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more about #energy more comments → Xagest: I wonder how long it will take before standard power outlets are replaced with something like this? more » Daniel Mittelman: Your definition of osmosis leaves much to be desired. First of all the water moves, not the entire solution, and second of all the way the sentence ... more » RJackson: Someone explain how osmosis can generate power? :S more » Nathan Obbards: The only problem with liquefying yourself is that you can't turn calcium phosphate into a diamond. Yeah, yeah, we all know that cremation is bad for ... more » OCEntertainment: I'm sorry, I know this is only mildly on topic but....where in the world-is-Carmen-Sandiego did 2009 go?! It feels way too early for all these dang be... more » zeroprime: ughhh God, I want a transgenic pet soooooo bad. If that's morally wrong, I'll settle for some transgenic plants that have blooms that glow in the dark... more » diamonddnice: Computer speakers are NOT Home Theater Speakers just cause they do 5.1 surround and sound decent for a computer. more » fluidexistence: I don't know, many of these are best choices--but only if you live in a Cocoon; the aesthetics look like something you'd find in a Diner, not to menti... more » itzikG35: I personally have the Energy Take Classic, which can be found today for ~$200 (w/o subwoofer). If you have the room for something a little bigger tha... more » GraphicoFantastico: Polk RM7 Satellites, CSI A4 Center, Klipsch Synergy Sub-12 sub. $758 more » -
#power
iGo Green Technology Line Could Cut 85% Standby Power Consumption
iGo's three new products, the Power Smart Tower, Power Smart Wall and Laptop Charger, detect when a plugged-in device isn't being used and then shut off the power being drawn from the wall—which could equal huge energy savings. More » -
#energy
World's First Power Plant Using Osmosis To Generate Power Opened in Norway
If a failed Russian missile launch hadn't been confirmed as the instigator for those mysterious sky spirals, we would've seriously looked at this osmotic power plant in Norway as the potential source. More » -
#ideas
The 5 Bestest of the New York Times' Best Ideas of the Year
The New York Times' Year in Ideas is one of my favorite end-of-the-year lists because it's smart. I mean, they're the best ideas of the year. Here are the 5 bestest ideas of the year. Like getting liquefied when you die. More » -
#speakers
The Best 5.1 Speaker Systems You Can Buy for $800 or Less
During our week celebrating precision audio, you guys asked about respectable but affordable home-theater audio. So we hit up CNet's Audiophiliac, Steve Guttenberg, to clue us in to three exceptional 5.1 speaker/subwoofer combo packages selling for $800 or less. More » -
#climatecontrol
Individual Air Conditioners in Cubicles Double Energy Efficiency (Tell Your Boss!)
Hey, office drones. The next time you're pissed and shivering because Jeff in accounting turned the thermostat down to 65 again, just show him this article: Turns out individual climate control units in cubicles can save up to 50% energy. More » -
#decals
Decals Show You The Hamster Powering Your Wall Sockets and Toilets
These decals serve as little reminders to switch off, and consider just how much energy you're consuming. I'm sure we could all do with some of these for our wall outlets. More » -
#gadgets
NEC's New TV Remote Uses No Batteries
It will be some time before it reaches couch potatos' hands, but NEC's new TV remote prototype promises eternal power and no battery changes. Ever. How so? It doesn't use any. How is this sorcery possible? More » -
#energy
Allergy Warning: The ITER Fusion Facility Contains Coconuts
It'll be a while before the first commercially viable fusion facility, ITER in France, is powered up. But before that can even ever happen, there's a need for a massive amount of coconut-shell charcoal which'll absorb byproducts of thermonuclear reactions. More » -
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#solar
Obama's $8-Billion Plan to Modernize the US Power Grid
Oh, Sr. Presidente, you look so goooood in the middle of the largest photovoltaic farm in the country—-the 180-acre DeSoto Next Generation Solar Energy Center near Tampa, Florida. Maybe that's why you want to put solar panels everywhere. More » -
