Don’t let NASA monopolize robotic exploration of the solar system. Using a couple of gear motors, solar ...

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Aeroplane wings - which are in fact, technically speaking the "aero-planes" themselves - are broad, flat surfaces ...

Kelsey D. Atherton at 09:51 AM Apr 23 2014
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Solar panels usually get placed somewhere in the sun, but out of sight. Rooftops, deserts,mausoleums. But what if ...

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Just in case those little solar-powered garden lights are not cool enough for you: The George Washington University ...

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A cathedral in Saskatoon, Saskatechewan recently installed stained glass windows embedded with solar panels that ...

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Say you wanted to make a pair of pants that are also able to act as solar panels. (Why not?) How do you know where ...

Francie Diep at 00:59 AM Jun 26 2013
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Solar panels make energy, but they take energy to make, too. And, until about 2010 or so, the solar panel industry ...

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