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Dragon Power Station Harnesses Kinetic Energy From Passing Vehicles to Power Stuff

Terry Kenney's Dragon Power Station prototype works by harnessing the kinetic energy of trucks passing over plates buried in the road and turning that energy into electricity. The system he's got set up now in the Port of Oakland, with 2,500 trucks passing over it in a day, is enough to power 1,750 homes. It's a very interesting concept that can be extended to busier streets, harnessing a little bit of the energy that would otherwise be lost. More »

2:00 PM on Thu May 1 2008
By Jason Chen
10,673 views, 58 comments

Latest by GadgetPlay: @ripfire4:"Why are we even discussing the science of this anyway? The system works!" At a net loss. Nice! @citizen024: "hybrids? ever more »

land ahoy

Rowing Across Canada in a 'Road-Boat'

In 2001 some Canadians tried to row across their home country using a "road-boat." This is a vehicle made of several rowing machines, powered by a group of muscular Canadians. They failed then, but now they're trying again. The team will be fund-raising for The Children's Wish Foundation of Canada, so we hope that this time they make it all the way. [Rowing Across Canada]

5:35 AM on Wed Aug 22 2007
By msparkes
1,349 views, 7 comments

Latest by Silenthillnight: I don't know why but I when I first read the header, I thought it said "Rowing Across Canada in more »

cellphones

ROAD S101 Linux Smartphone Has It All: Nokia Killer?


A few days ago, we wrote about a Linux based platform for phones. The ROAD S101 series phones are the sexy fruits of that open-souced nerd news. And surprisingly, they have enough nice hardware and software to give the similar Nokia Communicator 9500 a run for its money. The ROAD, which stands for Remote Office Access Device, flips open to reveal a keyboard with very large keys. The hardware includes a tiny monochrome 102 by 65 pixel external screen for dialing, and a beautiful 640 by 240 pixel display on the inside. The camera? A 2Megapixel setup. For connectivity, the GSM phone depends on EDGE data, but also does WiFi, Bluetooth, and infrared. There's an SD memory slot, too. So, it's very PC like. But so is the battery life of 5 hours while you're actively using using it as a mobile workstation. So much for telecommuting a long day from the beach. Jump for another picture, screenshots, and to read about the software inside. (It's cool stuff, actually.) More »

2:22 PM on Fri Aug 18 2006
By Brian Lam
1,934 views, 7 comments

Latest by dmdt: ROAD - twice the processor speed whilst keeping up with Communicator´s battery life? Another win. But more »