Denmark have designed ...


Airbus is focusing fuels that can be used in existing aircraft without modifications

Alternative fuel 'can power 15% of flights by 2020'

Technology / Energy

created Nov 17, 2009 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Alternative fuels could power 15 percent of global air traffic by 2020 and 30 percent by 2030, European aircraft-maker Airbus said at the Dubai Airshow on Tuesday.


An Indian villager is seen reading a newspaper with the aid of a solar powered lamp

Solar lantern lights up rural India's dark nights

Technology / Energy

created Oct 23, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (9) | comments 1

For more than 100 Indian villages cut off from grid electricity, life no longer comes to an end after dark thanks to an innovative solar-powered lantern that offers hope to the nation's rural poor.


Study finds full-spectrum lighting has no effect on restaurant sales

Other Sciences / Other

created Sep 17, 2007 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

A real-life test of full-spectrum lamps in a local restaurant found no support for the idea that full-spectrum light changes diners' behavior, according to a new report issued by the Cornell Center for Hospitality Research.


US petroleum dependency factor of history

Space & Earth / Environment

created Feb 14, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 3

When the Drake Oil Well in Titusville, Pennsylvania began seeping crude oil 150 years ago, humanity allowed itself to become engulfed in the ecology of oil, according to a Penn State environmental historian. Now in the midst ...


Brightest LED Puts Light Bulbs in the Shade

Technology /

created Jun 14, 2005 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (18) | comments 0

Osram has developed the world’s brightest white light-emitting diode. Known as Ostar Lighting, this LED supplies 200 lumens, thus literally putting light bulbs and neon lamps in the shade. Previously, the brightest LED from ...


Aluminum foil lamps outshine incandescent lights

Physics / General Physics

created Jun 04, 2007 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (75) | comments 0

Researchers at the University of Illinois are developing panels of microcavity plasma lamps that may soon brighten people’s lives. The thin, lightweight panels could be used for residential and commercial lighting, and for ...


Standards Set for Energy-Conserving LED Lighting

Standards Set for Energy-Conserving LED Lighting

Electronics /

created Jun 26, 2008 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (21) | comments 10

Scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), in cooperation with national standards organizations, have taken the lead in developing the first two standards for solid-state lighting ...


ALL THAT GLITTERS IS NOW GOLD

All That Glitters Is Now Gold

Technology / Engineering

created Oct 01, 2009 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (5) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- In full sunlight at mid-day, gold objects are brilliant and richly colored. Put those same objects in a dark interior room with only fluorescent lamps, however, and they will look pale and ...


Tiny particles make LED light more pleasing (AP)

Tiny particles make LED light more pleasing

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created May 05, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (11) | comments 1

(AP) -- Light-emitting diodes are prime candidates for replacing inefficient incandescent bulbs, but have a few things working against them. They can provide a pleasing warm light or they can be energy-efficient, ...



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