NEW Graphene Solar Panels Generate Energy When it Rains
Graphene is a game-changing material that is already having a pretty big influence in the solar cell and battery storage industries. The potential that this promises could not only lower …
World’s Most Efficient Solar Panel Unveiled by SolarCity & Tesla CEO Elon Musk
Tesla and Solar City are have been doing exciting things over the past couple years. Tesla for both their introduction of the Powerwall off grid home battery system, the new affordable $35k Tesla …
NEW Battery Tech Could Power Your Off Grid Cabin For More Than 500 Years
These nanowire-enhanced electrodes can withstand 200,000 cycles without losing capacity. Making the battery essentially last a lifetime before needing replacement. Typical rechargeable batteries in cellphones, computers, and cars only last a …
DIY Electric Car: Home-Built 1.5 Megawatt 800HP Electric Powered 68 Mustang Fastback
A 68 Mustang Fastback makes the perfect DIY electric car. Usually, when you think of Hybrids or electric vehicles, you think of tiny, two seater geek-mobiles or soccer moms in …
How Shipping Containers Are Made
Shipping containers aren’t just for shipping things, they also make great homes. Shipping containers are inexpensive, modular, sturdy, easily transported, and are ready made for conversion into a home. A …
12 Awesome Innovative Solar Powered Gadgets
In today’s world, most of us are paying attention to renewable energy and finding alternatives to the power we consume on a daily basis. New solar-powered gadgets pop up continuously, …
Wikihouse Download and Print Your Own House
Imagine downloading your house online and “printing” it out on a machine. You don’t have to imagine it. London-based Architect Alastair Parvin and his team have created a revolutionary home-building …
1 Million Pounds of Food Per Acre?! Ultra High Yield Solar Powered Vertical Aquaponics System
Food production systems of the future will need to maximize available space in ways that traditional farming can’t. I’ve designed this concept with that in mind: an ultra high yield …
Pricey or Practical? Prefab Modular Architecture vs Recycled Shipping Container Homes
ZeroHouse is a prefab concept home designed by architect Scott Specht. It is an off the grid, high-tech, modular, completely self-sufficient home. It’s a very cool design – similar to …
Living Off Grid Doesn’t Mean “Primitive Living”
HIGH TECH OFF GRID LIVING: There are always purists in any group of people, club or niche area of interest. Everyone, it seems, has an opinion, and somehow they believe …