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EcoModo – The Best of TreeHugger

This week on TreeHugger, a wind-powered bike zips at 140 mph, a boat made from 100% trash sets sail, an astronaut harvests space cucumbers, insect-inspired LED lamps, and more! 23-Foot Boat Made from 100% Trash Uses Solar Power (Video) Made from plastic bottles, old advertising banners, and other “trash” (read: misplaced raw materials), it boasts…

Tech News Max Behrman Jun 14

HP Arms 11 Laptops With AMD’s Sandy Bridge-Esque Fusion APUs

AMD says their Fusion Accelerated Processing Unit is “Sandy Bridge done right,” which combines a CPU and discrete ATI graphics on the same die, allowing more efficient processing, increased battery life and improved graphics performance. Now it’s in 11 new HP laptops. https://gizmodo.com/amd-fusion-gpu-and-cpu-hook-up-for-better-battery-life-5723951 Six of HP’s consumer laptops (the dv4, dv6, dv7, g4, g6 and…

Tech News Adrian Covert Jun 14

BlackBerry To Use the Same Designers Behind HTC Sense? (Updated)

RIM’s next OS could look a lot more slick, if rumors about them working with You i Labs are correct. The wackily-named Canadian design company created HTC’s beautiful Sense interface, which has been used on both WinMo and Android products. Correction: You I has nothing to do with HTC or HTC Sense. Gigaom has reported…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Jun 14

Fanny Pack-Wearing Terrorist Ignites Montana Shoot Out

A 47-year-old man named David Burgert is the focus of a federal manhunt in Montana after he initiated a gunfight with Missoula County sheriff’s deputies on Sunday, and then fled into the Lolo National Forest. Authorities told the AP that Burgert may have food and ammunition stashed in several pre-planned locations in the forest. Agents…

Tech News Jeff Neumann Jun 14

London’s Olympics Basketball Stadium Looks Inflatable But Is Actually Recyclable

Amazingly, another of London’s Olympics stadiums has actually been completed on time, with the basketball stadium becoming the fourth to be finished off. Designed to be temporary, the building will be recycled after the 2012 London Olympics. Measuring 35m high and made from 1,000 tons of steel, it’s not known what the stadium will be…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Jun 14

HP Wants In On That NFC Thing, Too

“Me! Me! Memememe!” cries HP, as they realize everyone around them has either signed deals or developed their own NFC services. According to BusinessWeek, both tablets and phones with NFC are being planned by HP, and could be available by late-2011. [BusinessWeek via BGR]

Tech News Kat Hannaford Jun 14

Apple Is Now Selling Unlocked iPhone 4 Handsets From $650

Can you believe that an iRumor has come true, for once—and early? Apple’s started selling unlocked iPhone 4 phones in the US, with the 16GB model (in both black and white) costing $650, and the 32GB models coming in at $750. https://gizmodo.com/rumor-unlocked-iphone-4s-revamped-macbook-airs-and-ne-5811267 While this is a step forward in the right direction for Apple (after…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Jun 14

Rumor: MacBook Airs Not Coming Until Late June

Forget about MacBook Airs being delivered to Apple.com this Wednesday—the Taiwanese paper Economic Daily has scrounged up some details about the Air going on sale later this month. They also claim the iPad 3 will launch later this year, with an image resolution “5-6 times higher than the iPad 2.” [Reuters] https://gizmodo.com/rumor-unlocked-iphone-4s-revamped-macbook-airs-and-ne-5811267

Tech News Kat Hannaford Jun 14

New Cable Technology Promises 4.5 Gbps Download, 575 Mbps Upload Speeds

Watch out DSL providers, your fancy, schmancy fiber optic technology is about to be blown away by a cable telecommunications company from Suwanee, Georgia. At the Cable Show 2011 conference in Chicago, ARRIS is demoing a new technology that delivers 4.5 Gbps download and 575 Mbps upload speeds over a cable connection. The system steals…

Tech News Kelly Jun 14

A See-Through Cabin In The Woods of Japan

Hidemi Nishida built a translucent cabin in the woods for the minimalist camper with a fondness for voyeurism. The Shukaijo House is a temporary winter shelter constructed in the back woods of Sapporo, Japan. It’s frame and flooring are timber and its walls are translucent sheets of plastic. It’s designed to let you see out…

