Efficiency articles

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  Honda's new smartphone app can reduce traffic jams and improve fuel efficiency

  By Matt Brian on March 22, 2013 06:10 am + 15 comments

  Taking its traffic-management technology to Indonesia, Japanese car-maker Honda has successfully Continue reading…

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  How I hacked my brain with Adderall: a cautionary tale

  By Trent Wolbe on July 26, 2012 10:38 am + 394 comments

  Evolution is a nice, big idea. It connotes the glacial pace of an unmeditated act unfolding upon Continue reading…

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  Giant liquid metal batteries could make renewable energy sources more viable

  By Andrew Webster on April 23, 2012 11:07 am + 16 comments

  Professor Donald Sadoway and his team of students at MIT have managed to build a liquid metal Continue reading…

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  New data storage technique works like a nanoscale typewriter

  By Andrew Webster on April 9, 2012 09:14 am + 8 comments

  A research team from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln has discovered a new technique that could Continue reading…

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  Google details its use of treated wastewater at Georgia data center

  By T.C. Sottek on March 19, 2012 01:07 pm + 23 comments

  Google has pledged to make water use a priority in its efforts to be a good environmental citizen, Continue reading…

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  'Think with your thumbs' to optimize your smartphone's home screen

  By Nathan Ingraham on February 10, 2012 11:07 am + 35 comments

  Deciding which operating system and hardware to tie yourself to is undoubtably the hardest choice Continue reading…

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  NetLED: an expensive way to save money on lighting via Wi-Fi

  By Sam Byford on January 20, 2012 06:16 am + 8 comments

  For Japanese home or business owners more worried about wasting energy than wasting money, here's Continue reading…

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  California bans energy-wasting battery chargers

  By Adi Robertson on January 17, 2012 02:53 pm + 51 comments

  If you live in California, charging your electronics will soon be getting a little cheaper. Last Continue reading…

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  ARM CEO: Intel will never be the leader in silicon power efficiency

  By Sean Hollister on January 13, 2012 05:14 am + 52 comments

  Intel made a splash at CES 2012 with its Medfield smartphone processor, and a deal with Motorola to Continue reading…

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  Allure Energy's EverSense touchscreen thermostat (hands-on images)

  By Bryan Bishop on January 13, 2012 03:09 am + 7 comments

  Tony Fadell made a splash last year with the introduction of his smart thermostat Nest, and we just Continue reading…