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Green Objects Our Readers Just Can't Live Without! (Slideshow)

by Emma Grady, New York, NY on 11.18.09
Science & Technology

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Readers' favorite green gadgets. Credit: John Stevens

From HYminis with built in wind turbines that power iPhones to bicycles that provide transport to work, readers sent in photos of the one green object they just can't live without! Click through for photos of green objects galore, and if you missed last week's Readers' Photosit's not too late to feel good about our Readers' Fall Garden Photos slideshow.

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SF Green Festival 09 - Silo Ink Reduces Printer Waste, Saves 80% on Ink Expenses

by Jaymi Heimbuch, San Francisco, California on 11.16.09
Science & Technology

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For most people, empty ink cartridges unfortunately head to the trash bin, or if we're lucky, to the reclcying bin or back to the store for recycling. But few people refill cartridges, which is one of the most efficient, green uses. Silo Ink isn't a bottomless ink cartridge, but it's about as close as we can get. The giant cartridges not only reduce waste and are refillable, but will save you 80% on the cost of ink.

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Getting The Awful, Yet Practically Essential Lead Out of Gadgets

by Jaymi Heimbuch, San Francisco, California on 11.13.09
Science & Technology

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Lead ingots via Wikipedia

Lead is unfortunately an important component in electronics, especially when it comes to piezoelectronics. We're mostly familiar with piezoelectricity when it comes to concept devices - things that can generate a charge based on pressure being applied to them. But it is used in a lot of common gadgets, such as phones with touch screens. But the best compounds for piezoelectricity are lead-based, and lead is something we all want to see phased out of electronics. Researchers are now working on how to get lead out of gadgets, and have found one promising replacement for the dangerous metal.

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Garmin Eco-Route Add-on Turns Your GPS Into a Green-Driving Teacher

by Michael Graham Richard, Ottawa, Canada on 11.12.09
Science & Technology

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Image: Garmin

Knowledge is Power
Most of us probably don't realize that over the past few years our cars have turned into computers on wheels. There are tons of sensors everywhere, but most of that information isn't available to the driver. That's a shame, because if it was parsed through a user-intuitive interface, it could provide very useful feedback that could help people drive more efficiently (the Prius LCD effect). Well, this is exactly what Garmin is trying to do with a new add-on cable that can plug into your car's diagnostics communication port and feed that real-time data to your GPS device.

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Beautiful Wood iPhone Skin Helps with Reforestation

by Jaymi Heimbuch, San Francisco, California on 11. 9.09
Science & Technology

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Image via Vers

It's no secret we like gadgets covered in wood - something about the feeling of permanence. Plus, wood makes for a solid protective cover for something like an iPhone. While not all wood cases are sustainable - like the un-TreeHugger zebra wood case we saw awhile back - Vers is a company that is working to make this wood iPhone case one of the most sustainable on the market. They've joined up with The Arbor Day Foundation to create an offer tough for any iPhone-toting greenie to refuse.

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Hand-Held Printer Only Needs You to Wave It Over The Paper (Video)

by Jaymi Heimbuch, San Francisco, California on 11. 5.09
Science & Technology

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Printers can be big, clunky machines that spit out more pages than you intended to print. So what if you had a tiny hand-held printer that only put down ink where you waved your hand? For a society going increasingly paperless, a little printer that can handle the rare print job like concert tickets or boarding passes, or a quick document in a notebook sounds ideal. The PrintBrush claims to be just such a solution.

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How Insects Do Graphic Design

by Petz Scholtus, Barcelona, Spain on 11. 5.09
Science & Technology

Bits n Pieces DEBUG in NYC

Yesterday the exhibition Bits 'n Pieces launched at Material Connexion in New York, a dialogue between the analog and the digital technologies within design in a post-digital era. What grabbed our attention in the busy space during the opening, were the insects doing graphic design! A sophisticated machine transformed the movements of a few bugs into beautiful patterns and logos and printed them out as fast as the insects performed.

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US Government Officials Ask Electronics Industry to Take Back NYC Law Suit, and Take Back Gadgets

by Jaymi Heimbuch, San Francisco, California on 11. 5.09
Science & Technology

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Photo via Jaymi Heimbuch

For years, New York City has been working to toughen up electronics recycling laws, and for years the electronics industry has been less than thrilled. The city has gone forward with a plan that requires electronics manufacturers to offer free door-to-door pick-up service of used devices. However, electronics companies say this too expensive, too labor intensive, and too annoying - so they sued. Now, government officials from across the nation are asking the electronics industry to drop the suit, saying that it's not about a troublesome e-cycling regulation, it's about trying to take power away from the states to regulate e-waste.

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