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Japan's IKAROS spacecraft is a pioneering technology for solar sailing. The ship launched in May and is the first one to be propelled entirely by sunlight. It manages to steer itself by using just the pressure of sunlight on "smart glass." Check out a video of the sail in movement.

Photo by Jaymi Heimbuch

The name Jacuzzi may be most often associated with spas and hot tubs, but in the Carneros region of Sonoma, California, locals know that the family surname also means great wine.

Vineyard owner Fred Cline--the grandson of Valeriano Jacuzzi--began making wine even before he was even old enough to drink it.

The graphene organic photovoltaic manufacturing process.

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The introduction of solar feed-in tariffs in the UK caused great debate—with some claiming they were a rip off and solar was pointless in such a cloudy environment.

Project Runway's Seth Aaron Henderson's winning fall 2010 collection. Images courtesy of Lifetime.

While we're still enjoying the hip summer accessories of this summer season, the upcoming spring/summer 2011 collections, set to hit runways in fashion weeks around the globe, are hot on our radar.

Image Credit: VisLab Intercontinental Autonomous Challenge

If you're planning on driving from Rome to Shanghai this summer, you might encounter two small, orange cars along the route. Covered with seven cameras and four laser scanners each, they'll look a bit different from your car. And the driver...well that's the thing. There is no driver.

Photo: Qinetiq

Thanks to Solar Power
A week ago we wrote about the Zephyr "Eternal Aircraft", an unmanned solar plane that had just broken many records by staying up in the air for 7 days.

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From flash cooking eggs with a Fresnel lens, to building your own solar space heater with discarded campaign signs, Dan and Denise Rojas of Green Power Science are clearly at the more Macgyver end of renewable energy.

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Breaking All Kinds of Records
A couple weeks ago we wrote about the Solar Impulse, a solar airplane that flew for over 24 hours straight. That was very impressive for an aircraft with someone on board, but compared to the solar-powered Zephyr unmanned aircraft, that's child's play.

LEGO CNC milling machine & open source robotic arm. Image credit: Marta Malé-Alemany.

Meet George Jetson: (FAB)BOTS are robots or machines that fabricate structures and spatial formations for architecture.