The chobani ad fruit picking machine, for comparison: https://youtu.be/UqJJktxCY9U?t=46

The P280 is a 2,048Wh capacity power station built around an array of 4,000+ recharge cycle, automotive-grade LiFePO4 cells that have a 10-year lifespan and a much better safety record than the older Li-ion cells.

This unit can push out 2,800W continuously (and support peak loads up to 5,600W) through its array of ports. It has five AC outlets, four USB-C ports (two rated for 20W max, the other two for 140W max), two 18W max USB-A ports, a 12V car output port, two 12V/3A DC5521 ports, and a single 12V/25A XT-60 port.

That's a total of 15 ports in all, so all your devices -- from your camping refrigerator and CPAP machine to your earbuds and drones -- can get charged up from the one power station.

The AC output is enough to handle pretty much any mains-powered device you want to throw at it, making it a very versatile backup power solution.

A Nobel laureate’s environmentally friendly invention that provides clean water if central supplies are knocked out by a hurricane or drought, could be a life saver for vulnerable islands, its founder says.

The invention, by the chemist Prof Omar Yaghi, uses a type of science called reticular chemistry to create molecularly engineered materials, which can extract moisture from the air and harvest water even in arid and desert conditions.

Atoco, a technology company that Yaghi founded, said their units, comparable in size to a 20-foot shipping container and powered entirely by ultra-low-grade thermal energy, could be placed in local communities to generate up to 1,000 litres of clean water every day, even if centralised electricity and water sources are interrupted by drought or storm damage.

Yaghi, who won the 2025 Nobel prize award in chemistry, said the invention would change the world and benefit islands in the Caribbean, which are prone to drought. He added that it could be a solution for countries needing to get water to marooned communities after hurricanes such as Beryl and Melissa, which left thousands without water.

https://youtu.be/U4z-p4zrSw4

Can we do a open source version

https://www.reddit.com/r/nextfuckinglevel/comments/1qzccz9/chinas_airborne_megawatt_class_wind_power_system/

Potentially needing something like this in the future is a bit dystopic, but a more refined version could be quite useful in very hot areas as a method of climate adaption.

The recording of the talk should be available soon.

Great post, IMO: In a world of 'planned obsolescence' where devices are frequently bricked by non-replaceable, unmanaged Li-ion pouches that over-discharge and die, the universal AA(A) standard is bliss.

Link

Happy 2026! The Eco-Libre project published our 2025 Annual Report for last year.

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A new biodegradable bamboo plastic could replace conventional plastics, offering a fully biodegradable alternative that is durable, recyclable, and easy to manufacture at scale.

Chinese researchers have developed a biodegradable bamboo plastic that not only rivals but surpasses traditional petroleum-based plastics in strength and thermal stability while decomposing naturally within 50 days. The breakthrough, published in Nature Communications in October 2025, could revolutionize manufacturing by offering a renewable, recyclable, and high-performance alternative for industries such as automotive and infrastructure.

More info on this at

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pelamis_Wave_Energy_Converter .

The company was bought by E.ON and the project was killed. At that time, there were working 450 Kilowatt prototypes (see the video). 450 Kilowatt is a power volume that took wind power plants over three decades (about from 1970 to 2000) to achieve.

The technology was then apparently copied by a Chinese company.

Mycelium skins function as sustainable substrates for high-performance electronic devices and batteries for a green future.

Electronic devices are irrevocably integrated into our lives. Yet, their limited lifetime and often improvident disposal demands sustainable concepts to realize a green electronic future. Research must shift its focus on substituting nondegradable and difficult-to-recycle materials to allow either biodegradation or facile recycling of electronic devices. Here, we demonstrate a concept for growth and processing of fungal mycelium skins as biodegradable substrate material for sustainable electronics. The skins allow common electronic processing techniques including physical vapor deposition and laser patterning for electronic traces with conductivities as high as 9.75 ± 1.44 × 104 S cm−1. The conformal and flexible electronic mycelium skins withstand more than 2000 bending cycles and can be folded several times with only moderate resistance increase. We demonstrate mycelium batteries with capacities as high as ~3.8 mAh cm−2 used to power autonomous sensing devices including a Bluetooth module and humidity and proximity sensor.