I was excited to read in the Observer Magzine green column about a new product called pavegen. This is a new sort of paving slab, which can store and use the energy from the people walking over it. The idea is that this will power street lighting… Continue reading
This post is published on Christmas day, and I have a heartening story for you. It comes from the desperately poor country of Malawi. William Kamkwamba was just an ordinary boy from a poor farming family. He loved science but when drought and famine struck his country his family could no longer afford to pay… Continue reading
I was intrigued to read on the BBC news site here and here about some new research on storing energy in paper batteries instead of (as now) metal ones.
It seems that although at present the paper batteries are very small and only sufficient to power a light bulb, if they can… Continue reading
