Fluorographene, The Thinnest Insulator Yet Discovered, Could Have Green Uses
Kostya Novoselov and Andre Geim from the University of Manchester, the winners of this year's Nobel Prize for Physics, found that graphene, otherwise a good thermal and electrical conductor, has quite interesting insulating properties if combined with fluoride.
Logitech's Solar Powered Wireless Keyboard: Pointless Green In a Plastic Case
A solar powered keyboard has been launched by Logitech yesterday. Not only it will announce you through a special software that it needs recharging, the innovative keyboard also saves precious power... in vain.
GE Applies Jet Engine Technology In Cooling New Type Of LED Light Bulbs
This is the third day in a row that we are presenting the most efficient lighting systems invented recently. Now, it's time for another invention from GE, who made a 1,500-lumen LED light bulb and cooled it through a technology used in aviation.
General Electric Unveils New Hybrid Halogen-CFC Light Bulbs
General Electric has created new halogen compact fluorescent light bulbs, GE Reveal and GE Energy Smart Soft, that unlike typical fluorescents (CFLs), contain less mercury (only 1 milligram) and don't take time to warm up, being more efficient.
Panasonic and Toshiba Enter The Game of LED Lighting With Straight Tube Lamps
While Compact Fluorescent Bulbs have barely been seen in various parts of the world and incandescent lighting still rules in others, two Japanese companies already want to change them for LEDs - straight tube LED lamps, which, they say, are much more economical.
LEDs Using Surface Plasmons Several Times Stronger, Japanese Researchers Report
We all know LED as being the flagship of green lighting, but what if those so-called "efficient" LEDs turned out to be even more energy-effective under certain conditions? The Kyoto University, in collaboration with Stanley Electric Co Ltd found a way to increase the emission intensity of silicon-based thin films by several times.
A New Step Taken Towards Spray-On Solar Cells and Self-Powered e-readers
University of Florida researchers have invented spray-on polymers that can reflect or transmit any color, and can be applied to glass or plastics as well. "That's what this newest paper is about, but we've also developed polymer coatings for all the other colors of the spectrum," said John Reynolds, a scientist at the University of Florida who led a team that developed the clear-to-black polymers.
GreenDroid: Newly Developed Smartphone Chip Uses 11 Times Less Energy Per Instruction
Smartphones are looked upon as the most sophisticated and trendy devices there are on the market nowadays, since mostly everyone wants or uses one. Still, with the coming of Google's Android and the freedom from Microsoft's Windows Mobile, no big changes have been made to green up these devices, as their power consumption grows exponentially.
Researchers Find New Way to Make Less Toxic Super-Fast Graphene Transistors
Graphene has a great potential to make electronic devices such as phones, radios and computers smaller and faster. The new graphene-based technology could play a key role in waste reduction and energy conservation.
New Display Technology Uses Gratings to Control Color, Enhances Efficiency 400%
LCDs have been here for quite a while, using the same technology implemented for the first time in the 1970s. It's high time someone invented a different method of displaying colors in a controlled manner, for the sake of price and energy consumption.
