Category Archives: Technology

Allison Boyer in Technology 510 days ago

This new iPhone App actually makes a ton of sense. Instead of having to print out coupons or clip them from mailers, you can just get the store clear to scan your iPhone. Check out how it works: [viddler id=279d5304&w=437&h=288] “We know that paper coupons will not be completely replaced, but providing consumers and retailers… Read More…

Adam Williams in Renewable Energy 555 days ago

The manufacturing costs of solar power — or at least for thin-film photovoltaic panels — have broken below a golden benchmark, as reported by Popular Mechanics: $1 per watt. First Solar, based in Tempe, Ariz., has brought the costs down to $0.98 per watt. The company says that further cost reductions will be achieved as… Read More…

Adam Williams in Technology 559 days ago

Chinese mobile phone manufacturer ZTE recently unveiled its Coral-200, a solar-powered cell phone. eNews 2.0 reports: The phone model is powered through a pack of solar cells mounted on the top of it. In a nutshell, while the technical specs of the phone are not quite detailed at this moment, analysts do not expect that… Read More…

Dave Harcourt in Fun / Offbeat 566 days ago

In many parts of Africa the buffer between local inhabitants and wild animals is very narrow. In Kenya elephants from the Ol Pejeta Conservancy were moving out at night and destroying small farmer’s fields of staple food such as maize and banana. After trying many schemes to control the elephants, including planting chilies which were supposed to repel them,… Read More…

Allison Boyer in Technology 568 days ago

American Rheinmetall Munitions announced this week that their Mk281 “green ammunition” will start to be introduced at the National Training Center at Fort Irwin in California. From the press release: Mk281 does not contain toxic chemicals or energetic materials, which aligns it with the Department of Defense (DoD) and Environmental Protection Agency’s joint mission to… Read More…

Adam Williams in International 624 days ago

Innowattech, a green energy technology company in Israel, is developing energy-generators for three main transportation methods: railroads, roads, and airport runways. The concept uses piezoelectric generators — Innowattech’s specialty — to transform kinetic energy from passing planes, trains and automobiles into electricity. From Innowattech: The system,based on a new breed of piezoelectric generators, harvests energy… Read More…