#wind

The Strata Building Runs On Built-In Wind Power

Form, meet function. The 42-story Strata Building—also known by its much cooler nickname, "The Razor"—will get 8% of its energy from three wind turbines built into its façade. Hope no one builds a 43-story building next door.
#architecture

Norway's Turbine City Concept Should Be The Future of Energy and Tourism

Norway already boasts the world's first floating wind turbine, and is apparently the windiest coastline in Europe, making it perfect for even more turbines. Or a turbine city, like On Office's proposal which shows a stunning vision of the future. More »
#concept

Foldable Wind-Powered Generator Concept

This generator looks like it's a great idea. Plop it down in a windy spot—like anywhere in the Bay Area right now—and it'll give you energy enough to power small devices. More »
#netbooks

MSI Wind U130 and U135 Netbooks Boast Pine Trail Chips

A couple of new netbooks have hit the "just announced" pool, and while MSI's Wind models don't usually grab me, the U130 and U135 do, thanks to the inclusion of Atom's new Pine Trail processors. More »

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 »

Now Available

MSI's first AMD Neo-based netbook is available today, along with a new home video monitoring kit from Vue. More »
#notebooks

MSI Confirms Wind U150 Netbook with Touchscreen and Intel's Next Atom

We heard that MSI may release a touchscreen netbook with Intel's next generation Pine Trail Atom platform, and it will. According to MSI, the new Intel Atom chipset is planned to be officially launched at CES. More »

Dubiously Named Inflatable 'Speed' Boat Navigates Pools At Blistering 2MPH

Let me save you $100 with a tip. The wind, old as time and completely free, will push your kid around the pool on a rubber raft faster than this inflatable speedboat. More »

Little Ionic Winds Stop Laptops From Burning Body Parts

We first heard about ionic winds cooling down computers by 250% in 2007. Two years later, Tessera—a chip-packing company—has modified the technology so that it would fit into a working laptop. 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 »
#msi

19-Inch Touchscreen Wind Sips On Less Energy than Most Light Bulbs

To be honest, netbooks scare me, but nettops scare me even more. Why do I need a neutered PC that isn't portable? Well, at least the platform doesn't need much power—even with a monitor. More »
#productspam

Every Netbook In One Big Obnoxious Picture

UMPC Portal has gone through the trouble of putting every netbook and UMPC released in recent history into one big collage.
#netbooks

Wired Plays With MSI Wind U120, Proclaims it Better Than the Original

Gadget Lab's Brian Chen spent some time tinkering with an early MSI Wind U120 test unit, the successor to last year's U100, and loves the new design features, specifically the trackpad and build quality. More »