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Insect Wing Inspired Ceiling Fan Blades

Sunday, January 15th, 2012

Greenwavelength has been in development of insect wing inspired, replacement ceiling fan blades!  View More...

3M’s Shark Skin Inspired Film To Help Wind Turbines

Sunday, November 6th, 2011

Earlier this year, scientists offered a novel approach to boost the output of electric wind turbines: Coat the blades with a ribbed film that mimics shark skin.  View More...

Wind turbines growing taller and more powerful

Sunday, July 24th, 2011

"Sabri Sansoy, an MIT graduate and former rocket engineer, has built a 19-foot-tall prototype whose blades, rather than spin in a circle, move in a figure-eight motion like the insect's wings." LA Times.  View More...

Nissan Leaf – Official Car of GreenWavelength

Sunday, May 15th, 2011

We’ve received our Nissan Leaf today and it was well worth the wait. Stay tuned for more about our experiences with this leading edge car.    View More...

Global Biomimicry Efforts An Economic Game Changer

Sunday, November 21st, 2010

San Diego Zoo and Point Loma Nazarene University commissions report on Biomimicry.  View More...

Bio-Inspired Wind Turbine

Wednesday, June 3rd, 2009

Our bio-inspired wind turbine is the first generation prototype that will extract energy from the wind using the flight mechanics of bumblebees, hummingbirds and other flying insects.  View More...

Oysters & the Solar Thermal World

Wednesday, June 3rd, 2009

An organic chemist made an amazing discovery about how oysters regulate the growth of their shells using a biopolymer, called thermal polyaspartate (TPA). Oyster shells are made up of calcium carbonate, which is the same material that clogs water pipes. We are working to bring TPA into the solar thermal world, replacing todays commercial antiscalants [...]  View More...