(Image credit: Peter and Maria Hoey)During the 17t...  ...y)During the 17th and 18th centuries, people knew electricity was the next big thing—they just weren&rsq...  ...0, an Englishman named Stephen Gray realized that electricity moves through some objects (like metal or people...  ...r, Italian physici...

The electricity in your home goes out. What to do? Well, if you k...

(Photo: Tony Webster)Last Sunday, it was particula...  ...ve--that is, people were paid to use this surplus electricity . Quartz describes this unusual event and the rapi...  ...ind turbines already at some points generate more electricity than the country consumes, exporting the surplus...  ...efineries and fou...

(Photo: Frédérique Voisin-Demery)Pic...  ...ne that heats water to 90 degrees C and generates electricity . The plant will produce about 2.8 million kilowat...  ...2.8 million kilowatt-hours (kWh) per year, enough electricity

The patern in the water pouring from the faucet pictured above looks too beautiful to be real, but it is all too real thanks to the use of two turbines in the spout. They not only make the water leaving the faucet look i...

(Image: Leo Panthera)This is the Clarendon Dry Pile, a device so old that documentation about its origins is a bit spotty. It was set up at the Clarendon Laboratory at Oxford University in 1840. It’s a dry pile, wh...

(Photo: Ervins Strauhmanis)What's keeping the juic...  ...r than just sitting in a landfill, it's producing electricity for residents in the Delaware Valley, here in our...  ...nd the People's Bank of China also burn money for electricity and heat.

This looks like fun! To make your own electric train, you'll need coiled copper wire, a battery, and 4 strong magnets. Attach the magnets to the end of the battery and place the "train" inside the coiled wire.The toy tra...

Water, milk, hot coco can all be heated with this cool induction plate and rod set that works for any size and any liquid. It saves energy by turning off as soon as the liquid reaches the proper temperature and by heatin...

Looking to add a little pizzazz to your footwear? Then check out this awesome post on how to hack your Converse to have light up stars -well, if you're good at that sort of thing (I personally couldn't do it). You can ev...