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Hands-on With Google's Android Open Accessory Development Kit
Google has been hatching a new project that connects household accessories such as lightbulbs to the Android platform, which makes it easier for homeowners to keep tabs on their energy consumption and control their home from afar. Google has picked
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Google Earth Maps Out At-Risk Populations Around Nuclear Power Plants
If a nuclear power plant in the US were to have issues, who would be affected? In a partnership between Nature News and Columbia University, we now have a Google map that tells us the population sizes
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Google Invests $100m in What Will be the World's Largest Wind Farm (845 MW)
Photo: Wikipedia, CCSearching for Clean PowerGoogle has been rapidly expanding its clean energy portfolio lately. Just last week we reported the $168m investment in solar thermal, and before that there were multiple investments in wind power,
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Google Invests $168 Million in 392MW Mojave Desert Solar Thermal Plant
Solar Thermal Power is Hot! (Sorry, bad pun....)Google is announcing a $168 million investment in Brightsource Energy's Ivanpah solar power plant in the Mojave desert in California. The solar farm will have a
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Send Your Message of Support to Japan (Auto-Translated!)
Image: Screen capture of messagesforjapan.com Thank You Google! The wounds from the 9.0 earthquake that hit Japan a month ago, and from all the other problems that the seismic event caused (the tsunami, the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear crisis, etc), will
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Google Maps for Android Plans Your Route To Avoid Traffic
Google Maps has been working on getting people out of traffic for a few years now, and it looks like Android smart phone users are going to get primo advantage of the advancements the
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The White Pages Wants to Ban Itself? See the Survey & Sexy Video
Seems we have a new chapter in Phone Book Wars. A new survey finds that a majority of Americans don't use the White Pages anymore. A majority also don't recycle it and don't want it left on their doorstep. Believe it or not, people go online to get
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Google Donates $25K to Boulder B-Cycle
Looks like Google was feeling generous toward Boulder—and toward bike-sharing—this week! The company gave a $25,000 donation to B-cycle "as part of Google's commitment to support innovative ways for using
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Google Launches International Science Fair With a Most Amazing Grand Prize
Google's launched a new science fair that looks like a lot of fun not only to enter but to witness. They state, "Google is looking for the brightest, best young scientists from around the world to submit interesting, creative projects that are relevant
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And You Think America Has A Real Estate Problem? Look at What's Happening in China
According to Business Insider, there are 64 million empty houses and apartments in China, enough to accommodate 200 million people. They are brand new, held as investments by newly
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Slides Help Make Architecture Active and Fun
There is a trend in architecture to try and actively promote health and exercise; The New York Times Building has prominent, bright stairs for circulation; Tom Mayne's San Francisco Federal Building's elevators stop on every
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Over 3 Million eBooks Now Available to eReaders, Thanks to Google
In a much anticipated launch, Google has now made more than 3 million ebooks available for download on reading devices, including both free classics and new titles for sale at the Google eBookstore. The new option from Google
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Google Earth, Now with 3D Trees
If it's good enough for every major movie in recent memory, it's good enough for trees. Google Earth 6 is out, and features "3D Trees." No special glasses required (and no ridiculous upcharges). Just think, maybe some day this will be the best way to
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Penguins Star in Google's Street View of Antarctica
Forget the long boat ride and freezing temperatures -- thanks to Google Street View, now you can take a stroll on the rocky coast of Antarctica from the comfort of your own home. Since the feature was first made available in 2007, the Web giant has
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Is the Shweeb Ready for Prime Time?
The Shweeb is derived from the German "Schweben", meaning to float or suspend. A logical name for a device invented by a New Zealander living in Tokyo. Commenters had issues when we wrote about it last year, But somebody likes it; It just won a
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Carbon Emissions Reporting Where It Belongs: With Global Financial Accountants
Pablo recently filled us in on the abrupt end of the Climate Leaders voluntary carbon reporting program. (Eight years with a relatively small group of industries was enough.) In parallel,
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Google Earth Adds Ocean Exploration to Android App
Google Earth's ocean layers are incredible, and the company has made the feature of their much loved software mobile -- Google Earth 1.1 for (of course) Android has just added their oceans layer. You can zoom around the
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Real Time Weather Hits Google Earth
It's no surprise that we TreeHuggers love Google Earth and keeping tabs on weather across the globe. For anyone equally as fascinated with these things, or even just interested in finding out the forecast in a more interesting way than
