The First Ever LED Lamp That Shines Like a 100-Watt Incandescent Bulb
You know you should hate the 100-watt light bulb, because it's not good for the planet, but you cannot help but love the way it warms your room on a dark winter night. The Switch Lighting Company now allows you to not feel guilty about this preference, by creating the first LED to match a 100-watt bulb.
VacuSen: Oxygen Sensor Used in Space Missions, Now Helps Manufacturing Greener Windows
It looks like sensors regularly used in space missions can now be a part of a technology aimed to improve the making of glass. Hold on, not any kind of glass, but one that excels in thermal insulation in both cold and hot environments - a glass that may reduce carbon dioxide emissions and your electric bill, too.
Mr. Beam – Amazingly Green Virtual Light-Powered Redecorations
Now, everyone who's ever done a redecoration of their home knows how time and energy wasting is to buy the bed, then realize that the color won't fit the color of the wall, or that you wanted another model for the table, wall clock etc.
Growing Cannabis Indoors Emits CO2 Equivalent of 3 Million Cars Yearly
Although indoor pot growers should be aware that their plants consume the electricity needed to power 2 million average-sized homes, I don't think they care. Indeed, a study conducted at the LBNL (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory) shows that those who grow marijuana indoor represent about 1% of the energy consumed in the US - which is much.
Harvard Student's Tweak Could Yield 20% Energy Savings in Microprocessors
Currently, microprocessors waste a lot of energy by not shutting down parts of themselves that aren't in use at the moment. Wonyoung Kim, a graduate student at the University of Harvard has designed a power saving mechanism that puts the various parts of the microprocessor to sleep right away after they aren't used.
Wise or Not: The U.N. Suggesting Rapid Replacement Of Incandescent Bulbs With CFLs
I had heard that the European Union wants to prohibit the production of incandescent lighting bulbs, but I never thought that would be possible in a short time. Frankly, on the one hand I'd be glad for the huge carbon savings this measure would give, but on the other the CFLs are not yet widely accepted by the eye, their light being much colder and giving your home an office-like feeling.
Nissan's ECO Pedal Exerts Force On Your Foot And Saves Gas
Making people push harder on brakes to get the desired effect sometimes results in fewer brakes and more accidents, as it becomes a habit. Do the same, but purposefully, on the acceleration pedal and you suddenly have gas savings, as Nissan remarked recently, and released the ECO Pedal.
MN103L: The Newest 32-Bit Microcomputer From Panasonic That Has Green Features
Panasonic has just announced a new type of 32-bit microcomputers specially built for saving power and for flexible designs. Their main achievement of Panasonic is a built-in flash memory, which is the biggest player in the power saving feature.
Non-Intrusive Electricity Meter Could Identify Consumers By Their Signature To Help Saving Power
A special issue of Yale's Journal of Industrial Ecology presents a power consumption monitoring solution that could soon become popular among residential users for about $200 per household.
Google's Self-Driving Cars Could Save Lives And Fuel At The Same Time
In secret and in plain view, Google's seven test cars have driven more than 140,000 miles with little intervention from humans, out of which 1,000 were totally autonomous. The program could save lives and fuel, because computers are not heavy-footed and do not accelerate more than necessary and don't brake right after that, like many humans do.
