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- Clean energy-producing Light Up wins the 2018 LAGI competition in Melbourne Fri, 19 Oct 18, 7:00amNew York-based NH Architecture and Seattle architectural practice Olson Kundig placed first and second respectively in the 2018 Land Art Generator Initiative design competition in Melbourne, Australia...
- Olson Kundig solar sail proposal could power up to 200 Melbourne homes with clean energy Thu, 11 Oct 18, 7:00amAcclaimed architecture practice Olson Kundig is best known for its spectacular residential works in the Pacific Northwest, yet the Seattle-based firm has embarked on somewhat new ground in its recent submission to the 2018...
- Carl Sagan’s solar-powered LightSail spaceship to finally launch test flight Tue, 12 May 15, 1:23amAlmost forty years ago, legendary astronomer Carl Sagan unveiled his plans for a spacecraft with large 'sails' that can harness solar radiation so as to push itself through the universe in much the same way as a sailboat...
- NASA Announces Plans to Launch the Largest Solar Sail Ever Created Fri, 30 Sep 11, 7:21amSolar activity sometimes causes disturbances through massive flares, but the energy can also be used to increase in-space propulsion capability – harnessing solar power with solar sails could expand future exploration...
- Chinese Researchers Plan to Use a Solar Sail to Save Earth from Asteroid Collision Sat, 20 Aug 11, 3:10amChinese researchers plan to build a solar sail-powered spacecraft that will launch into space in the near future on a suicide mission to save planet Earth...
- Take a Guilt-Free Road Trip in NAU’s All-Electric Ecco Camper Vehicle Thu, 26 May 11, 1:21amRead the rest of Take a Guilt-Free Road Trip in NAU’s All-Electric Ecco Camper Vehicle Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: ECCO, electric vehicle, green technology, green transportation, guilt-free...
- NASA Set to Launch Solar NanoSail into Space Fri, 20 Aug 10, 4:41amThis year Inhabitat brought you the Japanese space agency’s successful deployment and use of a solar sail to propel its spacecraft Ikaros, and now NASA announced plans this week for its own solar sail mission...
- Japan’s Ikaros Spacecraft Successfully Propelled by Solar Sail Sat, 17 Jul 10, 3:30amWe’ve been following the progress of the Japanese spaceship IKAROS — the first to unfurl a solar sail in deep space. Today, the ship made the only first that really matters: it caught the sun’s rays with...
- Japanese Spacecraft Successfully Deploys First Solar Sail in Space Fri, 11 Jun 10, 3:45amthe Japanese space agency, JAXA, successfully unfurled a solar sail in space for the first time.