#solar
Dell’s New Solar Parking Lot
Think about how hot your car gets on a sunny day. Dell decided to harvest all that wasted energy by installing these solar panels in their parking lot. Now they're keeping cars cool and putting that sunlight to good use. More » -
#solar
Sharp Triple Layer Solar Cell Sets New Efficiency Record
The gauntlet has been thrown down yet again in the solar cell efficiency arms race. This time Sharp comes up with a cell that can harvest 35.8% of available sunlight. More » -
#wirelesspower
Sony Getting Closer to TVs With No Cables Whatsoever
This TV has absolutely no cables connected to it. No video cable. No audio cable. And no power cable. How's this wicked sorcery possible? Thanks to Sony's new Wireless Power Transfer technology, which can send 60 watts over the air. More » -
#space
NASA Is Running Out of Space Fuel, No Refills In Sight
So apparently, NASA needs this itsy-bitsy little thing called Plutonium-238 to make their deep-space rocketships go ZoOOOooOoOooM ZooOOOOoMM, but they're running out of it and need congress to drop $30 million to help make more. More » -
#gadgets
Backpack Generates 40 Watts Just By Walking
Defense Tech's Bryant Jordan was at the Disneyland of military gadgetry—the Modern Day Marine event at Quantico—and came across this power-generating backpack, which has stepped from prototype to reality. It can generate 40 watts just by walking. More » -
#books
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Persistence, Jury-Rigging, and Ingenuity Against All Odds
We seldom post about books at Gizmodo, but if this story of a self-taught Malawian boy using junkyard parts to build windmills and bring life-changing electricity to his village doesn't make you misty-eyed, then you must be one cold-hearted bastard. More » -
#dishwashers
Ultrasonic Dishwasher Cavitates Your Dishes to Cleanliness
Ultrasonic cleaning techniques have been around in the jewelry circles for a while, but they haven't yet made it into our kitchens. Until now. More » -
#concepts
Clock Celebrates Your Excessive Energy Use on the Hour
While the Energy Aware Clock ticks away the hours of your day, it's also graphing your power usage patterns in electric blue. More » -
#space
Japan to Spend $21,000,000,000 on a Power Plant in F%#king Space
Holy shit, Japan is getting prepped to drop $21 billion on a solar power station in space, one that will beam enough energy back to Earth to power 294,000 homes. With no cables. More » -
#data
How Many Solar Panels Would It Take to Power The Entire World?
After seeing how many nukes would it take to obliterate humanity instantly, I wanted some good news. Like, how many solar panels would it take to power the entire world? The entire surface of Africa, maybe? Actually, it's surprisingly less. More » -
#energy
Super-Tough Solar Panels Could Make Every Road Into a Power Plant
Roads do two things well: Carry cars, and soak up sun. What if, instead of just getting really hot, roads could generate electricity with that sunlight? That's exactly what Solar Roadways—and now, the Department of Energy—has in mind. More » -
#cars
Future Ford Hybrids Will Tell Energy Grid When To Power Up
Ford has come up with a smart new system that enables drivers to tell their hybrid car precisely when and how long to charge from the grid—potentially helping you to save money on electricity. More » -
#energy
The Fuel of the Future: Coal-Powered Cars
Back in 1979, the German Prime Minister announced that coal was the "fuel of the future," and the energy industry was all abuzz about the possibilities, including coal-powered cars. Ha! Gasoline doesn't look so bad now, eh? More » -
#science
The Solution to the Energy Crisis: Urine
Did you know that urine has properties that make it a great source of energy? That's right: peeing in your gas tank might actually do something in the not too distant future. More » -
#lightbulbs
New Heat-Reflecting Technology Threatens to Make Incandescent Bulbs Fashionable Again
I know, I know. Tech writers spent all this time hyping CFLs, and now it's possible that incandescent bulbs might be acceptable again thanks to a new technology that seals the filament in a special, heat-reflecting inner-capsule? The nerve! More » -
#energy
Why Is Japan So Sweaty?
