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CES 2011: Smart Plugs and Energy Monitors from Intelligy, Current Cots, Modlet and More
The connected home is a big theme at this year's CES, and part of that is the use of smart plugs and monitors for managing home energy consumption. There are no small number of adapters and equipment for both at the plug and
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CES 2011: What Does the 3D TV Rush Mean For Our Energy Consumption?
3D TVs, projectors, cameras -- it's all the rage this year at CES and the next wave of entertainment. Practically every major company that plays a role in entertainment
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CES 2011: Does The Sustainable Planet Zone Need to Disappear?
Every year I'm saddened by the small size of the Sustainable Planet Zone at CES. I always hope that the next year, it'll be bigger as more companies creating greener innovations sign on to show off their wares. However, this
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CES 2011: eddy Wind Turbine Vies For a Spot on Your Roof
Urban Green Energy is showing off eddy, their urban wind turbine, at CES. The vertical wind turbine can be installed in under an hour, and has a 20-year life span. This is their 600 watt model, though they have higher capacity
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CES 2011: Solar-Powered iPhone Skins and Robot-Like Roadside Lights from Eton
Eton has an impressive line of gadgets that run off solar power or hand-crank power. One of the most attention-getting of the line is the solar-powered iPhone skin, though there were some great looking solar radios on display
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CES 2011: Powerful Bike-Powered Light and Charger by Jooyn
There's always a handful of interesting pedal-powered things at CES. This charger by Jooyn looks especially nice. It is a rear-wheel generator that can power bike lights and speaker system, and can charge up other devices with
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CES 2011: Solar-Powered Coolers and Totes From Traveler's Choice
Walking through the Sustainable Planet zone, a display of solar powered bags caught my eye. In particular, I was drawn to the cooler with the solar cell on the lid, pictured above. While I've seen a fair share of bags, this
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CES 2011: Samsung Shows Off Earth-Friendlier Phones
We've known about Samsung's green(er) Blue Earth cell phone for awhile now, but there are two lesser known models the company has created with a lighter footprint -- the Evergreen and the Rant 2. They are shown off here at CES, with a
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CES 2011: TreeHugger Bringing You Cleantech and Green Gadgets from Las Vegas
For the last couple years we've been covering the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada. It's the biggest tradeshow in the world for electronics, and there is always a lot of interesting items and news about the ups and downs
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Best of Inhabitat: Reporting From CES 2010!
Everyone was buzzing about CES 2010 this week and we were psyched to see even more greener gadgets on the tradeshow floor this year than ever before. And they weren't the dinky-looking, crayon-green colored specimens of yore either.
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Is The Era of The Big Trade Show Over?
CES was supposed to be greener than ever, but as Jaymi says, "Let's put aside the fact that CES is a massive tradeshow held in the middle of a desert, attracting a majority of people who could care less about the environment. We could go on about
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Logical Homes at CES
When we first saw De Maria Design's Redondo Beach House, we took a pass -it just didn't look like "Seventy percent of the building is efficiently created/assembled in a controlled shop environment" when the pictures show empty boxes and conventional
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Fight the (Phantom) Power: Belkin's New Conserve Surge Protector at CES
Add this new gadget to the list of methods for fighting phantom power: spied by DVICE at CES, Belkin's Conserve Surge Protector can shut down six of its eight spaced outlets with the flip of the handy remote's on-off switch. Sure, you can still crawl
