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Pavegen Tiles Produce Power from Footsteps

Watch the video Pavegen Systems Product demonstration - YouTube

Pavegen tiles, invented by Laurence Kembell-Cook, who also happens to be the director of Pavegen Systems, represent an eco-friendly way of delivering energy. The tiles generate power by making use of kinetic energy which they harness on city streets.

In huge megapolises such invention would be highly appreciated and with no doubt people would welcome it as a low carbon creation.

The Pavenger tiles were designed for high foot-traffic regions, being able to produce electricity from pedestrians' footsteps and use it to power street lamps, speakers, signs and advertisements. The collected energy can also be stored in a lithium polymer battery for further use.

It is worth mentioning that the tiles, which are made of almost 100% recycled materials, produce 2.1 watts of electricity each hour, which is enough to light up the pedestrian crossings. They are also durable able to resist severe weather conditions. Besides, according to the company, its tiles boast a life of about 20 million footsteps, which is approximately 5 years.

At the moment these tiles are being tested in East London, where the company agreed with one of the schools to install its invention and power the building.

For the London 2012 Olympics Site, Pavegen Systems will mount its power-generating tiles in the crossing between the Olympic stadium and the Westfield Stratford City Shopping Center.

Source:
Latest Invention: Pavegen Tiles Produce Power from Footsteps - Environment - InfoNIAC - Latest Inventions

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Glass Cube Pavilion from MVRDV to Inform Visitors About Ocean Life



In just about 200 days, the 2012 World Expo will open its doors in South Korea and exclusively for the show the design studio MVRDV decided to set up a beautiful water cube pavilion.

The structure represents a combination of several water basins and its goal is to imitate the features of ocean life, be it deep sea, tropical waters or coral reefs.

It is worth mentioning that MVRDV was established in Rotterdam (The Netherlands) back in 1993. Its founders are Winy Maas, Jacob van Rijs and Nathalie de Vries. The studio creates various designs and carries out different studies in the fields of architecture, urbanism and landscape design.



The user-friendly glass cube, which resembles an aquarium, will make it possible for visitors of the exposition to learn more about the oceans.

Each basin of the structure can be individually illuminated so people could easily navigate it. The glass cube is enclosed in robust, double-layer glass walls.

Besides being beautiful on the outside, the structure is eco-friendly on the inside, being naturally ventilated, and having water purification system and seawater cooling technology.

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Glass Cube Pavilion from MVRDV to Inform Visitors About Ocean Life - Environment - InfoNIAC - Latest Inventions

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Solar Helium Cargo Aircraft

In the video below it seems that the test was carried out on the Nanuq.
Solar Ship Test Flights - YouTube

Most of airships designed to make cargo shipping more efficient remain on the paper, but the company called SolarShip, decided to bring one of the futuristic designs to life.

Recently it carried out a test of its brand new solar helium flying vehicle. The plane represents a mix of airship and airplane and is equipped with solar panels mounted over its cockpit and landing gear. The solar panels harness energy from sunlight to power the plane's engine.

The company looks forward to building 3 sizes of its ship: small, called Caracal; mid-size, called Chui, which can carry cargo weighting up to 1,000kg at a distance of 1,000km; and large cargo airship called Nanuq. The latter will be able to carry up to 30 tons of payload.

According to Jay Godsall, the founder of SolarShip, the aircraft will be a perfect product for any industry that deals with logistical issues. Among its customers there could be organizations that ship various medical supplies to African nations that lack roads and/or groups that attempt to reach earthquake victims. In 2012 and 2013 the company plans to demo its blimp planes.

Source:
Latest Invention: Solar Helium Cargo Aircraft - Technology - InfoNIAC - Latest Inventions

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Airborne Metro - Flying Airport Concept



Airbus A-380 showed that with the increase of a vehicle's size engineers are also increasing its efficiency, making it eco-friendlier. Following this logic in the near future huge aircrafts will be much more efficient.

One of the most daring projects in this field is entitled "Airborne Metro" and it involves the use of a large airship that will play the role of an airport. The craft is so big that other smaller planes will be able to land on it.

