Although just a toy, you can actually build a wind-powered car. There’s a kit you can buy on Amazon shipping with all the instructions needed and a comprehensive manual to teach you about the ...

The Toy Car, by contrast, is wonderfully simple and easy to grok. It also looks like the inside of a giant watch, which adds to its appeal. You probably won't be buying one for your kids, though.

Explore the innovative world of wind energy with a Lego-powered train. Watch as we build a rail car that runs on wind power, and discover how it can store energy to keep moving when the wind isn't ...

Vortex Bladeless is a radical company. It wants to completely change the way we get energy from the wind. Think wind stick instead of a massive tower with blades that capture blowing winds. Wind ...

Photovoltaic solar panels are quickly becoming the accepted ultimate accessory for any self-respecting electric car owner. So much so that Ford recently announced that it has negotiated special ...

A car powered primarily by wind and kites has made it across a vast swathe of Australia, enduring searing heat and freezing cold along the way -- and all for roughly $10 Australian. The more than ...

A lightweight carbon-fiber car that runs on lithium-ion batteries and a portable wind turbine has just traveled 3,000 miles across Australia—and it used only $15 worth of electricity.

Key Concepts Physics Forces Friction Engineering. Introduction Is that a sailboat or a sail … car? Design and build a toy car powered by the wind in this fun engineering project! Background You ...

It's a head-scratching puzzle: how could a battery-less wind-powered car possibly travel faster than the speed of the wind, going downwind? Yet this one appears to do just that.

Vince’s as-yet nameless car is powered by regular electricity that has been generated cleanly at one of Ecotricity’s wind farms. So it's an electric car, but the electricity used is generated ...

A car powered primarily by wind and kites has made it across a vast swathe of Australia, enduring searing heat and freezing cold along the way -- and all for roughly $10 Australian.

German engineers Dirk Gion and Stefan Simmerer have set three records after traveling a 3,000-mile stretch of Australia in their custom-made wind-powered car, the Wind Explorer. The two ...