Tag: Computing - Page 3
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Apple Walks Away from Green Certification
Apple has pulled its products from the federal EPEAT certification program as their designs become less repairable and recyclable.
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Bad Chips Can Make Smartphones Cheaper, More Energy Efficient
Researchers say the hardware powering smartphones may be too good for what they're designed to do. Defective chips could perform just as well and make them more energy efficient.
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Google Apps Cloud May Be Greenish, But There's Room for Improvement
Tom Raftery of GreenMonk takes a look at the recent claim by Google that switching to Google Apps is a big energy saver, and comes to some interesting conclusions.
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IBM Cools Supercomputer With Hot Water to Save Energy
The supercomputer not only uses 40% less energy than comparable air-cooled systems, but the waste heat warms up the Leibniz Supercomputing Center campus for an annual savings of $1.25 million on heating bills!
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Intel Reduces Greenhouse Gas Emissions by 60%, Surpassing Its Own Target of 20%
In many ways, Intel has been a model manufacturer. They've not only been working hard to make their products more energy-efficient, but they've also pretty consistently ranked among the companies that use the most clean energy.
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Google Wants You To Switch To The Cloud, But Is That Best?
Google has posted a blog entry promoting the energy savings that comes with switching to its cloud-based apps. However, there's more to it than that.
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Smart Learning Software Predicts Renewable Energy Output with 90% Accuracy
Software based on the brain's neural networks can predict energy supply from renewable sources and energy demand to stabilize power grids.
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Energy-Saving App Uses Webcam to Turn off Computer When You're Not There
A program uses a computer webcam to detect when the user is not present and trigger energy-saving mode.
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Solar Powered Micro Data Center Being Tested At Rutgers
Rutgers has installed 160 servers in an SUV-sized building, which will all be run with solar power. It is an experiment to see if this could be done on a broader scale.
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Data Center Energy Management System Can Cut Power Use by 50%
New technology developed by Swiss researchers can monitor and track the energy use of server racks as well as consolidate workloads among servers to slash energy demand.
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Top 10 Tech Stories This Week: Robotic fish hit the ocean, fun times at Maker Faire, speakers that talk to dolphins, and more!
The hottest stories in Technology from the last week. Catch up quick!
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"Inexact" Computer Chip is 15X More Efficient By Making a Few Mistakes
Researchers have designed a microchip that is faster, smaller and far more energy efficient by allowing it to make occasional errors.
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Software Provides Minute by Minute Solar Power Forecasts
SolarAnywhere uses satellite imagery and solar installation data to predict solar power output for any given area, letting utilities plan ahead.
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'Bio Computer' Blends Tech and Organic to Grow Wheatgrass
A self-described geek harvests the waste-heat of a computer tower to grow wheatgrass in his basement.
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11 Modular Gadget Designs, from Wild Concepts to the Humble Earphones
Modular design is a new wave of technology, with the potential to make gadgets smaller, more effiecient and easier to use, upgrade and replace.
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Iron-Eating Magnetized Bacteria Could Make Faster Computers
A research team has created magnetic bacteria that could form the basis of high speed nano computers.
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Pinning the Cloud: Pinterest, Cloud Computing and the Environment
Pinterest is quickly growing and using cloud servers to host all of those new pins, but what is the real footprint of this and what could make it better?
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Microsoft Designing Landfill-Fueled, Off-Grid Data Center
Microsoft is designing a data center that will be located near a landfill or other source of biogas that will allow it to operate free from the grid.
