MIT

Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) havd developed solar windows using an invisible dye on the glass that spreads sunlight to the PV cells contained in the frame.

Researches at MIT have unveiled a new solar collection technology which can replace the need for bulky solar-panels and can increase solar energy by a factor of 40.

Efficient, low-cost solar apparently on it's way.

The CEO of Masdar, Dr. Sultan Al Jaber, presents Bush with a comprehensive display outlining the six business units of the initiative, including plans for Masdar City, the world's first zero-carbon, zero-waste city, and the Masdar Institute of Science and Technology (MIST), the region's first graduate-level academic institution focused on energy and sustainability and developed in cooperation with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology(MIT).

Nicholas Negroponte, founder and chairman of One Laptop Per Child project has broken his silence and slammed Intel for its decision last week to withdraw from the organisation’s board of directors, claiming they contributed nothing to the project to deliver cheap, green compupters to poverty striken children.

MIT student cyclists are using pedal power to run laptops and supercomputers in two different challenges.

Prototypes of the Windbelt have generated 40 milliwatts in 10-mph slivers of wind, making Shawn Frayne's device 10 to 30 times as efficient as the best microturbines. For his innovation, Shawn recently received a Popular Mechanics Breakthrough Award and I had the pleasure of hearing him speak during a conference held in the Hearst Tower penthouse.