Environment articles

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  30 billion watts and rising: balancing the internet's energy and infrastructure needs

  By Tim Carmody on September 23, 2012 05:00 pm + 76 comments

  A new report by The New York Times on the internet's energy consumption estimates that data centers Continue reading…

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  Walmart and other retailers lead the pack in US solar deployment

  By Louis Goddard on September 12, 2012 03:00 pm + 18 comments

  Retail behemoth Walmart has invested in installing more solar energy systems than any other US Continue reading…

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  Lapka: a $220 iPhone accessory that will test your food and keep you safe from radiation

  By Louis Goddard on August 21, 2012 09:20 am + 24 comments

  Lapka, an iPhone accessory and app combo which tests organic food as well as detecting environmental Continue reading…

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  Facebook developing low-powered emergency backup system in new 'Sub-Zero' building

  By Justin Rubio on August 17, 2012 02:48 pm + 26 comments

  Facebook will be using a 62,000-square-foot building — unofficially known as "Sub-Zero" — next Continue reading…

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  Bill Gates awards prizes for eco-friendly toilet prototypes

  By Louis Goddard on August 15, 2012 06:56 am + 45 comments

  Former Microsoft CEO and philanthropist Bill Gates has awarded a series of prizes to universities in Continue reading…

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  Test drive the Asimov lunar rover by backing the Part-Time Scientist's Kickstarter project

  By Evan Rodgers on July 31, 2012 11:46 pm + 6 comments

  Unlike other space-bound Kickstarter projects, the Part-Time Scientists and their Remote Rover Continue reading…

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  Google creates time-lapse videos of the Earth using Landsat satellite data

  By Andrew Webster on July 24, 2012 06:15 pm + 8 comments

  NASA isn't the only one celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Landsat satellite program — Google Continue reading…

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  Dell to release Project Sputnik developer laptop this fall

  By Evan Rodgers on July 18, 2012 06:39 pm + 49 comments

  Today, Dell announced that its Project Sputnik developer initiative has been commercially approved Continue reading…

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  EPEAT certification: Apple pulls its products, puts them back, and prompts debate

  By Jeff Blagdon on July 18, 2012 06:20 am

  Apple controversially removed 39 of its products from environmental impact rating group EPEAT's Continue reading…

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  EPEAT researching thin and light laptops to clear up ambiguities on glue use

  By Jeff Blagdon on July 18, 2012 02:02 am + 23 comments

  Apple’s decision to remove its products from the EPEAT registry, and its later decision to re-list Continue reading…