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This week at TreeHugger: A nanotech breakthough could help increase the power output and storage capacity of ultracapacitors. Bike vs. Bear: A cyclist in Montana hits a bear while biking at 25 mph. The bear wasn't exactly happy about it. Fisker raises $65 million to help produce its Karma plug-in hybrid sports car. And finally, Intel launched its first Xeon CPUs that are 100% halogen-free, making them less toxic.
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EcoModo - The Best of Treehugger
This week at TreeHugger: A nanotech breakthough could help increase the power output and storage capacity of ultracapacitors. Bike vs. Bear: A cyclist in Montana hits a bear while biking at 25 mph. The bear wasn't exactly happy about it. Fisker raises $65 million to help produce its Karma plug-in hybrid sports car. And finally, Intel launched its first Xeon CPUs that are 100% halogen-free, making them less toxic.
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This week at TreeHugger: Sports car maker Lotus built a "Concept Ice Vehicle" for a trans-antarctic scientific expedition. It's kind of like a cross between a skidoo and an ultralight plane. This one is just kind "What the...?": A reader sent us photos of a Hägglunds Bandvagn truck (?!?) with the TreeHugger logo on it. We admit it's pretty badass. Nicole Kuepper, a 23 years old PhD student, might have just found a way to make solar cells using things like pizza ovens, nails polish and inkjet printers. Finally, Intel's next CPU, Nehalem (or i7 now) will include a 1 million transistors (as much as a 486) PCU dedicated to power management.
Researchers taking part in the Moon-Regan expedition have a new very cool toy. The biofuel-powered Concept Ice Vehicle (CIV), made by Lotus, will be used to cross the coldest contintent, Antarctica, to raise awareness about "how Antarctica’s fate affects the whole environment." Live feeds and results from scientific experiments will be available on the web and used in classrooms around the world.
The processes developed by Nicole Kuepper for the iJET solar cell don't require the very expensive clean rooms and high-temperature ovens of traditional solar panel manufacturing plants, but rather pizza ovens, nail polish and inkjet printers, making them accessible to developing countries.
Intel has announced at the Intel Developer Forum (IDF) that i7 a.k.a. Nehalem, its next generation CPU, will include a Power Control Unti (PCU) dedicated to making the chip more efficient. About 1 million transistors, as much as a 486 CPU used, will be used for the sole purpose of managing power using temperature sensor data and software feedback (OS requests, etc).
TreeHugger's EcoModo column appears every Tuesday on Gizmodo.
Ecomodo - The Best of Treehugger
This week at TreeHugger: Sports car maker Lotus built a "Concept Ice Vehicle" for a trans-antarctic scientific expedition. It's kind of like a cross between a skidoo and an ultralight plane. This one is just kind "What the...?": A reader sent us photos of a Hägglunds Bandvagn truck (?!?) with the TreeHugger logo on it. We admit it's pretty badass. Nicole Kuepper, a 23 years old PhD student, might have just found a way to make solar cells using things like pizza ovens, nails polish and inkjet printers. Finally, Intel's next CPU, Nehalem (or i7 now) will include a 1 million transistors (as much as a 486) PCU dedicated to power management.
Researchers taking part in the Moon-Regan expedition have a new very cool toy. The biofuel-powered Concept Ice Vehicle (CIV), made by Lotus, will be used to cross the coldest contintent, Antarctica, to raise awareness about "how Antarctica’s fate affects the whole environment." Live feeds and results from scientific experiments will be available on the web and used in classrooms around the world.
The processes developed by Nicole Kuepper for the iJET solar cell don't require the very expensive clean rooms and high-temperature ovens of traditional solar panel manufacturing plants, but rather pizza ovens, nail polish and inkjet printers, making them accessible to developing countries.
Intel has announced at the Intel Developer Forum (IDF) that i7 a.k.a. Nehalem, its next generation CPU, will include a Power Control Unti (PCU) dedicated to making the chip more efficient. About 1 million transistors, as much as a 486 CPU used, will be used for the sole purpose of managing power using temperature sensor data and software feedback (OS requests, etc).
TreeHugger's EcoModo column appears every Tuesday on Gizmodo.
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This week at TreeHugger: Is there any technology more overdue than solar-powered air-conditioning? The internal combustion engine will someday be replaced by electric motors, but in the meantime, here are 5 technologies that are making it better. Day4 Energy announced a breakthrough with a solar panel that is 25% cheaper. And finally, there are an estimated 705 million CRT televisions in the USA, each of which contains toxic lead.
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EcoModo - The Best of Treehugger
This week at TreeHugger: Is there any technology more overdue than solar-powered air-conditioning? The internal combustion engine will someday be replaced by electric motors, but in the meantime, here are 5 technologies that are making it better. Day4 Energy announced a breakthrough with a solar panel that is 25% cheaper. And finally, there are an estimated 705 million CRT televisions in the USA, each of which contains toxic lead.
