Emerging Technology News

For a long time small package delivery has enjoyed the ease and convenience of electronic clearance and now this service has been made available to packages being delivered by air freight. Over 90 countries including the UK have agreed to use the paperless invoicing service for package delivery; a service that is not only free of charge but also saves time, money and trees.

While there are some theories that suggest by installing a solar heater system connected with your existing water heating system (geyser) you will damage the geyser, but in actual fact it may help to extend the life of your geyser. We take a closer look at how combining these two modern technologies can save you money and preserve the environment.

The many benefits of LED lights have been lauded for years and have resulted in thousands of people converting from the old candescent bulb to LED lighting. In fact, people rarely use calescent and fluorescent lighting anymore because one of the benefits of LED lights is that they can transmit bright and very high intensity light. For this reason they have been found useful to light up areas both indoors and outdoors, and are available in dimmable lights, strip lighting and module lighting, among others. There is sure to be LED lighting to suit your requirements, while simultaneously offering its myriad benefits.

In recent months, we’ve seen eco-friendly technology take a great leap forward with the advent of catalytic clothing. Designers at the London College of Fashion worked with experts at the University of Sheffield to produce the very first piece of catalytic fashion – a dress that cleans the air around the wearer. While the catalytic dress, titled Herself, is very beautiful, it’s hardly the most practical piece of clothing – so why not create functional workwear overalls and everyday catalytic clothing that offers the same environmental advantage?

Solar Cell technology has been used extensively over the last couple of decades as a viable and ecologically friendly source of power. Scientists are now looking at integrating these solar cell mechanisms into your clothing for a variety of applications, including remote and hazardous workers apparel. Imagine as an offshore oil worker if you could have technology embedded in your protective clothing, that should you require emergency communications that you would be able to ensure your phone has power. Not only for life saving scenarios, the ability to charge your small electronics on the go from power that is “up your sleeve”, so to speak, will appeal to workers and the general public alike.

Solar technology offers society an alternative means of energy that is environmentally friendly and freely available. However there is a problem with current technology whereby photovoltaic efficiency can only collect a maximum of about 30% of the available solar light. However, the recent invention of a flexible solar film may change things as it is supposedly able to capture up to 90% of the available light.

Solar fuel, is it the answer to all of our issues in life? As our planet is slowly drained of its precious resources, will we now turn to solar fuel in order to meet the needs of our energy crisis? Researchers from York have now started to use the power of Nanotechnology in order to supplement the solar batteries of today’s modern solar power devices. This was developed in a consortium which has already discovered how to produce the needed hydrogen out of water by using retro-fitted nano-fuel devices. This selfsame technology will now be used to create fuel from methane gasses and create forms of liquid methanol.

Looking for a tankless water heater? This is the latest in water saving technology and allows your home to be filled with hot water twenty-four-seven. This is a growing technology and it is important for the plumbing community to realize that it will take time for it to mature until it finds its way into the homes and hearts of many individuals on their client list; the new EnergyStar compliant tankless water heaters come with an electronic display and plumbers will need to upgrade their skills in order to install this complicated device.

The Indian-owned company Tata Steel has just opened a centre in North Wales where they plan to test sustainable green construction technologies to see how they can make their building projects more environmentally friendly. The new centre up north has been called the Sustainable Building Envelope Centre (SEBC) and is another way that Tata is showing its commitment to designing green solutions to the energy challenges facing the UK’s building and construction industry.

The Rockhopper TV crew is known for taking their cameras into hostile terrain, using the latest technology to document the world’s most pressing socio-economic and environmental issues. In 2009, Rockhopper TV filmed a BBC Documentary on climate change, looking at several major cities affected by drought, heat waves and other natural disasters.