In more troubling news for Research In Motion, Halliburton, the energy services company, has announced plans to ditch corporate support for the BlackBerry in favor of Apple’s iPhone. It’s yet another example of how the iPhone is eating the BlackBerry’s lunch in the area it once dominated: business customers.
In more troubling news for Research In Motion, Halliburton, the energy services company, has announced plans to ditch corporate support for the BlackBerry in favor of Apple’s iPhone. It’s yet another example of how the iPhone is eating the BlackBerry’s lunch in the area it once dominated: business customers.
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Plenty of effort is going into improving smartphone battery life , but only a few individuals are delving into radical realms to achieve the goal. Take for example, Arman Ahnood, a researcher at the London Centre for Nanotechnology, whose latest prototype uses solar cells to capture wasted energy from OLEDs. Similar to Wysips (which uses only ambient light), and equipment from UCLA (designed for LCDs), each project faces the unenviable task of making the smartphone a self-sustaining piece of gear
Plenty of effort is going into improving smartphone battery life , but only a few individuals are delving into radical realms to achieve the goal. Take for example, Arman Ahnood, a researcher at the London Centre for Nanotechnology, whose latest prototype uses solar cells to capture wasted energy from OLEDs. Similar to Wysips (which uses only ambient light), and equipment from UCLA (designed for LCDs), each project faces the unenviable task of making the smartphone a self-sustaining piece of gear
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Arman Ahnood teases OLED display with solar cells, idealizes the self-sustaining smartphone
You’ve probably had it drilled into your head that your gadgets are doing terrible, terrible things to the environment — and not just ’cause they end up as toxic landfill in poorer countries. Many of your chargers and electronics continue to draw power even when they’re off or your device is disconnected.
You’ve probably had it drilled into your head that your gadgets are doing terrible, terrible things to the environment — and not just ’cause they end up as toxic landfill in poorer countries. Many of your chargers and electronics continue to draw power even when they’re off or your device is disconnected.
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California demands manufacturers ditch inefficient vampire chargers
Allure Energy announced its EverSense energy management system (read: a fancy thermostat ) back in December, but we were just on hand for its official unveiling here at CES. EverSense serves both as a thermostat and media playing device (yes, those are speakers you see on either side of the screen).
Allure Energy announced its EverSense energy management system (read: a fancy thermostat ) back in December, but we were just on hand for its official unveiling here at CES. EverSense serves both as a thermostat and media playing device (yes, those are speakers you see on either side of the screen).
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Allure Energy EverSense energy management system hands-on
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China trumpets completion of ‘world’s largest battery energy storage station’
Matt Richardson’s genius has never really been in question. The Make Live host and compulsive hacker has built an impressive library of creations, ranging from a Google Reader pedal to an email-triggered Christmas tree
Matt Richardson’s genius has never really been in question. The Make Live host and compulsive hacker has built an impressive library of creations, ranging from a Google Reader pedal to an email-triggered Christmas tree
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Matt Richardson turns Arduino, Twitter and lasers into art (video)
Intel is combining its netbook and tablets, ultra-mobility, mobile communications and mobile wireless divisions into a “Mobile and Communications” super-unit. It’s aiming to catch up with the portable chip big boys like Qualcomm and NVIDIA
Intel is combining its netbook and tablets, ultra-mobility, mobile communications and mobile wireless divisions into a “Mobile and Communications” super-unit. It’s aiming to catch up with the portable chip big boys like Qualcomm and NVIDIA
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Intel merges four mobile units into one, argument over parking spaces forthcoming
Researchers working for the Department of Energy’s Berkeley Lab have figured out how to create relatively inexpensive “electronic skin” comprising carbon nanotubes enriched with semiconductors. Their process involves an enriched single walled carbon nanotube (SWNT) solution embedded in a honeycomb pattern of hexagonal holes to make it more flexible and stretchable – it’s so limber, they wrapped it around a baseball, as you can see in the photo above. Combined with inkjet printing of electrical contacts, the technology paves the way for making flexible, wearable computers and a host of other cool things that William Gibson and other cyberpunk authors thought of back in the 1980s: smart bandages, flexible solar cells and electronic skin that can sense touch
Researchers working for the Department of Energy’s Berkeley Lab have figured out how to create relatively inexpensive “electronic skin” comprising carbon nanotubes enriched with semiconductors. Their process involves an enriched single walled carbon nanotube (SWNT) solution embedded in a honeycomb pattern of hexagonal holes to make it more flexible and stretchable – it’s so limber, they wrapped it around a baseball, as you can see in the photo above. Combined with inkjet printing of electrical contacts, the technology paves the way for making flexible, wearable computers and a host of other cool things that William Gibson and other cyberpunk authors thought of back in the 1980s: smart bandages, flexible solar cells and electronic skin that can sense touch
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Cheap electronic skin edges us closer to cyberpunk future
It is quite amazing how much energy is in the sun. Using the energy that strikes a satellite dish the guys at Green Power Science can boil 20 ounces of water in 90 seconds.
It is quite amazing how much energy is in the sun. Using the energy that strikes a satellite dish the guys at Green Power Science can boil 20 ounces of water in 90 seconds.
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Boil water using a Satellite Dish Energy Collector
Verizon has already dipped its toes into the home energy management business, and it looks like AT&T is about to do the same as well. Speaking on a Broadband Breakfast panel in Washington, DC last week, AT&T Executive Director of Public Policy Jeffery Dygert revealed that the company is “in the process of developing” its own home energy management system, which would let users monitor their electricity usage and manage its use more efficiently. That service is said to be a part of the company’s broader Digital Life Project, and it will apparently be marketed to both AT&T’s wireless and wireline customers, but details remain otherwise light for the time being.
Verizon has already dipped its toes into the home energy management business, and it looks like AT&T is about to do the same as well. Speaking on a Broadband Breakfast panel in Washington, DC last week, AT&T Executive Director of Public Policy Jeffery Dygert revealed that the company is “in the process of developing” its own home energy management system, which would let users monitor their electricity usage and manage its use more efficiently. That service is said to be a part of the company’s broader Digital Life Project, and it will apparently be marketed to both AT&T’s wireless and wireline customers, but details remain otherwise light for the time being.
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AT&T exec discusses plans for home energy management service
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