Q & Q Solar-Powered Watches: Colorful, affordable timepieces requiring zero upkeep

Q & Q Solar-Powered Watches


Sometimes all you need from a watch is reliability and a little bit of vibrancy. Japanese brand Q & Q (which stands for quest and quality), founded in 1976 as part of ,…

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Interview: Solar Impulse: Bertrand Piccard and André Borschberg discuss what a solar plane means for exploration in the 21st century

Interview: Solar Impulse


Just after midnight on 4 May 2013, a plane eased into Phoenix’s Sky Harbor International Airport after completing a journey from Moffet Airfield near San Jose, CA. With the wingspan of an Airbus A340, it nevertheless landed as delicately as a single prop…

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Luci: Solving the crisis of energy poverty one solar-powered lamp at a time

Luci

Launched on Indiegogo this month, Luci is a proposed sustainable light source for the three billion people around the world living without electricity. Designed by the group MPOWERD, Luci is the first in a series of solar-powered products the company hopes will address the crippling effects of energy poverty…

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