News tagged with energy consumption
Related topics: energy , energy efficiency , power consumption , greenhouse gases , greenhouse gas emissions
Giant tech fair goes 3D to pull in the punters
The world's biggest high-tech fair kicks off Tuesday with a focus on "smart" gadgets as well as "Avatar"-inspired 3D products to make consumers' lives easier -- and more fun.
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
Feb 28, 2010 |
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Helping plants fertilize themselves
(PhysOrg.com) -- A BYU researcher helped discover a cellular tool some plants use to fertilize themselves. This fundamental understanding is important in the effort to reduce the 88 million tons of nitrogen ...
Feb 25, 2010 |
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Seagate Ships Industry's First 2TB 6Gb/s SAS Enterprise Drive
Seagate is now shipping its 3.5-inch Constellation ES drive, the industry's first 2TB enterprise-class drives featuring 6Gb SAS, to customers worldwide.
Feb 24, 2010 |
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CeBIT 2010: Intelligent energy management for the home
(PhysOrg.com) -- In order to save energy, consumers need to be able to obtain up-to-date information at any time about the energy consumption of their appliances, and be able to control them while away from ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Feb 24, 2010 |
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Solid-state lighting's contributions to national energy efficiency discussed at AAAS meeting
Solid-state lighting and its potential as a near-term generator of energy efficiencies will be the topic of a presentation by Julia Phillips, director of the Physical, Chemical, and Nano Sciences Center at Sandia National ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Feb 21, 2010 |
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Toshiba introduces new small form factor enterprise HDD line
Toshiba Corp. today announced a new high-performance, low-power HDD product line for enterprise applications that draws on synergies achieved by the integration of Fujitsu's enterprise-directed magnetic drive ...
Feb 18, 2010 |
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Near-threshold computing could enable up to 100x reduction in power consumption
(PhysOrg.com) -- While electronic devices have greatly improved in many regards, such as in storage capacity, graphics, and overall performance, etc., they still have a weight hanging around their neck: they’re ...
Feb 17, 2010 |
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Addressing the Future of Hard Drive Storage
(PhysOrg.com) -- Engineering professor Bryan Huey is developing a new hard drive-like device designed to improve the reliability of data storage and reduce cost and energy consumption.
Feb 15, 2010 |
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Electric cars: put a battery in your roof
A nanoscale material developed in Britain could one day yield wafer-thin cellphones and light-weight, long-range electric cars powered by the roof, boot and doors, researchers have reported.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Feb 15, 2010 |
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Imec, Renesas and M4S report a single-chip reconfigurable multi-standard wireless transceiver in 40nm CMOS
At today's International Solid State Circuit Conference, Imec and its research partners Renesas Technology Corp. and M4S present a complete transceiver with RF, baseband and data converter circuits in 40nm ...
Feb 12, 2010 |
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Mother bats expert at saving energy
In order to regulate their body temperature as efficiently as possible, wild female bats switch between two strategies depending on both the ambient temperature and their reproductive status. During pregnancy ...
Feb 10, 2010 |
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Secure radio signal for central locking
(PhysOrg.com) -- Remote central locking is among the most convenient aspects of modern motoring. Transmission of the radio signal that activates the system is not particularly secure, however. A new encryption ...
Feb 01, 2010 |
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British engineers slam home wind turbines as 'eco-bling'
Installing wind turbines and solar panels in people's homes is "eco-bling" that will not help meet Britain's targets on cutting carbon emissions, engineers warned Wednesday.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Jan 20, 2010 |
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Making it easier to save energy
Fraunhofer scientists are developing programs that help show at a glance how much energy devices are consuming. At the GSMA Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, the researchers will be showing how a cell phone can help save ...
Jan 15, 2010 |
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NASA Technology to Enhance 'Green' Building's Efficiency
(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA today announced that it is collaborating with Integrated Building Solutions (IBS), Inc. to develop a next-generation intelligent, automated, and integrated environmental monitoring and management capability ...
Jan 14, 2010 |
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