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Toyota Drops Hints On Next Prius, Hybrid X
Toyota will unveil a concept car at the 2007 Geneva Auto Show next month that many believe is a precursor to the 2008 model Prius. Toyota released the picture above, as a sneak preview of the design of the new car. According to the automaker's press
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Solar Trailer Provides Power To Storm Victims
This Solar Trailer is owned by the Florida Solar Energy Center, and it is used to provide clean, quiet power to storm disaster victims. The trailer has a large, flat solar panel that charges several batteries during the day and is capable of delivering
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MIT's Stackable, Foldable "City Car"
Researchers at MIT are building a prototype of a lightweight electric vehicle that can be cheaply mass-produced, rented by commuters under a shared-use business model, and folded and stacked like grocery carts at subway stations or other central sites.
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Olympus Creates A Wooden Camera: Better Than Plastic?
Olympus has created a prototype of a unique digital camera with a casing made out of wood. To create the casing, the wood was compressed using special techniques, causing the natural resins in the wood come to the surface . The result is a material that
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A Multi-Fuel Stove: It Burns Corn, Wood Pellets, Cherry Pits
Most biomass burning stoves relegate themselves to particular types of fuel — for example, a stove that burns corn, will refuse to burn wood pellets correctly. There is, however, a stove called the Countryside Multi-Fuel Stove by Magnum that will
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New Cold Cathode Bulbs Can Be Dimmed, Switched
Until recently, cold cathodes lights were only used in recess lighting and niche applications. But now conventionally-sized bulbs are becoming available. So what is a cold cathode? In most fluorescent bulbs, a cathode is heated to produce light, but
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HP Introduces Greener Ink Packaging
Hewlett-Packard announced recently that it has redesigned its ink cartridge packaging. The packaging is now smaller and lighter, and it contains more recycled content. Printer ink is notoriously over-packaged, so this is a good move. These changes,
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The "Zero-Carbon" Luxury Beach Resort
The Observer is reporting that the world's first 'zero-carbon' five-star resort is being developed by architects in London. The developers of the resort, due to open next year, claim it will have no negative environmental impact and each of its 35
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9W LED Bulb Replaces 70W Incandescent
I've seen my fair share of LED bulbs, but usually the lumens they output are fairly modest. This bulb, however, outputs 308 lumens using 150 warm white LEDs, and is rated at 9 Watts. It is said to be a replacement for a regular 70 Watt incandescent
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Low-Mercury Fluorescents Bulbs: ALTO by Philips
Fluorescents bulbs are good energy efficient alternatives to incandescents, but they do require mercury in their manufacture, and this can be a problem if they are not disposed of properly. In response to this, Philips introduced a range of low-mercury
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Free Paper EcoHangers Replace Wire Hangers
If you've ever done dry cleaning, you've probably noticed the wire hangers that come with every piece of clothing returned to you. About 3.5 billion of them escape from closets around the country and end up in landfills. The EcoHanger was created as
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New Low-Speed Wind Turbine Blade By Sandia
A new wind turbine blade design that researchers at Sandia National Laboratories developed in partnership with Knight & Carver promises to be more efficient than current designs. It should significantly reduce the cost-of-energy of wind turbines for
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Hybrid Streetlight Powered By Both Wind and Sun
In Canada, a company called Hybridyne Power Systems has created a streetlight that is powered both by the sun and the wind. An equivalent streetlight costs about $125 per year to operate. The system, called the "Kazekamome Remote Hybrid", features a
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Compact Solar Concentrators Ready For Installation in California
Practical Instruments, a manufacturer of concentrating solar panels, today announced partnerships with three Southern California-based installers of solar power systems: Energy Options, Permacity Corporation and Advanced Solar Electric. The three
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The Girasole: An Electric Car That Warns With The Sound Of Horse Hooves!
Yoshio Takaoka, in collaboration with Italy's Start Lab SAP, has crafted a fully functional electric car that packs built-in "horse hoof" sound effects. The two-seater reaches speeds of 65 km per hour (41 mp/h) and travels distances of up to a 120 km
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Wal-Mart Creates Its Own Electricity Company, Eyes Wind Power
Recently, Wal-Mart quietly created its own electricity company in Texas, called Texas Retail Energy, to supply its stores with cheap power bought at wholesale prices. According to the Dallas Morning News, this saves the world's largest retailer about
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Moppels: Anthropomorphic LED Lamps
Moppels are flexible desk lamps from Germany that use energy efficient leds for illumination. In fact, they will run for more than 100 hours on three (rechargeable) AAA batteries in the provided battery box or they can be plugged into a computer USB
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Huge CityCenter Project In Las Vegas Aims To Be Green
The MGM CityCenter is a huge, 76-acre, city-within-a-city that is under development on the Las Vegas Strip. The designers actually hope to receive a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification for this project. With 18 million
