Next Gen Carbon Nanotube Muscles

"Baughman and his colleagues have produced a formulation that's stronger than steel, as light as air and more flexible than rubber — a truly 21st century muscle. It could be used to make artificial limbs, "smart" skins, shape-changing structures, ultra-strong robots and — in the immediate future — highly-efficient solar cells."
Source - wired.com

Homemade Robots

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3-D Scanner / Printer Combo

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Latest Spray-on Solar panels

"Researchers in Australia have started a three-year project to develop a spray-on coating for solar panels and more efficient cells that are less costly than today's PV. Australian National University (ANU) is working with new Australian solar company Spark Solar and Finnish materials company Braggone Oy on the method, which could be commercially available by 2011." - gizmag.com

MIT's energy-harvesting shock absorbers

A team of MIT undergraduate students has invented a shock absorber that harnesses energy from small bumps in the road, generating electricity while it smoothes the ride more effectively than conventional shocks. - MIT news

WHE - Waste Heat Engine

"Cyclone’s Waste Heat Engine (WHE, pronounced “we”) is a low temperature, low pressure, self-starting model of the Cyclone Engine.

Because the WHE runs on heat as low as 225 degrees, it can pull its power from many different sources of “wasted” heat or renewable fuels..." - www.cyclonepower.com

I have been saying for many years now this type of technology should be standard in kitchen ovens.

Ford's Transit EV will be available in U.S. Ford dealerships in 2010.