Bristol -
Engine Shed has lanced the Scale Up Generator website, in partnership with West of England Growth Hub. This is designed to help a growing companies find the business and technical support they need to grow faster and bigger
Scientists have developed a system that is based on the branches and leaves of a cottonwood tree. The device produces energy as its artificial leaves sway in the breeze, harnessing wind power to generate electricity.
With an ever increasing amount of battery-powered tech entering our lives, finding the time to charge them can be difficult. A new invention seeks to change that though by allowing the millions of cycling commuters to charge their devices as they ride.
Palma -
Two workers suffered serious injuries when a generator exploded in the parking lot of the Son Moix stadium in Palma on the Spanish Balearic island of Mallorca. A third person suffered lesser injuries.
Finding alternative sources of energy may not be easy for some, but sometimes it's where the rubber meets the road. Entrepreneurs are taking note, experimenting with small wind turbines lining the roads, solar arrays, and speed bumps.
In 1952, scientists wanted to see how well the world’s first computer “Mark One ‘Baby’” performed, so they programmed it to create "love poems." Another researcher has now developed an online version of that "love poetry generator."
The problem with a lot of modern equipment, notably wireless sensors, is replacing batteries. With pacemakers it’s worse. It’s difficult, no fun for the patient, and now it’s avoidable.
