If you’re familiar with steampunk, some of this will be familiar ground. It’s a new high-tech, hand-powered water pump based on the pendulum, an ancient device popularized in the Victorian era and ...

Two children in a Haiti refugee camp bat the handle of a swinging pendulum back and forth playfully. At first, it seems like a rudimentary game. But in reality, it's utilizing a new technology that ...

Take a look at a swing set and you'll get the idea behind the invention that is helping provide clean water to thousands of Haitians displaced by the earthquake that rocked the country in January.