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Pig Urine Plasticware Could Add Some Flavor To Your Meals, Cigarettes

Denmark has a disgusting problem. The waste produced by the country's 20 million pigs is slowly choking the environment—which has prompted a local company named Agroplast to devise a unique solution. Specifically, they have developed a means of processing animal waste (pig urine most notably) and transforming it into plastics that could be used in just about everything—including plastic dinnerware. More »

6:00 PM on Tue Apr 22 2008
By Sean Fallon
5,251 views, 37 comments

Latest by ybseigel: The original plan - storing the pig waste in silos, IIRC - was abandoned after a controversial american documentary (presumably) more »

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Your TV Sucks (Power, Even When It's Not Running)

That TV set of yours still sips power even when it's turned off, to the point that phantom power use can add 10% to your electricity bill. In fact, the average US household consumes about 50 watts of standby power per hour. There's a lot of talk about Energy Star ratings for electronic devices, but plasma and LCD TVs are still sucking up energy when they're doing nothing, and that's why Get with Green tested 50" plasma and 37" LCD displays to see which ones are the hungriest in standby mode. Of the 50" plasma displays, it looks like the 1080p Panasonic TH-50PZ700U (pictured above) is one of the greenest in standby. Let's take a look at the list: More »

10:20 AM on Wed Dec 26 2007
By Charlie White
8,570 views, 39 comments

Latest by tre_873: If they are really worried about power consumption, then why are they reading this on the internet? They could easily more »

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Cyber-Rain XCI Waters Your Lawn When The Internet Commands It

I love green technology, especially when it doesn't involve me lifting so much as a finger. With the Cyber-Rain XCI, you can take control of your sprinkler system across eight zones and help conserve water and a little cash at the same time. Via a wireless connection with your PC, the Cyber-Rain can make adjustments to scheduled watering times using current weather data. More »

7:40 PM on Thu Nov 8 2007
By Sean Fallon
1,650 views, 6 comments

Latest by kaylix: If came with a "watering police" sensor that'd be fantastic. more »

D-link claims that their new line of DGS-2200 series multi-port desktop switches are the first in a line of "green" networking equipment designed to lower power consumption without affecting performance. Excuse me while I throw away all of my gear in anticipation. [PC Mag]

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