Photo via viagallery Despite reluctance on the part of consumers in some communities, smart meters are becoming a new fact of life for Americans as we slowly upgrade to a smart electric grid. The installation of the new smart meters are one of the most visible signs that the improved grid is indeed on its way. While about 21 million smart meters will be installed across the country by the end of this year,
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57.9 Million Smart Meters Already Slated for Installation in US
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Photo via Wikipedia The common guillemot is a seabird with a smart strategy for fishing. It can fly over the water with straight wings, but when it dives into the water to catch it’s prey, it swims with bent wings. The bend in the wing reduces drag, and it is this morphing wing that has inspired researchers to come up with a robot that can both fly and swim — something brand new in the biomimicry world. … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Seabird That Soars In Air and Water Inspires New Flying/Swimming Robot
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Images via airbnb Airbnb (short for Airbed & Breakfast) is one of our favorite green-thinking sites for travelers . The site links up people looking for a place to stay with people who have a couch, airbed, or spare room to rent out. It decreases the need for hotel stays, which decreases your carbon footprint when you’re traveling. And now, you guessed it, there’s an app for that. … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Sack Out In Other People’s Houses with New iPhone App
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Photo taken by Michael Graham Richard, used with permission of Oxford University Press What a Fascinating Planet! Maybe it’s my geeky side, but I’ve always liked encyclopedias and atlases. When I was younger, I spent hours looking for one thing but reading about 15 others things on the way there (kind of what Wikipedia makes people do now, with all those tempting links sprinkled in each entry), so I was happy to be offered a review copy of the 17th edition of the Oxford Atlas of the World. But this large and high-quality book isn’t just a dry compilation of maps, it… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Oxford Atlas of the World, 17th Edition (Book Review)
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Photo via mpeterke There’s quite a bit of news in the smart grid scene, and we’ve rounded up the most interesting stories. Check out the what’s what, from smart appliances taking over the industry to how much money the DOE is sending to new smart grid companies. … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Maine Residents Wary of Smart Meters, GE Pours $55 Million Into Start-Ups, and More Smart Grid News
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Photo by apasciuto Could self-healing concrete be the answer to keeping sidewalks and structures in tip top shape and shrink the carbon footprint of concrete production? It’s an issue we’ve brought up before, when Michelle Pelletier, a master’s degree candidate at University of Rhode Island, came up with a paint for concrete that helps it self-heal . Now there’s a new high-tech solution, using bacteria that comes complete with a self-destruct gene. … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Self-Destructing Bacteria Heals Cracked Concrete
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Images via Crazy Weather It’s tough to resist the absolutely beautiful artwork put forward by Crazy Weather, a new app for the iPhone and iPad that teaches kids about the impacts of global climate change on weather. The interactive app is a fairytale that tackles the problems of our warming planet, and all in an adorable rhyme. While the text is great, its the images that captivate. … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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"Crazy Weather" iPhone App Teaches Kids About Climate Change with Gorgeous Art and Rhymes
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A new species of beaked toad, discovered in Colombia. Photo credit: Robin Moore/iLCP For over a week, a team of researchers scoured the cloudforests of Chocó, Colombia, looking for amphibian species “lost” to science . Working through damp, cold, conditions, the team’s spirits waned as each day passed without any results. Then, an entirely unexpected discovery proved all the hard work was worthwhile. In a very short period of time, the team uncovered three
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Toads with Big Noses, Fiery Eyes, and More Discovered in Colombia (Photos)
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Photo Credit: Argonne National Laboratory / Creative Commons Fixing America’s infrastructure (and many other countries’) is high on the priority list of greenies and world leaders alike. Two solutions, smart grids and electric cars , are championed by many as the
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Photo: Cogenra Two Birds With One Stone (But No Birds Actually Harmed) Solar water heaters make a lot of sense. Solar photovoltaic panels make a lot of sense too. But why choose between them? Startup Cogenra is combining the two solar technologies in its solar arrays, increasing the total amount of solar energy that can be captured (and thus reducing reliance on other sources of energy that aren’t as clean). It’s a very clever system, and if it works well, I hope most solar arrays that are close enough to a user of hot water will be like that in the future (obviously, it wouldn’t work if the array… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Cogenra’s ‘Hybrid’ Solar System Captures 80% of the Sun’s Energy to Generates Electricity and Hot Water
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