News tagged with home appliance

Turning remote control into intimate support

(PhysOrg.com) -- All the remote controls lying around our houses or fixed to our walls can be combined via new standardised middleware. Combined control enables new levels of home support to the elderly and ...

Technology / Engineering

created Jul 05, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Haptic solution for modelling industrial designs

(PhysOrg.com) -- Industrial design modelling, used to make prototypes of home appliances or mock-ups of car parts, could soon make the leap from the world of plaster, plastic and sticky tape into the digital ...

Technology / Engineering

created Apr 06, 2010 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Ford, Microsoft to work on electric-car charging

(AP) -- Ford Motor Co. and Microsoft Corp. have signed a deal to work together on a computerized link between houses, electric cars and utility companies to help manage energy use.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Mar 31, 2010 | popularity 2.9 / 5 (7) | comments 7

Neighbourhood grids promise energy gains

(PhysOrg.com) -- European researchers are creating technology that will treat neighbourhoods like a miniature power grid, sharing energy generated at each house according to need. Allied to a host of other ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Feb 24, 2010 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (7) | comments 1

Habit-Learning Device will Lower Energy Bills Under New Clean Energy Cashback Scheme

(PhysOrg.com) -- Smart control units that learn householders' energy habits and provide immediate feedback on consumption could give home energy savings of up to 20% without compromising comfort.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Feb 04, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Hi-tech, eco-friendly dream home takes shape in Japan

On Tokyo Bay, at the edge of the largest urban sprawl on Earth, sits what may be an environmentalist's dream home.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Dec 14, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Stores, brands tap into power of frugal bloggers

(AP) -- When Melissa Garcia was frustrated by Old Navy's scanty coupon offerings, she didn't just complain to the store. She vented on a message board tied to her blog consumerqueen.com, which is read by ...

Technology / Internet

created Jun 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Panasonic slumps to $4 billion yearly loss

(AP) -- Panasonic Corp. slumped deep into the red last fiscal year, joining the expanding club of big Japanese brands shellshocked by their rapid descent from cash cow to money loser.

Technology / Business

created May 15, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A new refrigerator could save you cool cash

Is your refrigerator eating you out of house and home? Chances are, if it's more than 10 years old, it's gulping enough energy to put a serious hurt on your wallet.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Mar 30, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 1


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