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			<title>Slideshow: Energy Harvesters Lift Power From Surprising Sources</title>
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			<dc:creator>Elizabeth Montalbano</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[As energy efficiency becomes more and more a concern for makers of electronics devices, researchers are coming up with new ways to harvest energy from sound vibration, footsteps, and even electromagnetic fields in the air.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 06:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<title>The Power of Secret Energy</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The light amid darkness increased suspicions. A secret power source was the answer.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 05:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<title>Green Power Breaks Records in the West</title>
			<link>http://www.designnews.com/author.asp?section_id=1392&amp;doc_id=263150&amp;f_src=designnews_node_3063</link>
			<dc:creator>Ann R. Thryft</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[It has often been said that as California goes, so goes the nation. This spring, the state's wind power is setting energy generation records and solar energy generation is expected to rise sharply during the second half of 2013. ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 05:45:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<title>Slideshow: Next-Gen Wave Glider Robot Propelled by Solar</title>
			<link>http://www.designnews.com/author.asp?section_id=1392&amp;doc_id=262965&amp;f_src=designnews_node_3063</link>
			<dc:creator>Ann R. Thryft</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[The latest model of Liquid Robotics' Wave Glider autonomous, unmanned marine vehicle (UMV), the SV3, is reportedly the world's first hybrid wave- and solar-power-propelled unmanned ocean robot.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 06:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<title>How Safe Is Safe Enough?</title>
			<link>http://www.designnews.com/author.asp?section_id=1395&amp;doc_id=262955&amp;f_src=designnews_node_3063</link>
			<dc:creator>Charles Murray</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[One of the ugly truths of engineering is that life has a price. Cars, buildings, power plants, and industrial machinery can always be made safer for a cost, but manufacturers are at the mercy of the market.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 06:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<title>Researchers Harvest Energy From Planes</title>
			<link>http://www.designnews.com/author.asp?section_id=1386&amp;doc_id=262725&amp;f_src=designnews_node_3063</link>
			<dc:creator>Elizabeth Montalbano</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[A team of Viennese researchers has come up with a way to harvest energy from airplanes to power sensors attached to a plane's fuselage that can be used to monitor and collect data on aircraft structural health.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 05:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<title>Researchers Design Hybrid Solar-Vibration Energy Harvester</title>
			<link>http://www.designnews.com/author.asp?section_id=1386&amp;doc_id=262643&amp;f_src=designnews_node_3063</link>
			<dc:creator>Elizabeth Montalbano</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[Researchers from South Korea have devised a nanotechnology-inspired hybrid device that can harvest energy from both sunlight and sound vibrations simultaneously.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 05:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<title>Slideshow: Profs Say Fukushima Plant Passed Ultimate Test</title>
			<link>http://www.designnews.com/author.asp?section_id=1395&amp;doc_id=262577&amp;f_src=designnews_node_3063</link>
			<dc:creator>Charles Murray</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear powerplant performed beyond its best expectations after being struck by a mammoth earthquake and a 40-ft-high tidal wave in 2011, experts said.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2013 06:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<title>Wind Turbines Coming to a City Near You</title>
			<link>http://www.designnews.com/author.asp?section_id=1386&amp;doc_id=262482&amp;f_src=designnews_node_3063</link>
			<dc:creator>Elizabeth Montalbano</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[Professor Farzad Safaei of Australia's University of Wollongong has developed a wind turbine that can be used in urban areas via positioning on skyscrapers and other buildings.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 05:30:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<title>Researchers Use DVD Burner to Fabricate Microcapacitors</title>
			<link>http://www.designnews.com/author.asp?section_id=1386&amp;doc_id=262493&amp;f_src=designnews_node_3063</link>
			<dc:creator>Elizabeth Montalbano</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[UCLA researchers have designed a new way to fabricate microcapacitors that could provide a more efficient and cost-effective way to provide energy sources for micro devices that charge 100 to 1,000 times faster than standard batteries.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 04:45:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<title>Smart-City Technology Harvests Energy From Footsteps</title>