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This week at TreeHugger: Lotus has developed a 'sound simulation technology' to make hybrids and electric cars noisier. Since the sound is simulated, you could probably hack it to put in the sound of a TIE Fighter or an old Sherman tank. Oh boy... Nissan has unveiled the ECO Pedal, a tactile feedback mechanism in the gas pedal that helps you save gas. Also, Anchorage, Alaska, will install 16,000 LED streetlights, an investment that could save $360,000 per year at the current energy prices.
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Ecomodo - The Best of Treehugger
This week at TreeHugger: Lotus has developed a 'sound simulation technology' to make hybrids and electric cars noisier. Since the sound is simulated, you could probably hack it to put in the sound of a TIE Fighter or an old Sherman tank. Oh boy... Nissan has unveiled the ECO Pedal, a tactile feedback mechanism in the gas pedal that helps you save gas. Also, Anchorage, Alaska, will install 16,000 LED streetlights, an investment that could save $360,000 per year at the current energy prices.
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This week at TreeHugger: A Lithium Iron Phosphate breakthrough could mean better (cheaper, more powerful) batteries for electronics, hybrids and electric cars. Researchers have figured out a way to use micro-lenses to make better OLEDs, generating up to 70 lumens/watt! Google has decided to invest in a battery and an electric car company. And finally, a study shows that big screen plasma TVs use more juice than plug-in vehicles.
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EcoModo - The Best of Treehugger
This week at TreeHugger: A Lithium Iron Phosphate breakthrough could mean better (cheaper, more powerful) batteries for electronics, hybrids and electric cars. Researchers have figured out a way to use micro-lenses to make better OLEDs, generating up to 70 lumens/watt! Google has decided to invest in a battery and an electric car company. And finally, a study shows that big screen plasma TVs use more juice than plug-in vehicles.
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This week at TreeHugger: A big LED breakthroughat Purdue University could change the world and even kill CFLs. Some competition for LCD technology: Telescopic pixels work on the same principle as the telescopes that astronomers use, and are much more energy efficient than other screens. And finally, Matsusitha is investing in a new factory to increase its lithium-ion battery production by 300%, and some of those will go to various kinds of hybrid and electric cars.
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EcoModo - The Best of Treehugger
This week at TreeHugger: A big LED breakthroughat Purdue University could change the world and even kill CFLs. Some competition for LCD technology: Telescopic pixels work on the same principle as the telescopes that astronomers use, and are much more energy efficient than other screens. And finally, Matsusitha is investing in a new factory to increase its lithium-ion battery production by 300%, and some of those will go to various kinds of hybrid and electric cars.
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This week at TreeHugger: We look back at 17 electric cars that were featured in our archives during the past 3 years, including speed demons like the Eliica (top speed 250 mph) and Wrightspeed X1 (0 to 60 in 3 sec). The not very useful, but oh-so-fun Circular Bike, aka Vicious Cycle made from salvaged parts. And from the wonders of science, we look at whether carbon nanotubes could make artificial photosynthesis possible.
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EcoModo - The Best of Treehugger
This week at TreeHugger: We look back at 17 electric cars that were featured in our archives during the past 3 years, including speed demons like the Eliica (top speed 250 mph) and Wrightspeed X1 (0 to 60 in 3 sec). The not very useful, but oh-so-fun Circular Bike, aka Vicious Cycle made from salvaged parts. And from the wonders of science, we look at whether carbon nanotubes could make artificial photosynthesis possible.
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This week at TreeHugger: Tired of high gas prices? Even hypermiling isn't good enough for you? Check out VW's 282 MPG car! Limited edition coming out in 2010. If you are reading this, you have a computer. We often hear about all the energy they use, but rarely about all the energy they save. Wouldn't it be cool if a giant rubber snake saved the world? That's hyperbole, but this rubber tube could help produce power from waves. More »
EcoModo - The Best of Treehugger
This week at TreeHugger: Tired of high gas prices? Even hypermiling isn't good enough for you? Check out VW's 282 MPG car! Limited edition coming out in 2010. If you are reading this, you have a computer. We often hear about all the energy they use, but rarely about all the energy they save. Wouldn't it be cool if a giant rubber snake saved the world? That's hyperbole, but this rubber tube could help produce power from waves. More »
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This week at TreeHugger: Tesla Motors, makers of fine electric cars, have a announced along with California's governor that their next electric car will be called 'Model S' and that it will be built in the Bay Area instead of New Mexico. A 375 lbs black bear was shot down with a tranquilizer dart, but fell in the water. Adam Warwick jumped after it and kept the bear from drowning in sting-ray infested waters. A roundup of 7 Electric Scooters, from prototypes to production models. Finally, Carlos Ghosn announced that Nissan would produce an electric car by 2010.
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EcoModo: The Best of Treehugger
This week at TreeHugger: Tesla Motors, makers of fine electric cars, have a announced along with California's governor that their next electric car will be called 'Model S' and that it will be built in the Bay Area instead of New Mexico. A 375 lbs black bear was shot down with a tranquilizer dart, but fell in the water. Adam Warwick jumped after it and kept the bear from drowning in sting-ray infested waters. A roundup of 7 Electric Scooters, from prototypes to production models. Finally, Carlos Ghosn announced that Nissan would produce an electric car by 2010.
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