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Nintendo’s not so Green After All- Ranks in- ‘least green tech firm’
Now days, what you do is scrutinized to the hilt and if you are a big techie firm then you really need to be aware of your impact on the environment. Although the Wii is claimed to be more energy efficient than the Xbox or PS3, the parent company Nintendo ranks as the ‘least green…
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Piezoelectric Fabric-wear it to power up gadgets.
The scarcity of power to gadget hungry people like us is overwhelming and the amount of new technology springing up everyday is remarkable. If such passion for innovation was seen before oil hit the $100 a barrel rate, our reliance on it would be nil by now. Scientists have developed a way to generate electricity…
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GREEN PLUG-Lights out to gadgets that aren’t being used.
Are you used to leaving your fridge door open/your PC on all night? Of course you do value the environment but what is one to do in the rush of the morning when heading to work. We leave our lights on all day, the iron on high steam & let’s not forget the humble water…
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Enfucell – A Paper like rollable battery
Zhang Xiachang a Chinese scientist might have developed the next big thing in portable power. A battery which is just 0.5mm thick and can be rolled like paper. No idea on how much juice the battery holds, it will be showcased at 2007 International Forum on New Material Research and Industry Development which kicks off…
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A bath-tub sized nuclear reactor could power 20,000 homes
This could be the future: “you take a portable nuclear reactor (that is the size of a hot tub) to the site, bury it underground, hook it up to a steam turbine and, generate enough electricity to power a 25,000-home community for at least five years.” Hyperion Power Generation, a company that was formed recently…
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Germs May Be Able To Power Cell Phones
According to a research done by an MIT team, a bacteria-powered fuel cell may be the answer to cell phone-charging blues in rural areas where lack of electricity is a major hassle. The BioVolt system uses grass, silage and other cellulose-rich material to provide fodder for the germs, whose digestion completes an electrochemical reaction that…
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Paint that can generate electricity
Industrial Nanotech, Inc.based in Florida has announced it is now in the development stage of a thermal insulation material that will generate electricity. With the application of the paint coating, the thermal difference between inside and outside temperatures could be used to generate electricity, in addition to saving energy through its insulating properties. The benefit…
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Don’t turn on the lights says Google!
With the world conserving energies right left and center it comes as no surprise to see our very own favorite search engine Google go Blackle! Yes that’s exactly what the black version of its search engine is called. Now that I have already set the grey cells in your brain ticking, it would also interest…
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Qantas’ new Airbus A380s and Boeing 747-400s equipped withn-flight WiFi and laptop power
Bid adieu to sleep-time on long flights! Folks, who call for an access to internet and more geeky services at thousands of kilometers above the earth, can now look forward to fly by Qantas. Provided Qantas is catering to your destination. Australia’s most dominating airline is gearing up to provide in-flight WiFi and laptop power…
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PC’s waste half the electricity say Google and Intel
Sad but true, the PC uses only half of the power that is supplied to it via the wall socket. Shamefully the other half gets simply wasted. Tech companies like Google and Intel plus others unfolded the Climate Savers Computing Initiative, an effort to increase energy efficiency in PCs. Their first step is to motivate…