			<link>http://www.designnews.com/author.asp?section_id=1386&amp;doc_id=262295&amp;f_src=designnews_node_3063</link>
			<dc:creator>Elizabeth Montalbano</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[Energy-harvesting tiles from Pavegen store energy to be used to power streetlights or other infrastructure in urban areas. ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2013 05:45:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<title>Lead-Acid Could Challenge Lithium-Ion in Hybrids</title>
			<link>http://www.designnews.com/author.asp?section_id=1366&amp;doc_id=262198&amp;f_src=designnews_node_3063</link>
			<dc:creator>Charles Murray</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[With disenchantment in lithium-ion technology on the rise, lead-acid batteries may be poised to play a bigger role in green vehicles.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 18 Apr 2013 06:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<title>Corn, Wheat &amp; Rice Trash Make Concrete Stronger</title>
			<link>http://www.designnews.com/author.asp?section_id=1392&amp;doc_id=261936&amp;f_src=designnews_node_3063</link>
			<dc:creator>Ann R. Thryft</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[Kansas State University civil engineers have used the waste products of biofuels to make a stronger cement, a major ingredient of concrete, that also gives concrete a smaller carbon footprint. ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 05:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<title>Researchers Develop Recyclable Solar Cells From Trees</title>
			<link>http://www.designnews.com/author.asp?section_id=1386&amp;doc_id=261827&amp;f_src=designnews_node_3063</link>
			<dc:creator>Elizabeth Montalbano</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[Georgia Institute of Technology researchers have come up with a way to use a natural material in trees to develop solar cells that pave the way for recyclable, sustainable, and renewable solar-cell technology.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2013 05:30:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<title>Used Cooking Oil Powers Transatlantic Flights</title>
			<link>http://www.designnews.com/author.asp?section_id=1392&amp;doc_id=261688&amp;f_src=designnews_node_3063</link>
			<dc:creator>Ann R. Thryft</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[KLM Royal Dutch Airlines has begun weekly transatlantic flights from New York to Amsterdam using biofuel made from used cooking oil.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 09 Apr 2013 05:45:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<title>Charge Your Mobile Device via Text Message</title>
			<link>http://www.designnews.com/author.asp?section_id=1386&amp;doc_id=261751&amp;f_src=designnews_node_3063</link>
			<dc:creator>Elizabeth Montalbano</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[The BuffaloGrid Project aims to provide energy in electricity-poor regions by targeting mobile-phone recharging through the use of portable micro generators.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 09 Apr 2013 05:30:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<title>Report: 2013 Will Make or Break Alternative Fuels</title>
			<link>http://www.designnews.com/author.asp?section_id=1392&amp;doc_id=261517&amp;f_src=designnews_node_3063</link>
			<dc:creator>Ann R. Thryft</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[This will be the year that makes or breaks alternative fuel technologies in North America, according to a new report from Lux Research.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 04 Apr 2013 05:45:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<title>Quantum Cryptography Secures the Electrical Grid</title>
			<link>http://www.designnews.com/author.asp?section_id=1386&amp;doc_id=261288&amp;f_src=designnews_node_3063</link>
			<dc:creator>Cabe Atwell</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[Los Alamos National Laboratory develops Quantum Cryptography methods to protect the electrical grid from unwanted observers. ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 29 Mar 2013 05:45:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<title>Results: Your Opinions on a Design Ideas Forum</title>
			<link>http://www.designnews.com/author.asp?section_id=1392&amp;doc_id=260658&amp;f_src=designnews_node_3063</link>
			<dc:creator>Ann R. Thryft</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[Here's a summary of your ideas for starting a Design Ideas forum that poses design problems and asks for input from the community to help solve them in innovative ways. We also ask for a bit more feedback to help fine-tune things.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 25 Mar 2013 05:45:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<title>German Student Creates Device That Harvests Energy From Air</title>
			<link>http://www.designnews.com/author.asp?section_id=1386&amp;doc_id=260486&amp;f_src=designnews_node_3063</link>
			<dc:creator>Elizabeth Montalbano</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[A German university student has designed an energy harvester that derives energy from electromagnetic fields in the air to recharge small batteries and appliances.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 20 Mar 2013 05:45:00 EDT</pubDate>
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