Green Technology

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It's becoming increasingly obvious that green technology is a source of plenty of investment. According to Business Week, Green is the next big thing. Plenty of venture capitalists have flocked to green and even Google have used their technology to encourage us to have a green summer. Furthermore, the well known tech book publishers O'Reilly have blogged many, many times about the combination of tech and green issues.

So if you've seen a simple, technological solution to a green problem, like the Wattson, then share it here and let's see whether big business really does mean it when they say 'Green is the future'. Reply to this

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1. Re: Green Technology by duncan, 754 days ago

   The Independent has a green-tech themed list of the top ten green inventions:
   
   http://news.independent.co.uk/environment/artic...
   
   And, more recently, it looks like parts of Florida are going to vaporize their rubbish to generate electricity.

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2. Re: Green Technology by matefork, 747 days ago

   The Eden Project in Cornwall, England is a perfect example of this so called Green Technology. It has been funded by several investors and it is attracting around 2 million visitors a year.

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3. Re: Green Technology by shinningstar, 746 days ago

   That's an interesting topic. Green Technology is really a source of plenty investment. We can achieve a sustainable future with Green Technology. And create innovation for new energy. Take a look to this site http://greentechnolog.com

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   1. Re: Re: Green Technology by duncan, 739 days ago

      Great link, thanks shinningstar!
      
      I just found this today, too - hybrid solar lighting. It a tube full that captures solar light and uses it to power optical fibres!

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4. Re: Green Technology by duncan, 703 days ago

   The Green tech news trickles in again. Firstly, with this air shower which inflates water droplets with air, making the shower feel normal whilst using less water!
   
   And secondly, with the ill-reported news that someone has invented water-powered batteries. Thankfully, the sharp eyes at ecogeek have pointed out that it's a water *activated* battery. Water powered battereies would make someone, somewhere very rich!

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5. Re: Green Technology by duncan, 696 days ago

   How about this for some clever green technology:
   
   "GreenPrint solves a problem nearly every computer user has experienced -- the wasteful pages that seem only to appear after a document has been printed (for example, pages with just a URL, banner ad, legal jargon, or a run-over Excel column). GreenPrint does this by analyzing the document and then highlighting and removing unnecessary pages. Solving this common problem for home and business users will not only save billions of dollars a year, but will also save tens of millions of trees, millions of tons of greenhouse gasses, and an enormous amount of landfill waste."
   
   http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google...

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6. Re: Green Technology by duncan, 601 days ago

   Seems we still have a long way to go before technology can really be considered 'green', though, given the power consumption problem:
   
   "Leaving my server on is costing me $200 / year, or $16.68 per month. My home theater PC is a bit more frugal at 65 watts. Using the same formulas, that costs me $81 / year or $6.75 per month."

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7. A Greener Wii by duncan, 599 days ago

   Here's a great read about the power consumption of games consoles, now that the Xbox360, Wii and PS3 have all been launched.
   
   Unsurprisingly, the Nintendo Wii is by far the nicest, consuming very little power in comparison to the others. In fact, if you really want to make sure you have a greener wii, then try disabling the Connect24 service:
   
   "The Wii requires 10 Watts to run Connect24 (which will connect to Nintendo's online service and notify you of system updates) racking up a cost of about $1 a month which is nothing too significant, but still about 5X more than if it were just turned off. Turn Connect24 off, and it's back down to normal (1 watt)."

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