Diatoms and Solar Nanotechnology

Article HERE Microscopic algae called diatoms could help triple the electrical output of experimental, dye-sensitized solar cells, according to researchers at Oregon State University and Portland State University. I won’t bother to summerize…

Who will stop burning coal? Transferring our Carbon footprint to the Third World

Nobody. By most estimates we have used about a third of the coal deposits on the planet. Led by western Europe, industrialized nations are moving towards a sustainable future.  Unfortunately this may mean that developing nations will reject sustainable technology in favor of the technologies we left behind. With the rise of Nanosolar it may [...]

CO2 + H2O = energy

This is well written article on converting Carbon Dioxide and water into energy using nanotubes.  The potential of nanotechnology often seems to good to be true and I really hope the promise pans out.   http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16621-sunpowered-device-converts-co2-into-fuel.html?DCMP=OTC-rss&nsref=environment http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/nl803258p

Nano Solar and nanoimprint lithography molds

Nanotechnology is great despite what you may have read in the Michael Crichton novel “Prey”.  I suppose the only problem is that our hands are too big. There has been a new breakthrough in the manufacturing of nano particles and by breakthrough I mean research by college students.  Metallic glass can be used to create a [...]

Why we need a Space Elevator

It can be done, we have the technology. and if that’s not reason enough… The launching of a Satellite will be a simple and relatively inexpensive proposition. No more Giant expenditures of rocket fuel so comcast can have more premium channels. Space exploration will be come much less expensive and maybe we can reduce NASA’s budget [...]