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turbine

Democratic Ecology: Philippe Starck's Cheap Designer Wind Turbine For Your Home

Famous designer Philippe Starck recently revealed he felt a certain shame that all the things he'd designed were not essential for living. This turbine, which he designed with the help of generator company Pramac, can theoretically provide a single home with 20-60% of all the electricity it needs. The name, which needs work, or at least the prefix "turbo" in front of it, is "Democratic Ecology." If the performance is indeed true, at $633, it's actually a steal and I'd order one right now. [inhabitat via Boingboing]

4:30 PM on Wed Jul 2 2008
By Brian Lam
9,067 views, 24 comments

Latest by n/a: $633 for a generator that could provide the average american home with 40 to 60 percent of it's electricity needs is something on the order of Tony Stark's "Arc Reactor". Free power. If the total unit, not taking into the more »

lcd

Sony Brings Out Energy-Efficient 32-Inch LCD in Japan

The Bravia KDL-32JE1 is an energy-efficient TV from Bravia which consumes just 89W of power, compared to 160W on an equivalent Bravia. It also uses plastic parts recycled from other Sony departments, such as the plastic waste from collected TVs, polystyrene packaging and the waste from the optical film from LCD TVs. Available on July 25 in Japan, the KDL-32JE1 has 1366x768 resolution, HDMI interface, 2500:1 contrast ratio and 178-degree view angle, and comes in two colors, Champagne Gold and Silver. It will cost the equivalent of $1,390 in Yen. [Impress]

6:00 AM on Tue Jun 17 2008
By AddyDugdale
1,468 views, 2 comments

Latest by Monty: I am interested in how they were able to (finally) get a large LCD display to use less power than the equivalent CRT. Of course, the next question is how we take those techniques and put them into every more »

green energy

World's Largest Solar Farm Opens: A Billion Trees Probably Died to Build It

A solar farm has opened in Spain that consists of 120,000 solar panels over 100 hectares (247 acres). It also has a peak capacity of 20 megawatts and it can power up to 20,000 homes—making it the world's largest solar farm to date. The farm is expected to generate an estimated annual income of $28 million and reduce CO2 emissions by about 42,000 tons a year. More »

6:10 PM on Fri Feb 15 2008
By Sean Fallon
20,604 views, 83 comments

america's next top president

Super Tuesday Tech Special: Republican Edition

Tomorrow is Super Tuesday, meaning that from among the three Republican candidates (four if you count good ol' Ron Paul), a Republican presidential candidate should emerge. Since we're most interested in how the candidates stand on technology matters, we've presented them below. Now, we're not going to pretend that this batch is super up to speed on all things tech. But for readers who will vote Republican, you should know which candidate has your best tech interest in mind. And if that's too boring for you, if each Republican candidate were a gadget, which one would he be? We made the calls—you tell us if we're right. More »

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12:00 PM on Mon Feb 4 2008
By Adrian Covert
15,280 views, 169 comments

Latest by Rando: Good job deleting my comment. You're no better than cnn.com now. GOGOGOGO Corp assholes more »

america's next top president

Super Tuesday Tech Special: Democratic Edition

The Super Tuesday primaries are tomorrow. If you're voting in a Democratic contest, the choice is down to Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama. If you still haven't decided who will get your vote, fear not, because we've broken down the candidates on the issues that matter most to us: their tech policies. If that's too serious for you, how about this? If each candidate were a gadget, which would they be and why? Tell us how close we got to being right. More »

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12:00 PM on Mon Feb 4 2008
By Benny Goldman
35,064 views, 113 comments

Latest by ninjatales: @Nyle: The Republican stand on technology is "We're too old for that stuff." more »

going green

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
8,484 views, 39 comments

Latest by n/a: If they are really worried about power consumption, then why are they reading this on the internet? They could easily be reading the newspaper. I think some people need something better to do with their time. Lets see if we more »

green energy

Windbelt Wind Power Machine Tosses Out The Turbine

All of the cute little wind-power devices we've seen rely on turbines. One inventor finally said, "Screw the turbine," and built a wind-powered generator that behaves rather like a badly designed bridge. More »

8:55 AM on Mon Oct 15 2007
By Wilson Rothman
16,169 views, 26 comments