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Mobile phone battery dead? Try dancing
Phone operator teams with firm specializing in renewable energy to produce a recharger powered by dance energy alone.
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Week in review: On Microsoft's mind
Tech world waits for word on Yahoo, while Microsoft grapples with software challenges. Also: Net music on the court docket, and how green is our Valley?
May 12, 2008 5:51 PM PDTWeek in review: A week for Web 2.0, a day for Earth
San Francisco hosts a Web app frenzy, and Earth Day provides the perfect opportunity to look at the very latest in green tech.
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Earth Day 2008: Your green resource
Whether you're a hard-nosed B school grad or an eco-minded consumer, keeping track of what's what in green tech can be a daunting task. We're here to help.
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At MTI Micro, pushing fuel cells for portables
MTI Micro's goal is to displace lithium ion batteries in portable gadgets. The first fuel cells, it says, are due in 2009.
(Posted in Green Tech by Hanna Sistek)
How PARC sees printers boosting clean tech
Researchers at PARC, famed for its computing innovations, say printers and copiers have a lot to offer on the eco-tech front.
How green could make Europe a tech power
The region has diesel expertise, a green populace, and interested governments. Could Europe be a big player in green tech?
March 24, 2008 6:18 PM PDTHarnessing the power of wind and waves
Ireland is in the right place to generate electricity, and a lot of it, out of oceanic surges, but it won't be easy sailing.
Greening of CeBit fails to revive shrinking IT fair
Scaled-down tech show shifts focus to business and technologies that will drive the trend toward environmental awareness.
March 6, 2008 5:37 PM PSTBallmer: Microsoft is thinking green
At the CeBit technology show in Hannover, the chief executive says the software giant is focusing on lowering energy consumption.
March 5, 2008 5:00 PM PSTMeet the king of coal
You may not love coal, but you use a lot of it. Peabody Energy's Greg Boyce says the company will even participate in cleaning the stuff up.
February 25, 2008 6:00 PM PSTKurzweil: 'Exponential' change ahead for games, people
Renowned inventor and futurist Ray Kurzweil explains how tech will give people superhuman abilities and near immortality.
February 22, 2008 7:00 PM PSTElon Musk on rockets, sports cars, and solar power
Yes, the entrepreneur and technologist admits, he does have a lot of balls in the air--and rockets too.
February 15, 2008 12:00 PM PSTThe fatal flaw for green-tech companies
There's a chance green products will save the world, so why are they so boring compared to a cell phone with a built-in TV?
February 5, 2008 5:31 PM PSTRed light for green-tech start-ups?
A funding gap, made worse by a softening economy, could create a wall for clean-tech start-ups despite a favorable long-term environment.
January 29, 2008 12:00 PM PSTCIGS cell makers battle it out for efficiency crown
Global Solar says it's number one in solar cells made from copper indium gallium selenide, but so does Nanosolar.
January 28, 2008 5:00 AM PSTAlgae: Another way to grow edible oils
Solazyme already converts algae into transportation fuel. Coming up next: Food oils that are healthier than canola oil.
January 25, 2008 2:00 PM PSTThe house that social networking built
The Open Architecture Network's Cameron Sinclair talks about harnessing next-generation Web technologies to proliferate affordable housing around the globe.
Can this CEO paint GM green?
His company still is identified as the home of big, gas guzzlers, but CEO Rick Wagoner is pushing technology alternatives to fossil-fuels.
January 15, 2008 4:10 PM PSTInside the green designer home
Living Homes has built an affordable, architectural marvel. But is it ready for two kids and a golden retriever named Brandy?
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