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A UK company called Quiet Revolution has developed a unique model capable of blending into a business center creating not only a great visual display but also work as a renewable energy device.

The Japanese are intent on making train travel a more comfortable experience for everyone, women and children especially. Both trains contain hundreds of toys, TV screens showing cartoons, immaculately clean wooden flooring and cots for younger children.

Benefits include: no batteries required, reduced fuel consumption and dashboard protection from heat-related wear.

The pigments from dark-colored berries absorb sunlight extremely well. Since the extraction of the pigment is simple task, production of solar cells would increase. Unfortunately, efficiency rates are considerably lower

"Algae have great potential as a sustainable feedstock for production of diesel-type fuels with a very small CO2 footprint," said Graeme Sweeney, a Shell executive overseeing the project, in a statement. "This demonstration will be an important test of the technology and, critically, of commercial viability".

Goes on Green said today it applied for planning permission to site the first phase of its $61.4 million biodiesel facility

The company plans to produce 30,000 tonnes of biodiesel per year within 12 months of plant commissioning, and 180,000 tonnes when the facility reaches full production within 36 months.

A light source equivalent to a 20 watt bulb, that illuminates continuously for 12 years without the need for electricity or sunlight, that’s both non-toxic and inexpensive?

"Here we show that if men are abundant, this will influence the market value of their desired traits, that is, women can demand more. This aspect, namely individual decision making as a function of the mating market (local abundance or scarcity), has been relatively neglected within the literature on human mate choice."

With the European Union next year set to launch its Institute of Innovation and Technology, some EU capitals have already started their bids to house the institute. Austria, Hungary and Poland have said they would like to host the new European body, which is being promoted in Brussels as a flagship project to boost innovation, research and higher education.

Would electric cars really be any better for the environment than our current gas guzzlers? So much of our electricity comes from coal, after all, which isn't exactly the cleanest source of energy. Might we all be better off simply upgrading to more fuel-efficient vehicles—that is, ditching our Hummers in favor of Toyota Corollas? >

"We have already announced a commercial contract with Think Electric Vehicle in Norway," Charles Gassenheimer, chairman of Ener1, Inc. (OTCBB: ENEI) added, referring to a $70 million development and supply agreement signed in October. "It's the largest electric vehicle company in Europe. You will see our batteries in their cars by the end of 2008.

Wind Capital Group (WCG), one of America’s fastest-growing independent developers of wind energy, announced today that it has sold its 200 megawatt Buffalo Creek Wind Farm in Franklin County, Iowa, to Interstate Power and Light Co

If you don’t live in the southern part of the earth, you may have to wait ‘til the spring to enjoy this pop-up 42” plasma screen outdoor TV. By the looks of the Cal Flame U8000, it might just be worth being patient for as this could device could take center stage at your next barbecue party.

A Delaware-based startup called WildCharge thinks that it has a better approach. The company is selling a small metal pad, about the size of a sheet of paper, that can simultaneously charge multiple devices laid on top of it--as long as they're equipped with adaptors. WildCharge is now selling an adaptor for Motorola Razr phones, and it's developing others.