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1 in 10 Americans Own an e-Reader, and Read More Than The Rest of Us

Posted on September 23, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on 1 in 10 Americans Own an e-Reader, and Read More Than The Rest of Us

Photo via Johan Larsson According to a new poll by Harris Interactive , Americans are latching on to e-readers in a big way. Nearly 1 in 10 of us (8%) use an e-reader device, and 12% of us plan to buy one in the next year. Considering how new e-readers are, that’s a significant number. But we come back to the ever-present question: Is this better for the environment than buying printed books?… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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EPA Nixes External Adaptors from Energy Star Program

Posted on September 21, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Photo via alistairas The Environmental Protection Agency decided that external power adapters aren’t eligible for inclusion in the Energy Star Label program, the reason being that they’re doing too good a job meeting qualifications anyway. Since most external adapters meet qualifications, there’s no point in wasting resources putting them through the labeling process. On the one hand, it makes perfect sense to streamline the program where possible (after all, Energy Star is

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Humidifier and Air Purifier Powered by… Your Cat?

Posted on September 13, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Images via Tuvie Well here’s one very interesting (and sketchy way) to charge your air purifier. Design student Yuan Gu must have a really hyperactive cat to dream up the Wool Ball Hybrid Humidifier. To make a product that is both “eco friendly and energy saving,” Gu decided it would be great if the energy your cats put into playing with balls of wool were instead put toward batting this thing around the living room floor, drawing up enough charge to filter out the dust…. Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Is the UK’s First Green Cell Phone Rating System Bending the Rules?

Posted on September 1, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Photo via KhE O2 , a communications company in the United Kingdom, has just launched the country’s first green cell phone ranking system — something of which Apple did not want the iPhone to be part . But G… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Robotic Plants Serve an Altruistic Purpose (Video)

Posted on August 30, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Photo via Designboom Japanese artist Akira Nakayasu’s specialty is robotic plants. He creates things like sunflowers that react to human movement, making the flower seem to communicate with the people around it. His latest work is called “Plant,” an interactive piece that was inspired by grass blowing in the wind. With 169 artificial leaves that react independently to the presence of a human’s body, such as a hand waving over it, the unarguably interesting and relatively cool piece begs the question, “What’s the point?”… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Top 15 Augmented Reality iPhone Apps

Posted on August 30, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Image via hollaa01 Augmented reality is here. If you’re unsure of what that is, think of the Terminator movies when they showed you what it was like to look at the world through the robot’s eyes, and all the data about whatever he was looking at popped up over the image. It’s a tool that we really love around here because it can be used for so many green purposes. Already becoming widely useful for navigating p… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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River-Powered Personal Charger Expands Energy Options for the Outdoorsy

Posted on August 26, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Image via Earthtechling When we see personal chargers, they’re almost always based on absorbing energy from the sun . Once in a great while, we also hear of new personal wind-powered chargers . But we almost never hear about water-powered personal chargers. This concept device, called the Vena Microhydro System by designer Danial Hull, bridges a gap in options for the outd… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Apple Refuses To Take Part In UK’s First Cell Phone Ranking System

Posted on August 25, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Photo by Gonzalo Baeza Hernández The UK has started up its own green ranking system for mobile handsets , but Apple wants no part of it. The company has refused to allow the iPhone to be included in the system by O2, but its reasons for declining the opportunity aren’t exactly clear. … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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High-Tech Trash Bins Rat Out Residents Who Refuse to Recycle

Posted on August 23, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Photo via orphanjones Cleveland residents are about to get an extra incentive to recycle — if they don’t, their trash bins will tattletale and they’ll be slapped with a $100 fine. The city is starting a new program that features trash bins embedded with microchips. If the recycling cart isn’t rolled out to the curb on a regular basis, trash collectors are prompted to go through the bins to make sure recyclables are being sorted correctly. If they’re not, the residents will pay for their laziness. … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Tapi Tap Squeezes a Drink from Any Spigot

Posted on August 23, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Images via Dreamfarm The return of water fountains across cities has been the buzz lately, with places like London restoring old fountains and New York setting up new ones, though those are only temporary . It seems as though taking back the tap is finally catching on, and access to

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