The designers of "Airborne Metro" concept say that the aircraft is like an express train in the sky. But apart from the train system we know, the Airborne Metro does not take passengers directly to a certain destination, but serves as a place where smaller vehicles with passengers land and where people can take another plane to get to their final destination.

The huge flying airport is able to carry up to 3,000 passengers. In order to transfer passengers to a plane, the latter would either have to land on the Airborne Metro or make use of a special docking system.

Undoubtedly such a huge aircraft would require a lot of energy to take off and land. In order to make it more efficient, the flying airport would most of the time stay in the sky, being powered by a nuclear reactor of some sort.

It has been estimated that the project lead to an overall fuel saving of up to 40 percent for a 600-mile journey and up to 80 percent for a 6,000-mile trip.

Source:
Design of the Day: Airborne Metro - Flying Airport Concept - Technology - InfoNIAC - Latest Inventions

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Biggest Tidal Energy Project to Be Launched in France in 2012

watch the video:Le projet hydrolien de Paimpol-Bréhat - YouTube

In 2012 we could witness the accomplishment of the world's greatest tidal power project. OpenHydro, a firm with headquarters in Ireland and EDF, a utility firm from France, decided to sponsor the construction of the four massive 850-ton turbines off the coast of France, in a place located near Paimpol-Bréhat in Brittany.

Once the project is finished, the four giant turbines will be able to harness tidal waves and generate enough electricity to power as much as 4,000 homes in the area. It is expected to become the largest tidal power array on the planet.

The Irish company is providing the four 2-megawatt turbines, 115 deep off the coast of Paimpol-Bréhat. Each turbine has a diameter of 72 feet and is anchored along the seabed.

It would be interesting to note that the biggest advantage of tidal turbine farms is that, apart from wind and solar plants, they work sight unseen, and due to the fact that they are located far from the coats, these turbines do noise provide noise pollution.

Source:http://www.infoniac.com/environment/...e-in-2012.html

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Robot that Can Ride a Bicycle, Balancing and Correcting Itself



Sometimes riding a bike is a tough challenge, which makes it even more interesting to see a robot do the same task. Interested in artificial intelligence, inventor Masahiko Yamaguchi came up with a miniature remote-controlled robot able to ride a small bicycle.

The robot can pedal using its feet and keep balance by adjusting handlebars. In order to make a machine capable of making corrections to avoid falling over, the inventor developed a control board with a SH7125 CPU core. He also fitted the design with a Tamagawa Seiki TAG201 gyroscope.

The balancing action of the small robot is controlled by a proportional-integral-derivative controller (PID). The developer explains that the PID control helps estimate how far to turn the handlebars when the frame tilts.

"Also, the robot needs to decide which direction to go in, so we use a remote control to instruct it," Yamaguchi added.

Source: Latest Invention: Robot that Can Ride a Bicycle, Balancing and Correcting Itself - Technology - InfoNIAC - Latest Inventions

In the video below you can see the miniature robot pedaling:Bipedal Cycling Robot Can Balance, Steer and Correct Itself #DigInfo - YouTube

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E-volo - One-Man Helicopter Invented by a German Team



A team of engineers from Technology Region Karlsruhe, in Germany, has carried out the first manned flight of its rather odd but still very original flying vehicle that has an exercise ball used as a landing gear.

Dubbed E-volo, the multicopter represents a one-man flying vehicle that features a steering system, 16 propellers and an electric motor that has a rather low level of noise pollution.

The vehicle is also lightweight and is able to support up to 176 pounds. The first test flight lasted a minute and a half.

The developers of E-volo say that their invention is a Segway for the air. Another interesting fact is that the vehicle can stay still in the air.

The team also wrote on its website that their flying machine "can be landed safely even with a malfunction of up to four engines."

Watch the video below to see the multicopter in action. World's first manned flight with an electric multicopter - YouTube

Source: Latest Invention: E-volo - One-Man Helicopter Invented by a German Team - Technology - InfoNIAC - Latest Inventions