The storing and recapturing of energy has also stopped a much higher rate of renewable energy solutions for our world.  Fossil fuels has the built-in infrastructure to keep the lights on.  With better ways to keep and generate that energy, green energy should become closer than we think.
Printing an antenna that captures energy
Pulling energy from other places than the grid remains an uncharted water of energy development.  How about using water to charge your computer battery?  Sign me up.
Plantbook could meet bamboo’s water-soaking with battery-charging capabilities
Communication has never been faster than right now with blogs and tweeting churning ideas and in Arab Spring, revolutions.  The verbally challenged now have a way to tweet quickly using only breath.
Japanese firm creates tweeting devices that posts by breathing