Articles in the Category: Wind
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Energy, Environment, Science & Religion, Video, Wind on 12 14th, 2009 | No Comments
Wind Powered Menorah
Two Yeshiva University students are introducing science to religion in the wind tunnel of New York where powerful blasts of air rip down skyscraper lined streets. Wind power offers a new way to power Hanukkah.
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Adaptation and Extinction, Backyard Science, Books, Ecology, Environment, Global Warming, Physics and Chemistry, Video, Wind on 10 28th, 2009 | 3 Comments
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
They call William Kamkwamba “the boy who harnessed the wind.” At 14, after dropping out of school, the African boy in a rural Malawi village taught himself how electricity works, and built a windmill from scraps and pieces of a bicycle.
Now 22, Kamkwmaba has a book, detailing how he built...
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Adaptation and Extinction, Energy, Environment, Featured Articles, Global Warming, Politics and Science, President Obama Science Policy, SciClips, Solar, Video, Wind on 09 23rd, 2009 | 1 Comment
President Obama Vows to Fight Climate Change
President Obama Addresses UN Climate Summit
In what could be considered his most strongly-worded warning about the threat of climate change, U.S. President Barack Obama told the United Nations that there is little time to act before permanent environmental damage is irreversible.
In a stirring speech,...
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Energy, Global Warming, New Inventions, Video, Wind on 03 27th, 2009 | 2 Comments
Kites for Clean Energy
Dr. Saul Griffith unveils the invention his company Makani Power has been working on at this year’s TED Talk. Spoiler alert…it requires giant kite turbines that create surprising amounts of clean, renewable energy.
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Climate, Energy, Global Warming, Solar, Video, Wind on 12 31st, 2008 | No Comments
Carbon-free City Under Construction
Watch the video Carbon-free City Under Construction.
The first city in the world to be completely carbon free is being built in the Gulf state of Abu Dhabi. When it’s finished, there will be no cars and all of the city’s energy will come from the sun and wind.
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Biology, Engineering, SciClips, Solar, Wind on 09 3rd, 2008 | No Comments
Sunflower Houses
Dynamic Tower, Dubai, courtesy of Dynamic Architecture
A home that orients toward the sun is considered heliotropic. But there are a few homes that rotate, to actually follow the sun.
Those mimic Mother Nature and are an example of biomimicry. Even though they are rare, rotating homes are popping...
Oil Maverick Pushes Wind
Texas oilman T. Boone Pickens opened an advertising campaign Tuesday in an attempt to bring more focus to solving the nation’s energy crisis.
Dynamic Engineering
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http://ishare.rediff.com/video/news-politics/dynamic-architecture-by-david-fisher/360062
Architect Dr. David Fisher unveiled his latest creation this week — a new revolving residential tower. Each floor will rotate, creating the first rotating skyscraper.
And, it will...
