Radio Controlled Hydrogen Powered Car; Airbus ‘Sharklet’ Wingtip; Fuel cell vehicles; Uber-Thin Modular Solar Panels; Design concept ’shelf’

H2Go Radio Controlled Hydrogen Powered Car This is a far cry from what I had as a kid. The H2Go Radio Controlled Hydrogen Powered Car is probably one of the most advanced eco and educational toys you’ll ever see for children. Basically the car is powered using hydrogen gas, and can reach speeds of up to 6 miles an hour (which is a scale speed equivalent to 80mph!).

Airbus ‘Sharklet’ Wingtip Design Reduces Fuel Use 3.5% Airbus is developing new “Sharklet” wingtip devices for its A320 aircraft that are expected to cut fuel burn by 3.5 percent and reduce 730 metric tons of CO2 emissions per plane annually.

Fuel cell vehicles finish 707-mile demonstration run in Japan Over the course of the trip the three vehicles covered 706.5 miles and consumed 28.8 kg of hydrogen. That works out to an average of 73.6 miles / kg. One kg of hydrogen has roughly the energy equivalent of one gallon of gasoline, so the mileage works out to about 73-74 mpg.

Uber-Thin Modular Solar Panels One innovative company at the forefront of the solar energy bustle is Sulfurcell, the producer of a new kind of modular solar panel that add energy-generating capabilities to any building. The super-thin panels are entirely self contained, so they don’t require any substructure, and they can be applied to new buildings as well as retrofitted old buildings to provide a sleek look and plenty of power.

Design concept ’shelf’ protects your car while solar charging China’s Leon Zhu came up with this innovative yet simple way to simultaneously protect your car’s exterior from the elements and collect solar energy. The idea is that when folded the shelf would provide energy for the car’s electronic systems and air conditioning system.