Tech News Kelly Jun 14

The Airlines Make a Killing Off Bag Check Fees

Ruh-roh, looks like the Associated Press uncovered what every US airline passenger already knows – the airlines are nickel and diming its customers to death with bag check fees. These fees were introduced in 2008 as a way to offset the rising cost of fuel. It’s been a cash cow for the airlines who collected…

Tech News Kelly Jun 14

Apple and Nokia Shake Hands On Patent License Agreement

Nokia and Apple are no longer suing each other over multiple cases of patent infringement. The two have entered an agreement and Apple will be paying Nokia both a lump sum amount and on-going royalties. Needless to say Nokia is happy with this arrangement. [Nokia] https://gizmodo.com/nokia-sues-apple-over-ipad-and-iphone-related-patents-5533482

Tech News Kelly Jun 14

Nature’s Slow Path to Destruction

Imagine buying your dream house and gradually losing it to a slow-moving landslide. For Jim and Charity Marlatt of Keene, NY, this is a living nightmare they face every day. The ordeal began with a small crack in the dirt that gradually turned into an 82-acre landslide. As a result, their house is now literally…

Tech News Kelly Jun 13

Save Dad $120 On His T-Mobile Data Plan

Father’s Day is next week and many of you are still trying to figure what to buy. If you have a T-Mobile smartphone lying around, you may want to introduce Dad to the world of mobile broadband. As part of its Father’s Day sale, T-Mobile is dishing up some free data on Saturday, June 18.…

Tech News Kelly Jun 13

Ortho-Tag Uses RFID To Identify Your Implants

When you have a prosthetic device implanted in your body, how do you retrieve information about it? You can’t look at the bottom for a model number and you don’t want to go under the knife to find the manufacturer. Orthopedic surgeon Lee Berger along with Marlin Mickle of the University of Pittsburgh developed a…

Tech News Kelly Jun 13

I Can’t Believe This Is How You Really Unload Stuff from Giant Trucks

Apparently, if you are carrying certain goods—like woodchip—in giant nine-wheeled trucks, this is how you unload them: Strap them to a gigantic platform. And then tilt them more than 45 degrees until it empties completely. Being a complete ignorant about logistics, this simple fact amazes me to no end. Not to talk about the photo.…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Jun 13

New York Is The Top Tweeting City In The World

London may have the most Twitter accounts in the world, but New York City residents tweet more than anyone else in the world. This little factoid from Sysomos was recently dredged up in a NY Times op-ed piece. It’s not surprising, really, even gangs in NYC picked up on the Twitter trend years ago. And,…

Tech News Kelly Jun 13

Make Your Own Beautiful Cookbooks and Share Them With Friends

Being a foodie with the iPad should come naturally. And with panache. So you can look to Yummrs as a way of nurturing your palette in a way that’s great for you and for the party you’re throwing. Yummrs connects to your favorite cooking blogs, and manages them by presenting the delicious foods you’ll want…

Tech News Kwame Opam Jun 13

Hanging Bike Beacons Show Cars Where You’re Coming From

Fixed-gear bikes are a testament to minimalist styling, however most light mounting hardware isn’t. The BikeLit aims to rectify the situation by simply hanging on. The BikeLit by Nite Ize uses two LED beacons — one white, forward-facing that clips to the front brake cables and one red, rear-facing that hooks to the saddle rails.…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola Jun 13

EcoModo – The Best of TreeHugger

HP Arms 11 Laptops With AMD’s Sandy Bridge-Esque Fusion APUs

BlackBerry To Use the Same Designers Behind HTC Sense? (Updated)

Fanny Pack-Wearing Terrorist Ignites Montana Shoot Out

London’s Olympics Basketball Stadium Looks Inflatable But Is Actually Recyclable

HP Wants In On That NFC Thing, Too

Apple Is Now Selling Unlocked iPhone 4 Handsets From $650

Rumor: MacBook Airs Not Coming Until Late June

New Cable Technology Promises 4.5 Gbps Download, 575 Mbps Upload Speeds

A See-Through Cabin In The Woods of Japan

The Airlines Make a Killing Off Bag Check Fees

Apple and Nokia Shake Hands On Patent License Agreement

Nature’s Slow Path to Destruction

Save Dad $120 On His T-Mobile Data Plan

Ortho-Tag Uses RFID To Identify Your Implants

I Can’t Believe This Is How You Really Unload Stuff from Giant Trucks

New York Is The Top Tweeting City In The World

Make Your Own Beautiful Cookbooks and Share Them With Friends

Hanging Bike Beacons Show Cars Where You’re Coming From

Top Stories: Monday, June 13, 2011

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