Imagine Slate columnist Daniel Gross's surprise when he arrived at the Nikkei offices in Japan and was greeted by businessmen, sans ties. To appear so casual in the workplace is almost sacrilege in Japan, and yet here it was, happening. More » -
#hohm
Microsoft Hohm Tracks Home Energy Usage via Webapp
Microsoft's Hohm lets people with participating energy providers track their energy usage online via a website. The end goal is to have the site give you tips on how to save energy and thus money. More » -
#android
Android Meets Energy Shows Why Android Will Be Powering Way More Than Just Phones
A lot of Android's potential has nothing to do with phones—it's running little gadgets. For starters, Moto Labs (not that one) put Android on aBeagleBoard, mashed that into a soup with a wireless cam and Flickr feed to monitor power usage from a custom Google Gadget. [Moto] -
#google
Google PowerMeter Begins Rollout, Gives You One More Metric To Obsess Over
Google PowerMeter, an online widget that monitors your home's power usage in real time, is one of those ideas that really should've caught on by now. Well, it's starting to! More » -
#greenthenewblack
It's Looking Pretty Gloomy for Alternative Energy Right Now
As the WSJ reports on "darker times" for the solar-power industry, the NYT reports venture capitalists are shifting their dollars from bright-eyed alternative energy startups to ones focused on good ol' efficiency. We're doomed. [NYT] -
#power
Must See: Where Your Power Comes From, Visualized
NPR has an amazing interactive map of our power grid—the complicated mesh of power plants and transmission lines delivering juice to your house. This picture shows new proposed lines—it looks damn sad without them: More » -
#goodvsevil
Space-Based Solar Panels May Be Used for Energy-Saving Good or Catastrophic Evil
A Californian power company is looking at launching giant, reflective solar panels into space to beam clean energy back to us on Earth. But the tech was originally designed for Bond-villain-like weather control. More » -
#power
K3 Harnesses the Power of the Sun, the Wind, and the Electric Grid
The Kinesis K3 power generator updates their previous K2 unit with a new power source: In addition to its windmill and solar cells, it can now charge its internal battery with external electricity sources. More » -
#energy
Tina Fey's Fart Machine Becoming a Reality...Only With Gaseous Microbes
If you watch 30 Rock religiously, you might have seen one or two references to an out-of-control fart machine. Well, Tina Fey's dream is kind of, sort of becoming a reality. More » -
#green
Apparently We Can Turn Carbon Dioxide Into Eco-Friendly Biofuels Now
Singaporean researchers at the Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology have devised a way to convert carbon dioxide into clean-burning biofuel methanol, using a safe, non-toxic process. Has mankind defeated the final boss of Global Warming? More » -
#concepts
Mini Hydro Turbine Concept Turns Drippy Faucet Into Energy Source
Whether the laws of physics would allow something like this to happen, I do not know, but Jin Woo Han's faucet dynamo concept for powering small electric devices with water power is a neat idea. More » -
#nanotech
Piezoelectric Nanowires Could Power Future Gadgets Using Blood Flow
Did that headline get your blood pumping? Good. In the future you'll make a great battery. More » -
#science
It Takes an Absolutely Ridiculous Amount of Energy to Power the Death Star's Laser
Blowing up a planet is no small feat, but the Death Star's laser manages it easily. But the energy consumed is a bit much. Like a full week's worth of the sun's total output. More » -
#cleanwater
Solvatten Solar Jerrycan Purifies Water Using Nothing But Sunshine
Providing clean water is an integral part to any effort to raise third-world living standards. Solvatten, a Swedish-designed water purifier, does its job using nothing but a couple of hours in the sun. More » -
#gaming
Game Consoles Sucking Up $1 Billion in Energy Costs Per Year
According to a study by the National Resources Defense Council, Americans use up about $1 billion worth of energy per year powering video game consoles, enough to power the entire city of San Diego. -
#hvac
Vent-Miser Freezes Out the Guests On Schedule
File these under "new to me" category, but while I'd seen programmable thermostats before, I'd never encountered a vent that opened and closed on a timer.
