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Clement Mokoenene from Ekurhuleni is a young South African entrepreneur that recently developed the Vehicle Energy Harvesting System. His invention produces electricity from road traffic.  Clement Mokoenene,  innovator of  Vehicle Energy Harvesting System Pictures of Vehicle Energy Harvesting System   The portable device  is a power station that transmits road trrafic to renewable energy.  According to him,  the pressure from the road traffic powers turbine that generate electricity. Writing on chivas.com, he explained that the device neither uses any raw material nor emmits greenhouse gases  making it environmental friendly.  The young innovator is in need of  funds to help him deliver renewable electricity at an affordable price and contribute to South Africa's economic growth and Africa at large. Clement said he got his idea of building a VEHS  from a plane landing: In 2011, I...

China successfully build the world largest floating solar farm on top of a deserted coal mine that can power 15,000 homes. The world’s largest floating solar farm, sitting on a lake that used to be a coal mine, is China’s latest effort to show case its commitment to renewable energy. With a 166,000 panels and a total capacity of 40 megawatts, the solar farm can produce enough energy to power 15,000 homes, the South China Morning Post reports . While it still consumes a lot of oil, coal and natural gas, China is experiencing an unprecedented solar boom. As of November 2017, solar PV accounted for 126 gigawatts, a spike of 67 percent compared to the same time in 2016. Crucially, the country is also trying to move away from highly polluting sources of energy, which are estimated to have contributed to 366,000 deaths in 2013 alone. The largest floating solar farm in the world.   Image Credit: Sungrow In its yearly overview of the world’s energy markets, the International E...

Two Nigerians from Ekwulobia, Aguata Council Area of Anambra State have manufactured a power generating set which requires neither fuel nor diesel to run. Messrs Gabriel Obinna and Moses Ezeilegbunam, are technicians with the drive to invent the generator set  to the high cost of petrol and interrupted power supply in the country. Obinna explained to journalists and other spectators how the generator works at Anambra Broadcasting Service (ABS) while show casing their product. The generator has 900 watts capacity and can be able to power a ceiling fan, standing fan, television and a table top refrigerator.  The generator can work for 48 hours nonstop  as it hardly requires maintenance.The innovators explained that with government’s support as well as those of affluent individuals in the society, they can construct one that can power air conditioners, refrigerators of all kinds, electric heater, among others. The duo said they intended to produce the gener...

The Heckler & Koch HK416 is an assault rifle/carbine designed and manufactured by Heckler & Koch. Although its design is in large part based on the AR-15 class of weapons, specifically the Colt M4 carbine family issued to the U.S. military , it uses an HK-proprietary short-stroke gas piston system originally derived from the ArmaLite AR-18 (the same system was also used in Heckler & Koch’s earlier G36 family of rifles). A Norwegian soldier armed with HK416N in Afghanistan   Heckler & Koch HK416N with 419  mm ( 16.1 in)  long barrel an Aimpoint, CompM4 ,red dot sight and a vertical fore grip. The HK416 gained fame as the weapon that United States Navy SEALs from DEVGRU Red Squadron used to kill Osama Bin Laden in 2011. Osama bin Laden, the founder and head of the Islamist group Al-Qaeda, was killed in Pakistan on May 2, 2011 shortly after 1:00 am PKT (20:00 UTC, May 1) by United States Navy SEALs of the U.S. Naval Special War...

The world’s first self-flying taxi known as volocopter has been launched at the Jumeirah Beach Park in Dubai, United Arab Emirates in an unmanned flight for the first time. The volocopter VC 200 was built by a German company e_volo that specialize in making automated air vehicles.   The volocopter is operated single handedly with a joystick which significantly reduces the risk of accidents in controversial helicopters.  The reason for the invention according to e_volo was to reduce the rising congestion of vehicles in urban cities all over the world. The two-seater AAT, is capable of transporting people without human intervention or a pilot according to Dubai Media Office. The volocopter is expected to be put into use in the fourth quarter of the year. It is powered by electricity and is highly safe. The self flying taxi comprises of 18 rotors to ensure secure cruising and landing in case of any rotor failure. Dubai believes that the self flying taxi s...