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Photos: More solar power bang for the buck
Concentrating solar power, the technique of focusing light onto solar cells, is being pursued by several companies to make solar power more cost-effective.
Tags: Telecom & Utilities, photograph, solar energy, cell, technique
Image galleries 2007-08-02
Solar 'concentrators' focus on efficiency
solar Tech improvements?hmm, I wonder how long it will be before they decide to orbit a soletta. A solar mirror designed to increase the intensity of sunlight, which can be used to focus sunlight onto these, depending on the size of the soletta, increasing the input of solar energy to...
Tags: Network technology, mirror, solar energy
Discussion threads 2006-05-05
Nanotech lighting the way
Exciting applications possibilitiesI'm sure as the technology further develops, more applications will be thought of.The possibility that this may lead to solar cells that are 3 to 10 times more efficient than current solar cells is very exciting/important.The sun is still our most untapped natural resource. If we can...
Tags: AcesKaraoke, nanotechnology
Discussion threads 2005-01-19
Photo: Gentlemen, start your solar cells
Tags: cell, photograph
Image galleries 2005-08-30
Photos: PARC prints green tech
Xerox spinoff company is using technology from its printer business to make better solar cells and to purify water. by CNET News.com
Tags: news, green, PARC, printing
Image galleries 2008-04-02
Photos: Inside GE's clean-tech labs
Company's "Ecomagination" pipeline delves into flexible plastic lights, green homes, solar cells and water desalination. by CNET News.com
Tags: news, ge, solar energy, green, TechRepublic Inc., General Electric Co., Photograph, CNET News.com
Image galleries 2007-10-26
Top IT headlines for June 16: Google to offer tools to monitor ISP bandwidth, IBM joins quest for better solar cells
Top IT headlines for Monday, June 16, 2008: IBM jumps on the solar-cell bandwagon, Google will provide tools to monitor the true bandwidth habits of ISPs, Nokia's new E66 and E71 put casual flair into business phones, Gen Y could put new pressures on IT departments, and more. by Jason...
Tags: Google Inc., Monitor, Bandwidth, CNET Networks Inc., Solar Cell, Information Technology, Tool, IBM Corp., Strategy, Management, Jason Hiner
Blog posts 2008-06-16
I'm hoping
these will foster more widespread use of fuel cells. for portable power uses, cars buildings, etc. It will take cheap fuel cells like these to build up a mass market so car and building fuel cells are cheap and efficient enuf for widespread use.Fuel cells can even burn...
Tags: fuel cell, mobile, power supply, portable, battery, cheap laptops, mkbljb@..., hardware, membrane, laptop computer, photograph
Discussion threads 2006-03-14
Solar panel for running a notebook?
I am trying to connect a solar panel to charge the battery of my Compaq nx5000. (The solar panel is a Brunton SolarRoll 14, designed to recharge notebook computers in the field). The problem -- the connection cord from the solar panel to the computer's power-input jack has 4 possible...
Tags: battery, cgreen7@..., networking, notebook, Solar Cell, solar panel, Solar-cell
Discussion threads 2005-05-09
Nanotech lighting the way
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Tags: Semiconductors, nanotechnology, particle, Sargent, polymer, solar cell
Technical articles 2005-01-18
Pumping power onto the grid from your basement
Net-connected energy-storage appliancesA company called GridPoint has developed Internet-connected appliances for storing electricity in people's homes.See the photo gallery: Net-connected energy storagehttp://content.techrepublic.com.com/2346-10880_11-30624.htmlThe selling point for many of these products is lowering electricity bills, because the energy-storage appliances use electricity off-peak.Do you see a future for these storage devices in a...
Tags: grid, gridpoint, storage, news, energy, gallery, Sonja Thompson, hardware, Net Metering, hydrogen, natural gas
Discussion threads 2006-08-10
From environmental-friendly PCs to Eco phones
At its event in Amsterdam, Nokia unveiled its Eco Phone concept -- handsets designed with processes that are environment friendly, use renewable energy, and have customizable components. An excerpt from PC Pro: The device is a two-part concept, featuring a wearable sensor unit powered by solar...
Tags: Concept, Phone, PC, Telecom & Utilities, Healthcare, Handhelds, Wireless, Hardware, Arun Radhakrishnan
Blog posts 2007-12-11
Energy heats up high tech
Stay on top of the latest tech news with our free IT News Digest e-newsletter, delivered each weekday. Automatically sign up today!By Michael Kanellos Staff Writer, CNET News.comOne of today's more promising growth engines could come from an industry that harks back to...
Tags: Investment, Manufacturing, Telecom & Utilities, venture capital, Konarka Technologies
Technical articles 2004-07-12
Call it the green Supreme Court
Why on an IT "tech" site......do we keep getting these Democratic Party talking-point stories that have practially nothing to do with IT?The Other Side of the CoinContrary to popular news reports, there is a large body of scientific evidence that indicates global warming is not caused by human activity.If you're...
Tags: turbinepilot, information technology, U.S. Congress
Discussion threads 2007-04-11
Photos: Green tech giants
The Grass Is Always GreenerNice photos, though only a few referenced anything of an environmentally friendly nature, at least so far as the actual buildings went.Google has photos 1 and 3, possibly 5 (though there's no mention of what materials comprise the tent). There's an inference is photo 6,...
Tags: Google Inc., photograph, eco-friendly it, jman@..., it management, bike, Microsoft Corp.
Discussion threads 2006-06-10
Interest in blogs?
Interest in blogs?OK, we've been kicking a ton of ideas around about how to make the member profile pages of the site more interesting for members and readers.One of the things we keep talking about are blogs. So I want to throw out some of the ideas we have and...
Tags: Blogging, blog
Discussion threads 2004-12-14
Lunar Bases, Apollo, and the ISS
I know that most folks are going to say this is REALLY off topic, but I want to get a bit of discussion on this topic; it's quite near and dear to my geek heart, and I know that Space Exploration is a Geek Thing, too.NASA has laid out plans...
Tags: NASA, Moon, Orbit, ISS, LOR, Orion, Storage, Asset Management, Hardware, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Bill Ward
Blog posts 2006-12-11
Old hardware storage
Old hardware storageI've looked throughout the forums and tried google and yet I still can't find out what my company's supposed to do with the outdated equipment. Sure, some of the older netfinity machines can be fixed up as linux boxes and sold/given to the staff, but what about the...
Tags: Old Hardware, storage, old, equipment, Donate, deanr156@..., it management, hardware, tax
Discussion threads 2006-08-09
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