“While Apple celebrates a surge in profits, a report by Greenpeace has ranked it as “least ethical” among tech companies.
Apple’s quarterly earnings have grown 95% to $6bn, but the company has also been accused of heavily relying on pollution-inducing coal power to support its banks of data servers.”
See Greenpeace’s report: How Dirty is Your … Read More → "Apple named least “green” tech company"
“Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh report in Nature Nanotechnology that the transistor’s central component — an island only 1.5 nanometers in diameter — operates with the addition of only one or two electrons. That capability would make the transistor important to a range of computational applications, from ultradense memories to quantum processors, powerful devices that promise to solve problems so complex that all of the world’s computers working together for billions of years could not crack them.” — from Science Daily
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“In November 2010, Latitude Research and Next American City launched a study to investigate how new technologies and information access can improve transit and other life experiences; specifically, the study sought to uncover how cities, transportation providers and technology companies can work together to develop these information-based solutions and, ultimately, encourage adoption of more sustainable transit.”
Also Part 2: Going Car-Free for a Week Uncovers Shift … Read More → "Deprivation study finds access to real-time mobile information could raise the status of public transit"
I can’t look away.
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“Google today said that it will invest about $100 million in the very large Shepherd’s Flat wind project in Oregon, its second direct investment in renewable energy in two weeks.
Shepherds Flat is projected to be the largest wind farm in the world, able to generate 845 megawatts and supply enough energy for 235,000 average U.S. homes when it is online next year. GE Energy Financial Services and Caithness Energy are existing owners of the project near Arlington, Ore., which will take up about 30 square miles.” via Read More → "Google invests $100 million in giant wind farm in Oregon"
A nice wrap-up with action photos over at Wired’s Gadget Lab.
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