Archive for the ‘Science & Technology’ Category

• Green Apps for the Tech Savvy

  Nowadays there’s an app for everything. There even happens to be many apps for the ecologically conscious, some of which are better than others. Let’s take a look at some green apps that are particularly useful and which you may …

• There is virtually no possibility that global population will ever reach 15bn

  The world’s population will soon pass 7 Billion, and the United Nations Population Fund will mark that milestone this week by releasing its annual State of World Population report. On October 22 the UK Guardian claimed that the report will …

• The Dangers of E-Waste

  What is E-waste? E-waste stands for electronic waste. This includes anything from discarded and broken cell phones, computers, iPods, and small appliances. Developed nations are dealing with a crisis of overconsumption, which produces many harmful consequences. One of these consequences is e-waste, which …

• The colorful Cool-er e-Reader offers huge library, available in USA and Europe

• Al Gore wants to create a new .eco domain name extension

  Al Gore and The Alliance for Climate Protection have announced that they are interested in creating a new .eco domain name extension. The .eco domain extension will be for individuals to express their support for environmental causes, for companies to …

• iYo YoYo – The yo-yo charger for your iPhone and iPod

  Swedish designer Peter Thuvander has come up with the iYo YoYo, a nifty green alternative way to charge your iPhone or iPod. “To celebrate my new Iphone and the fact that darkness is looming over me. I´ve done this: An …

• GreenHeart: Sony Ericsson’s Eco-Friendly Phone

  Sony Ericsson recently released a new eco-friendly concept phone called the GreenHeart. According to Sony Ericsson the phone is made from bio-plastic housings, recycled plastic keypads and will come with an “environmentally conscious packaging” (see the picture to the right). …

• The new Apple laptops – are they green?

  Apple recently released their new line of MacBook and MacBook Pro laptops, which are mainly made from aluminium. They say that they are their greenest latops ever and claims that they are “highly recyclable and even more energy efficient”, and …

• Tangent Announces “Ultra Power Efficient” Touch Screen Computer

  Tangent, who mainly provides computer solutions to education, government, corporate, and healthcare markets, have announced Evergreen 17, a “green” and “ultra power efficient” touch screen PC. According to Tangent the Evergreen 17 only consumes 24 watts, which is 72% less …

• Advent Eco PC: PC World’s new eco-friendly computer

  Today PC World unveiled, via its Advent brand, a new eco-friendly computer called Advent Eco PC. The Advent Eco PC is made from 75% recycled plastics, comes with electronic manuals, uses 25 watts when idling and is said to save …