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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Images via Nokia Unlike a lot of major computer and gadget companies, Nokia tends to keep mum about the environmental work they do, out of a culture of modesty. A lot of good things the company is doing can slip past the radar, including its stance on ethical sources for raw materials. ... See the original post here: Nokia Is ...
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Photo via KB35 The month of April is usually a good month for recycling since Earth Day sparks some action around saving the planet. The EPA has caught the bug too, and has announced a big cell phone recycling drive in conjunction with major retailers, to last all of next week. ... Go here to read the rest: EPA Announces ...
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Photo via alexindigo Nordic cell provider Telenor is reconciling some disappointing statistics about unused cell phones by starting up a cool trade-in deal that promotes reforestation in Asia. ... Read the original: Old Cell Phones Mean New Trees with Telenor
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Average cell phone lifetime: between 14 and 18 months. Main reason for getting a new phone (in addition to iPhone lust) is: having a new phone foisted upon you by your cellular provider for a ridiculously low monthly fee. That's why it's a brilliant potential idea that Orange in France decided to pay its current customers 40 Euros (U.S.$54) ...
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Image from AfriGadget The “Daily News” is a blackboard on a major road in Monrovia, Liberia which is run by a fellow named Alfred Sirleaf. Everyday, he writes out the news in neat letters for those who can't afford newspapers, radio, or a generator to run a TV. Mr. Sirleaf might be considered an "analog blogger", and this is ...
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Photo credit: Contxts Stop patting your pockets for business cards made out of pulped and bleached dead trees—analog contact info is so 2007, according to Contxts , a free new service that allows you to text your deets to your latest acquaintance. Similarly, your new colleague/associate/soul mate/BFF can retrieve your profile via SMS simply by texting your username on ...
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Photo via Gizmag File this in the "why didn't they think of that sooner?" category. Pair up watchmakers and an innovations company and find out that a mechanical mobile phone that uses kinetic energy to run is not such a far off thing. ... See original here: World's First Mechanical Cell Phone Modeled After Watches
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A Finnish designer has made a working surfboard from broken skateboards. Read the original here: Hollow Surfboard Is Made from Broken Skateboards
How to grow tastier tomatoes and how to make food taste sweeter without sugar: just two amazing discoveries from a study of the chemical interactions underlying tomato flavor preferences Read the rest here: The Secrets of Tasty Tomatoes Discovered - Can ...
