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Authentic Campbell-Stokes Sunshine Recorder

Anita Techviva — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 00:00:28 +0000

The Authentic Campbell-Stokes Sunshine Recorder is the sunshine recorder that is used worldwide by meteorologists to record the amount of sunshine in a given day. James Francis Campbell invented the sunshine recorder in 1853, which was refined by...

Eco Boats: Retired draftsman builds paddlewheel boat from reused materials

Anupam — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 07:18:58 +0000

Eco Factor: Boat constructed from recycled materials. After working on his dream for a total of nine years, Beardstown based Butch Williams, a retired draftsman at the Illinois Department of Transportation, is set to roll in his paddlewheel...

Eco Gadgets: USB Solar Charger doesn’t let you go back to the wall socket

Anupam — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 06:11:20 +0000

Eco Factor: Solar charger also allows be charging via USB. The market of solar chargers seems flooding with new entrants every day, but only a few recognize the nature of sunshine, which might not be present when you’re actually in need of...

Can Sunshine Power the U.S.?

Korey — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 19:28:28 +0000

With growing concern over climate change, alternatives to coal and natural gas combustion have never looked better.

Top 12 solar powered aircrafts

Vikas Shekhawat — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 23:04:04 +0000

In the latest scorching sci-fi movie ‘Sunshine’ set in the backdrop of the year 2057, the ‘real space age’ humans deliver a thermonuclear payload into the dying Sun in hope to bring it back to life. While writing this post,...

Sunshine prescribed for longer life

Ankita — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 22:23:25 +0000

Vitamin D which has made its importance felt in our lives by the role it plays in strengthening our bones has now, according to a research, been credited as being the key to longer life. A research conducted has linked low Vitamin D levels with...

Step out in sunshine and avoid beast cancer

Anupam Agnihotri — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 11:15:22 +0000

Exposure to sunshine daily just for 10 minutes can protect you against deadly breast and colon cancer by boosting your natural defense mechanism, claims a new study by the US researchers. Level of confidence is so high among these experts that...

Sunshine prevents unborn babies from diabetes: Study

Anupam Agnihotri — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 05:47:25 +0000

Moms wishing to give birth to a baby should make sure that they get adequate sunshine because vitamin D that our body gets from sunlight has been found cutting the risk of child developing diseases such as diabetes and thyroid. This notion is the...

Bondo to capture sun with a $130,000 mirror

Rekha — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 12:47:00 +0000

Who Would Pay $130,000 For A Mirror? Anyone would if they were deprived of sunshine for 90 days a year. Bondo, a village in Switzerland with 198 residents lies in a valley floor so deep that parts of the village do not receive any sunlight in...

Does sunshine lead to skin repair?

Anupam Agnihotri — Mon, 29 Jan 2007 06:17:48 +0000

Sunshine is not always bad for your skin, as usually it is considered. A new study has tried to bring out the brighter side sunshine. Actually, it has been found that a blast of sunshine could help skin diseases and cancer by attracting immune...