Tag: Electronics
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Honeywell Files Patent Lawsuit Against Nest for Smart Thermostat
Everyone is excited about the new Nest thermostat, which learns your habits to save energy -- well, everyone except Honeywell.
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Furniture Made of Encapsulated E-Waste Is Perfect for Geeky Abodes
These designs made by Rodrigo Alonso Schramm are an interesting way to keep e-waste out of landfills and in your livingroom.
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E-Waste Isn't Cute: That Singing Valentine’s Day Card is Illegal to Throw Away in California
Generation Green points out the hazards of those "cute" singing cards that pop up during the holidays, and provide us with a petition to get manufacturers to stop making them.
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New Computer Mouse Ditches the Battery
The world's first battery-free wireless mouse uses an ultracapacitor that needs just three minutes to get a full charge.
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iBamboo iPhone Speaker Switches To Recycled Plastic, Still Uses Zero Electricity
One of our favorite electricity-free iPhone speakers is adding a new recycled plastic version to the line-up. Is it as green?
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HVAC Failure Alerts Come Before You Know The System Is Down
A new product from Ecobee sends alerts to contractors to fix your HVAC system, sometimes sending them out before the homeowner even knows something went wrong.
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Steampunk Pocket Watch Winds Via Solar Power
This pocketwatch is sure to be an attention grabber, especially when you start talking about how it is powered.
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Scarce Supply of "Hitchhiker" Metals Could Hold Back Clean Technology
Rare metals that only come as byproducts of major metal mining, but are used in everything from computers to solar panels, are in short supply and could hold up clean technology progress.
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Cadmium Spill In Chinese River Threatens Water Supply for Over 1 Million People
The battle to stop a spill that started earlier in the month is still underway, and residents of a large city are buying up bottled water just in case.
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DIY Steampunk-Style iPhoneograph for iPhones or iPads Has Amazing Sound
A clever maker has crafted a gorgeous phoneograph, but it's build for iPhones or iPads. Best of all, you can build it yourself!
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Computer Monitors Transformed Into Community Trash Bins
A clever design idea takes old TVs and computer monitors and turns the outer shell into public waste bins to clean up neighborhoods.
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New Supercomputer Takes Aim At Building Better Batteries and Power Grids
While there’s no cape, the Olympus supercomputer does sport some superhero-like powers -- it can process computations as fast as 20,000 personal computers combined. These capabilities will be put to work on cleantech challenges.
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DIY Solar-Powered Bird House Tweets When Birds Arrive
Using B-Squares, you can build a bird house that will alert you via Twitter when birds arrive.
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Human-Like Autonomous Robot Made From Recycled Parts for Under $500
Salvius, made almost entirely out of recycled and salvaged components, may one day be able to repair itself with parts it finds on its own.
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Domtar Starts Massive Advertising Campaign to Let Us Know Why We Love Paper and Need To Print That Email
They try to make a case that paper is part of our lives and our businesses, but they are trading in nostalgia, not reality.
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3D Printers In A Prius Prove This Technology is Road Ready
With four 3D printers and a Prius, two designers are finding out just what goes into making and on-demand 3D printing business work.
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iFixit Launches New Website Dedicated to Repair Gurus Around the World
One of our favorite gadget repair sites is taking another angle at DIY, focusing on the people with the skills to bring devices back from the dead.
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How We Are Greenwashing The Cloud and What It Means for IT's Carbon Footprint
Sumir Karayi, CEO of 1E, talks with us about why it is important to get a handle on the real energy cost of the cloud.
