Photo via the New Republic It's a widely held notion that politicians have long been in the pocket of Big Oil. And there's good reason for that perception: oil companies' huge campaign donations, vast lobbying power, and close ties to politicians have ensured that their taxes remain low , that hidden subsidies are around to provide extra funding, and that they receive preferential treatment in US energy policy. But there could be a new, ... View original post here: The Next Big Oil: Big Smart Grid?
So there really isn't anything that deep to this image. It's just a (more or less) life-sized blue whale eye. And on the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society site you can educate yourself/be mesmerized/ waste some time for a while staring at it while the entire life-sized animal scrolls across your browser window. Believe me, it's way cooler than you might think:... Read more from the original source: Ever See a Blue Whale Life-Sized on Your Computer? Now You Can
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Image: BindApple.com This hasn't been a great month for Apple: bad publicity for waging war on the little guy and the art of self-repair with the Pentalobe screw , the unfortunate news that Steve Jobs' health has taken a bad turn, and now a report coming out of China that puts the company last in a list of 29 ...
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Image via Aire Since the moment the iPad came out, accessories have flooded the marketplace, but finally here is one we really love. Created by Aire, a team of designers who make the health of the planet a priority in their creations, have come up with an iPad sleeve made of recycled movie theater banners. They state, "It's a ...
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Photo by Jaymi Heimbuch The University of Notre Dame is taking the use of e-readers in classrooms seriously, embarking on a one year study of how the devices integrate into classrooms. The first course to have students use an iPad instead of any text books is Project Management, a class with 40 students that will not only use the ...
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Photo by Gonzalo Baeza Hernández The UK has started up its own green ranking system for mobile handsets , but Apple wants no part of it. The company has refused to allow the iPhone to be included in the system by O2, but its reasons for declining the opportunity aren't exactly clear. ... Read the full story on TreeHugger ...
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Image via Coroflot We love smart packaging design , especially when the packaging turns into something useful once the product is opened. With a new concept for iPod packaging, designer Sverre Wiik Øberg came up with a box that no consumer in their right mind would throw out, mainly because they'd be throwing out the very thi... Read the ...
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Photo via Jaymi Heimbuch If you're excited about the news of the iPhone 4 and are itching to upgrade, Gazelle - one of our favorite gadget resell companies - has made it ridiculously easy to do soy creating a mobile site for customers to set up a trade in right from their old phone. It's all in preparation for ...
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Image via Good Clean Tech Hot on the heels of the iPhone 4 announcement comes news that perhaps iPhone 5 and the next iteration of the iPad could have a very cool new feature - a solar cell integrated into the touchscreen. Word has it that Apple has filed for a patent for r "media players with integrated touch ...
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What do you get when you combine the iPad with two strips of Velcro? Apparently, the ultimate device-killer. Northern California filmmaker Jesse Rosten put together a video showing how mounting an iPad on two strips of Velcro could mean the ability to ditch the majority of electronics in your home. Well...within reason. Check out some funny and creative uses ...
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Image: Chip.de In the interest of minimizing e-waste, it is important that potential customers understand the limitations as well as the advantages of new electronic gadgets. And since the Apple iPad is being welcomed with open arms as the go-anywhere companion for all e-purposes, it naturally struck us as interesting to learn that the iPad failed German electronics consumer ...
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Photo via nDevilTV If you know us here at TreeHugger, you know how we feel about smart phone apps. We love them. They're often just so darn handy for living a greener life, from helping out with transportation to shopping to home energy management. And so, you'll probably guess that we're excited to watch iPad apps slowly roll out ...
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The office building, going for LEED Platinum, is built on top of a brick factory from another era. It rises to the challenge. Go here to read the rest: The Centre For Green Cities At Evergreen Brickworks Demonstrates How To ...
"The stakes are very high and scientists are not the best people to deal with the social, ethical or political issues that geoengineering raises." View original here: Geoengineering is a Technical Fix for a Political Problem
