Therapists once thought the therapeutic window closed six months after a stroke, however, a major clinical study has found that patients show modest yet meaningful gains in limb movement and an improved outlook on life years after suffering a stroke.  Researchers from Brown University, lead by Albert Lo who is assistant professor of neurology, used… »

Placed in the hills of Mill Valley, California, this custom home is the first LEED for Homes certified house in Marin County, and the second LEED Platinum house in Northern California. This home is a statement of what is possible when high design and high sustainability are combined. The house constructed at the 131 Hillside… »

Piezoelectric power generating technology isn’t quite new, however, its implementation and optimization is becoming more popular these days. We already wrote about Pavegen in one of our previous articles and in this article we’re going to write about an example in Toulouse, France. The energy provided by pedestrians is used to generate electricity in order… »

Microsoft Corp. unveiled two cell phones that are meant for social networking. At first, the new touch-screen phones named Kin One and Kin Two will be sold in the U.S. near May, and it will be followed by sales in Italy, Spain, Germany and the U.K sometime in fall this year. They are being made… »

We already wrote about various power suits, but this one differs in its purpose. A Tokyo Agriculture and Technology (TAT) University postgraduate student is seen demonstrating the new power-assist suit for elderly agriculture workers, developed by Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology professor Shigeki Toyama. He plans to set up a company in order to… »

GE Lighting’s new Energy Smart LED bulb – a 40-watt replacement is expected to consume just 9 watts, provide a 77 percent energy savings and produce nearly the same light output as a 40-watt incandescent bulb, while lasting more than 25 times as long. GE will put prototypes of the bulb on display at two… »

Researchers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, have successfully demonstrated the first robotic underwater vehicle to be powered entirely by natural, renewable, ocean thermal energy. The Sounding Oceanographic Lagrangrian Observer Thermal RECharging (SOLO-TREC) autonomous underwater vehicle uses a thermal recharging engine powered by the natural temperature differences found at different… »

To be honest, we skipped writing about the Solar Impulse HB-SIA airplane because we waited for a bit more exciting news (compared to previous tests performed on the ground). The Solar Impulse is a revolutionary concept which is envisioned in order to push back the limits of our knowledge in the field of materials, energy… »