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Rohm Circuit Kills Vampire Power, Pulls No Electricity On Standby

Japanese semiconductor maker Rohm is looking to vanquish vampire power, the energy wasted by tech on stand-by, with its new LSI circuits. The circuits consume no electricity even when in stand-by mode, allowing for a quick power up without the power drain. Considering that roughly 10% of a house's energy bill goes to these silent suckers, Rohm's circuits could save money and the planet at the same time. More »

5:00 PM on Sat May 10 2008
By Elaine Chow
9,322 views, 20 comments

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Solar Streetlamp Watches You to Save Power

By integrating LED lighting and motion detectors, Clavero's design only uses full power when people pass by. The rest of the time it remains at one third power to save power and reduce light pollution. Though this will no doubt save thousands of dollars, walking down a street lined with these could feel like a spotlight is following you. [Treehugger]

7:20 PM on Sun Feb 10 2008
By Eric Sheline
3,897 views, 34 comments

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Radical Ceiling Fan Blade Mocks Nature

We've been doing the ceiling fan thing all wrong for all these years. Turns out the best design for a fan blade is to twist it into the shape of a seed pod from a Sycamore tree. Spin it around at just 70 to 130 revs per minute, and you get the same airflow as a regular fan cranking its heart out at twice that speed. We're also digging its weirdo looks, too. More »

8:21 AM on Tue Jun 19 2007
By Charlie White
11,936 views, 29 comments

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Brits Go Green with Eco-M 100+MPG Sports Car

Those Brits and their cars are at it again. Now they've started a car company called Axon Automotive, showing it means business in the energy-efficient market space with its Eco-M, a bare-bones sporty car with a 1.4-liter gasoline engine. The car will be able to sip fuel and still go fast, capable of far greater than 100 miles per gallon because of its lightweight carbon fiber construction. More »

3:00 PM on Tue Mar 27 2007
By Charlie White
1,756 views, 5 comments

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One Click Power Neutralizes Scum-Sucking Wall Warts While You Sleep

The One Click Power Strip's black socket is for your PC, and all your other peripherals plug into the other outlets. When you turn on your computer, this clever power strip senses that and turns on all the other outlets. More »

2:00 PM on Fri Jan 26 2007
By Charlie White
472 views, 10 comments

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Bye Bye Wall Warts? Run (Almost) Everything At 12 Volts

Google founder Larry Page is getting sick and tired of inefficient power supplies in servers eating up boatloads of his profits, so he's calling for home computers and servers to have everything running at 12 volts, eliminating the need for those energy-sucking power supplies inside PCs with their various voltages and lame wastefulness. Begged Page in a recent speech:
"I'm going to just plead with all of you, let's get the power supply problems fixed, or let's get all these devices talking together."
More »

12:44 PM on Wed Sep 27 2006
By Charlie White
2,343 views, 36 comments

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Ultra High Efficiency LED Created

First it was a challenge to make LEDs that created truly white light instead of that yellowish or bluish glow, but that problem has long been solved. Now the race is on to enhance their efficiency. Cree Inc. just raised the bar, producing a white LED that can crank out 131 lumens per watt. This is not just idle talk, either—the achievement was confirmed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology. More »

9:35 AM on Wed Jun 21 2006
By Charlie White
4,513 views, 5 comments

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LED-Flex: Like Neon Tied Up In Knots

Mule Lighting has created a substitute for neon that's made up of flexible LEDs that are just as bright but 70% more energy efficient. The lights also last longer than neon and are more durable, too, with their specially-designed LEDs cleverly inserted inside tough yet flexible tubes. That bendability facilitates dazzling applications as well—Mule says, It looks just like neon except you can tie it in knots. More »

2:01 PM on Mon Mar 20 2006
By Charlie White
1,134 views, 12 comments