Energy articles

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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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  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…

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  Eos Energy refines the zinc-air battery

  By Jamie Keene on January 5, 2012 06:46 pm + 2 comments

  Zinc-air batteries are lighter than Lithium-Ion, cheaper to produce, non-toxic, and environmentally Continue reading…

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  Nokia: charging cellphones using a solar panel is possible but challenging

  By Tom Warren on January 5, 2012 07:29 am + 12 comments

  The results are in from Nokia's solar charging experiment, and it doesn't look good for those hoping Continue reading…

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  IBM predicts mind-controlled smartphones in the next five years

  By Nathan Ingraham on December 19, 2011 03:09 pm + 30 comments

  Since 2006, IBM has predicted what technological advances the next five years will bring as part of Continue reading…

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  SuVolta's PowerShrink promises chips that use half the power

  By T.C. Sottek on December 8, 2011 06:22 am + 7 comments

  Power efficiency is one of the most persistent obstacles in the tech world, and it's a problem so Continue reading…

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  Google kills off more experimental services, including Wave, Gears, and Knol

  By Sean Hollister on November 23, 2011 12:21 am + 54 comments

  You can't say Google isn't boldly striding forward, but the web company's also leaving quite a few Continue reading…

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  Urine used to generate power in university study

  By Jamie Keene on November 9, 2011 04:14 pm + 26 comments

  Researchers from the University of the West of England in Bristol have become the first in the world Continue reading…

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  Apple planning solar farm to power its North Carolina data center

  By Jamie Keene on October 27, 2011 01:13 pm

  When Steve Jobs introduced Apple's new iCloud-powering data center at WWDC earlier this year, he Continue reading…