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Norway’s Turbine City Concept Should Be The Future of Energy and Tourism

Norway already boasts the world’s first floating wind turbine, and is apparently the windiest coastline in Europe, making it perfect for even more turbines. Or a turbine city, like On Office‘s proposal which shows a stunning vision of the future. The Turbine City concept from the architectural firm not only harnesses all that valuable wind,…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Jan 22

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Case-Mate Designs Kindle Case, Proves They Don’t Understand Kindle…Famous Watchmaker Teams With Famous Carmaker To Launch Least Famous Phone Ever…Designer Discovers Way To Make Bike Seats More Uncomfortable…Wind Turbines Go Stealth to Quit Screwing Up Radar Case-Mate, the people who used to make zipper booklets for CDs, built the $80 Enlighten case that lights up…

Commerce Wilson Rothman Nov 2

Aliens Send a Message to UK: Wind Power Sucks

What on Earth could have caused this wind turbine in the UK to break so catastrophically? Let’s skip all rational explanations and jump right to the conclusion that is on everyone’s lips—aliens did it. Indeed, several residents of the village of Conisholme, in Lincolnshire claim that they saw bright streaks in the sky “like an…

Tech News Sean Fallon Jan 13

Wind Turbines Murdering Bats By Popping Their Lungs

On the list of ways to go, having your lungs explode is definitely on the gnarlier side. Too bad for bats in treehugging locales, though, because that’s what’s happening to them, due to a pretty serious error with their awesome echolcation systems crossing with the seemingly benign forces of Bernoulli’s principle put into motion by…

Tech News John Mahoney Aug 25

Rock Port, Missouri, is First US City to Generate All Its Electricity From Wind Turbines

(Photo by Steve Morse) Not to be outdone by those crazy Danish bastards out on the isle of Samso, Science Daily reports an equally crazy group of Missourian bastards in Rock Port now generate all their electricity using wind turbines. Rock Port went completely wind-powered last week, making use of the 75 wind turbines spread…

Tech News Adrian Covert Jul 25

Lunatics Base-Jumping Off Giant Wind Turbines Have More Guts Than We Do

The idea of diving out of an airplane with essentially just a thin envelope of fabric protecting me from splattering my organs all over concrete like postmodern art makes me want to pee myself. Yet somehow jumping off a giant, bird-blending propeller blade, almost thirty stories up, makes me want to poop myself too. And…

Tech News Matt Buchanan Jul 24

AeroCam Turbine First to be Blowin’ in the Wind for Under $1 Per Watt

The “$1 per Watt” barrier may not sound as impressive as the sound barrier, but this next-gen wind turbine is the first, and has an unusual design. The AeroCam’s horizontal-axis, flat-blade shape has blades that’re dynamically angled to maximize wind-catching. It’s also compact, so can fit into urban environments, and captures wind from any direction.…

Gadgets Kit Eaton Jun 20

Exploding Wind Turbine Video is Destruction Delicious

Click to viewWind turbines are becoming ever more ubiquitous thanks to their gradually lowering setup costs and relatively environmentally friendly energy production. It is a bit worrying then to see this particular wind turbine exploding in spectacular fashion. Worrying may actually be the wrong adjective—I believe the correct term is omfg-exploding-wind-turbine-destruction-is-so-satisfying-tastic. Check it out by…

Tech News Haroon Malik Feb 24

Huge Wind Turbine Powers 4,000 Homes

Who says wind power isn’t efficient? Enercon, Germany’s largest wind turbine manufacturer, has just unveiled the E112, the most powerful turbine in the world. With a span of a whopping 367 feet, this monster can power 4,000 homes at once. 4,000 homes?! That’s seriously impressive. I know that people don’t want to look out their…

Gadgets Adam Frucci Apr 30

Architectural Wind: Clean Energy, Birds Like It, Too

Harnessing energy from the wind is getting serious, and Arrow Vironoment takes it to the next level with Architectural Wind, a relatively small 6.5-foot, 60-pound turbine it rolled out at Wired’s Nextfest last week. It’s designed to mount on the top edge of a building, taking advantage of the unique aerodynamics of tall buildings, catching…

Gadgets Charlie White Oct 2

Norway’s Turbine City Concept Should Be The Future of Energy and Tourism

Remainders: Stuff We Didn’t Post (and Why)

Aliens Send a Message to UK: Wind Power Sucks

Wind Turbines Murdering Bats By Popping Their Lungs

Rock Port, Missouri, is First US City to Generate All Its Electricity From Wind Turbines

Lunatics Base-Jumping Off Giant Wind Turbines Have More Guts Than We Do

AeroCam Turbine First to be Blowin’ in the Wind for Under $1 Per Watt

Exploding Wind Turbine Video is Destruction Delicious

Huge Wind Turbine Powers 4,000 Homes

Architectural Wind: Clean Energy, Birds Like It, Too

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