published February 6, 2011 and has No Comments
Image: WEEE Man , London South Bank, by polymer808 This week the European Parliament backed a proposal to re-write the WEEE directive . WEEE stands for Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment, and the directive sets requirements for the end-of-life management in the growing electrical and electron... Read the full story on TreeHugger
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published January 29, 2011 and has No Comments
Image credit: Amazon , for about US$120. My Milwaukee 12V, 3/8" electric drill (pictured) is extremely handy for infrequent home repairs and bench-top projects. This and similar rechargeable drills have light weight Li-Ion batteries that hold a charge for weeks. My Milwaukee has the entire juice-box built into the handle - so I can holster it in my jeans ...
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published January 11, 2011 and has No Comments
Image via kaibara87 via Flickr Creative Commons Researchers have figured out that data can be stored in bacteria, and that a single gram of bacteria can store more information than 450 2-terabyte hard drives! This storing and encrypting information in living organisms is called biostorage, and students at Hong Kong's Chinese University are using E. coli to test the ...
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published January 7, 2011 and has No Comments
Image via Samsung We've known about Samsung's green(er) Blue Earth cell phone for awhile now, but there are two lesser known models the company has created with a lighter footprint -- the Evergreen and the Rant 2. They are shown off here at CES, with a nod to the eco-friendly components, including recycled plastic used for their casing.... Read ...
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published January 4, 2011 and has No Comments
Photo credit CES For the last couple years we've been covering the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada. It's the biggest tradeshow in the world for electronics, and there is always a lot of interesting items and news about the ups and downs of the industry. Today I'm off to CES to dig up the best and worst ...
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published January 4, 2011 and has No Comments
Image via PerpetualKid It's been awhile since we've added to the "Just What We Needed" pile, but this item was too much -- it had to be tossed onto the heap. This is one of those pieces of plasticrap that when you see it, all you can do is tilt your head to one side and think, "Yep, it's ...
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published December 30, 2010 and has No Comments
Photo by comedy_nose via Flickr Creative Commons Last May we heard that the European Union might require a universal charger for all cell phones, and last October we heard that just such a universal charger was devised , though would not be "forced" onto cell phone manufacturers. The idea is brilliant, though, since the... Read the full story on ...
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published December 23, 2010 and has No Comments
Image via Technabob Solar powered e-readers. It was just a matter of time, right? LG put out a solar powered e-reader prototype over a year ago, though the solar cell was embedded in a case, rather than the device itself. When looking at Toshiba's latest e-reader, we're starting to think that LG might have been on the smarter track. ...
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published December 22, 2010 and has No Comments
Photo by smeadli via Flickr Creative Commons Tech and gadget news is always interesting, and every week has its next-big-thing announcements. But there were a few stories and trends that really stood out from the crowd during 2010. Yes, that includes the iPad -- but also a ton of other neat stuff. Check out some of the most popular ...
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published December 21, 2010 and has No Comments
Photo by MSVG via Flickr Creative Commons One of the major components of gauging how green an electronics manufacturer really is, is watching their supply chain. Earning certifications such as EPEAT or ranking higher on the Greenpeace green electronics guide, all mean having a transparent supply chain and sourcing materials in as environmentally and socially responsible way as possible. ...
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