Bill Clayton, Michigan Engineer editor, reveals that when Mark Twain wasn't writing, he was a dabbler in technology -- a novice but successful inventor, but a fairly incompetent entrepreneur.

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Bill Clayton, Michigan Engineer editor, tells us that Mother Nature's pretty smart. And we've been wise enough to steal some of her best ideas, such as taking inspiration from a leaf to create a solar cell.

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Bill Clayton, Michigan Engineer editor, introduces you to the members of the solar car team who have traveled to Australia to race in the Global Green Challenge.

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A U-M survey released today shows widespread consumer interest in buying plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs). But the cost of the cars is much more influential than environmental and other non-economic factors as a predictor of purchase probabilities. On average, 46 percent of those surveyed said there was some chance they would purchase a PHEV that cost $2,500 more than a traditional vehicle; 30 percent said there was a chance they would buy if the PHEV cost $5,000 more; but just 14 percent said there was a chance if it cost an additional $10,000.

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Bill Clayton, Michigan Engineering editor, takes you on a quick tour of the Stuart Highway, the cross-Australia track that dares World Solar Challenge teams to take on its length, heat, dust and legacy of cruelty to machinery of any kind.

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Bill Clayton, Michigan Engineering editor, takes a first look at the World Solar Challenge and the U-M Solar Car team in the first of a series of posts that'll follow the team across Australia.

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Bill Clayton, Michigan Engineering editor, makes a little noise about the surprising effect that concrete has on atmospheric CO2 and how we can make concrete eco-friendly.

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Bill Clayton, Michigan Engineering editor, takes a quick look at the effects nanotechnology is having on green energy development, and how entrepreneurs are taking notice.

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