Tag: Electronics
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Want healthier tomatoes? Grow ‘em with LEDs
Recent research shows that growing tomatoes indoors with LEDs produces more nutrient-rich fruit than when growing with fluorescent lights.
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40+ gadgets in your pocket, without the e-waste
E-waste is a big problem, but there is also a counter-trend that helps fight it.
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10 Most Popular Tech Stories from April
The most popular stories in technology from the last month. Catch up quick!
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Wind-activated garden lights from the Instructables Green Design Contest
A clever entry in the Instructables Green Design Contest is this set of wind-powered garden lights that twinkle with the breeze.
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Helical Robotics debuts wireless turbine-climbing robots
This little robot can shimmy up a wind turbine and even along the blades themselves.
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Happy Earth Day! Don't Recycle.
When it comes to electronics, recycling should be the final resort.
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New material could lead to extremely rapid charging of devices
The synthesis of a new type of material may be a key component in the development of "supercapacitors", which could improve power delivery in both consumer devices and heavy equipment.
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A town without wifi or cellphones is attracting the electrosensitive
It is a sensitive issue that is not taken seriously in America. Does Electromagnetic Hypersensitivity exist?
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What's more important to you, the Internet or water?
A British survey yields some very surprising results.
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Would you run over energy-harvesting tiles in a marathon?
I don't get energy harvesting. When you drive over them, they steal your gas. When you walk, they steal your food. In a marathon, they steal your time.
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KudoCase for iPhone 5 boosts battery life without bulk
The power storage happens in the carrying case, and not the actual phone, yet this case maintains a slim profile.
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Nomad espresso machine brews up off-grid coffee
Who says you shouldn’t be able to enjoy a perfectly rendered espresso while watching the sun rise over your tent while camping?
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Crisis for electronics recycling as glass market collapses
Ian Urbina reports at The New York Times on the negative side effects the tech industries shift to flat screen technology has had on the market for recycling old television and computer monitor glass
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Forget cellphones, we should be allowed to unlock everything we own
A great point made by iFixit's Kyle Weins on Wired.
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BikeSpike tracks your bike, detects thefts and crashes
A tiny device featuring GPS and an open API allows you to see exactly what's going on with your bike, and where it's headed if stolen.
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7 great Raspberry Pi YouTube tutorials
In honor of Pi Day, here are a few great videos to help you master your Raspberry Pi projects.
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Awesome wildlife footage taken with a hobbyist drone
Drones may have a reputation for being vehicles for spying, but spying on wildlife is a use we all have to admit we enjoy at least a little (but probably a lot).
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Use a Raspberry Pi as a low-power network storage device
The much-loved microcomputer has yet another use, this time as a NAS for backing up all your digital files.
