Konarka Solar Shade Coverings
Konarka and SKYshades are partnering, to make the first solar powered shade coverings.
This will mean that shade coverings such as those for playgrounds, carparks and restaurants, will now have solar cells on them and produce energy.
This seems to be very popular with carpark shading, as lots of money can be made back from the amount of solar cells required. Adding solar cells only increases the shading cost from $80 ot $120, so it is an investment well made.
Konarka technologies is also working on ‘powerbrellas’, so that restaurants and coffee shops can buy umbrellas with solar cells in them. They can then use these for electricity, or to let customers charge up their laptops from the umbrellas. This seems very cool, and I’ve got an image of starbucks now with konarka powerbrellas to compliment their Wi-Fi service.
Honda Clarity
The Honda Hydrogen Car, the Honda Clarity, is the world’s first commercially available hydrogen fuel cell car.
This car costs Honda about $200,000 each to make and about 200 of them will be available to purchase in the first three years of production, through the hydrogen fuel cell car lease program. Read more
Lucas Oil Stadium
The Lucas Oil Stadium is the new home of the NFL’s Indianapolis Colts. This stadium replaces the RCA dome as the Colts new stadium.
The construction cost $720 million, and has some interesting features. It can hold 63000 poeple, and can be expanded to 70,000 for the super bowl or NCAA basketball. Read more
Extreme Engineering – Freedom Ship, Millenium Tower, Strait of Gibraltar
If you’ve been watching the extreme engineering TV series on the Discovery Channel then you will know what I’m talking about. This TV show presents the best and most impressive engineering projects of the future.
Here are a few of the most popular ones: Read more