People often ask us whether they should be worried about UV emissions from their CFL light bulbs. The simple answer: YES CFLs generate light by exciting the Mercury vapor inside the lamp with electricity, generating Ultraviolet radiation, which stimulates the phosphor coating on the inner surface of the glass bulb, causing it to re-radiate most…
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Monthly Archives: March 2015
Salt Water to Drinking Water with the Power of the Sun
How do you create fresh water from salt water? Italian design engineering student Gabriele Diamanti has invented Eliodomestico, a solar still that requires NO electricity. This eco-distiller running on solar power is a very simple way to produce healthy, bacteria-free water and will provide safe drinking-water for people in developing countries. The Eliodomestico can produce…
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Transparent Windows Open the Possibility of Every Window Being a Solar Panel
Researchers at Michigan State University have created a fully transparent solar concentrator, which could turn any window or sheet of glass into a photovoltaic solar cell. According to Richard Lunt, who led the research, the team is confident that the transparent solar panels can be efficiently deployed in a wide range of settings, from “tall…
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Solar-Powered Plane: Its Here and Making History
Just over a century after the Wright brothers piloted the first airplane, which was fueled by gas, history is being made again with a plane powered completely by the sun. The Solar Impuse 2 took off from Abu Dhabi today in a potentially record breaking flight around the world. It is aimed to be the…
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