Drawing Power From the Martian Breeze ... Low-speed wind tunnel tests found it more responsive than the blunter bodies typically envisioned for energy harvesters—making it ideal for the ...

“Wind in My Hair” is an exhibition of whirligigs and wind toys at the American Visionary Art Museum in Baltimore, through April 21. The whirligigs in the show are from the 1950s to the present.

When you go to the beach, you've probably noticed that there's almost always a pleasant breeze, sometimes even quite strong. This wind is so regular that it becomes typical of seaside days. But ...

Each week, the machine produces a drawing dictated by that week’s wind patterns. It works like a weathervane, Mowbray said, where the main needle points in the direction of the wind.

When the wind does what we want, we don’t give it a second thought. But if we’re counting on the wind to do one thing and it does the other, it can ruin plans.

The $571 Shine 2.0 wind turbine can generate power day and night as long as wind speeds are over 8mph, and it folds up into a portable package that looks like an elongated football. The answer, my ...