The Air Force Research Laboratory is working with engineers at the University of Cincinnati to develop radical new clothing that can charge your cell phone. Researchers are developing a plethora of carbon technology, including'Iron Man' suits that can store power in carbon nanotubes. They say the technology could revolutionise everything from clothing to warplanes. The team say their work could one day lead to'Iron Man' suits that can store power in carbon nanotubes A carbon nanotube is an incredibly small tube-shaped material made of carbon. A nanometer is one-billionth of a meter, or about 10,000 times smaller than a human hair.

Crescent Dunes looks and sounds a bit like an invention lifted from a science fiction novel. Deep in the Nevada desert more than 10,000 mirrors--each the size of a highway billboard--neatly encircle a giant 640-foot tower. It looks like it might be used to communicate with aliens in deep space. But the engineers and financiers behind the facility, located in the desert about halfway between Las Vegas and Reno, say the power plant's promise is anything but fiction. The solar power facility built and operated by the company SolarReserve can power 75,000 homes.