Solar Electricity - Students Use Car Parts For Solar Power

MIT students use car parts and plumbing supplies to produce heat, electricity and cooling for developing countries.

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University of Texas at Dallas

Students build, test solar-powered car Jacksonville Daily Progress ... 11:28 AM CDT. BULLARD — A prototype of a solar-powered car made by a group of 20 students participating the University of Texas at Dallas' Solar Car Camp almost made the approximate 100-mile test run from Seagoville, Texas to the Bullard High ... Solar cars race in SullivanTimes Herald-Record all 12 news articles »

Daily Californian

CalSol solar powered car wins fourth place in American Solar Challenge Daily Californian Fourteen members from the mechanical and electrical teams attended the race between teams of college students from around the country who build and drive solar-powered cars, which ran from July 6 to 14 from New York to Minnesota. Ben Chen, a junior in ... and more »

Officials gather at Bolingbrook IKEA on solar energy use The Bugle Officials gather at Bolingbrook IKEA on solar energy use ... community leaders and solar industry representatives gathered Wednesday at the Bolingbrook IKEA store to flip the switch that actually conserves energy to the equivalent of powering up 112 ... and more »

UC Merced Connect: Students from S. Korea get solar lessons Sacramento Bee "We want to learn more about how we can better use solar energy in South Korea," student Keeryung Park said. The summer program is partially underwritten by Korea's Educational Institute of Energy, which includes Hyundai as one of its major sponsors. and more »

FuelFix (blog)

Nuclear generator powers Curiosity Mars mission Technology Review (blog) Solar panels, used in the past Mars missions, were passed up in favor of a space battery for powering the car-size Curiosity robot. Martin LaMonica. Tuesday, August 7 ... Thermoelectric devices on the generator convert the heat into electricity with no ... His other car is on MarsCNN How to power Curiosity from a planet awayFuelFix (blog) NASA Spacecraft Speeding Toward A Landing On MarsWITN Fox 31 KDVR.com all 10,004 news articles »