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HDTV releases a gas worse than carbon dioxide

By Abby McVay on Monday, Jul 7th 2008 4 Comments

It turns out HDTVs are a bit hazardous to our health, well eventually. Actually, it turns out, all flat-panel displays aren’t so great.

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Automotive X Prize – is it worth 10 million big ones to make a car that gets more than 100MPG?

By James Allan Brady on Thursday, Mar 20th 2008 No Comments

So far we know that Tesla, Aptera, and Illuminati Motor Works are all in, but there is reported to be over 60 teams from 9 countries participating. There are two categories, Mainstream vehicles and Alternative Vehicles, they each have their own set of rules, but think of the mainstream category as the vehicles that might actually be bought and sold in massive quantities in the future.

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Earth Aid – Giving the gift the a healthier Earth

By Christina Crouch on Tuesday, Dec 18th 2007 No Comments

Earth AidI’ll admit that I over use the lights a bit in my house and I leave the TV or the Radio on sometimes all night. Not only am I raising my electric bill to “a fortune” in the scheme of things I’m being wasteful and neglectful to sweet Mother Earth.

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Sony’s latest Green efforts turn out horrible

By James Allan Brady on Friday, Dec 14th 2007 1 Comment

Check out this camera, tell me it doesn’t look like a potted Wiimote with a donut on the end. This camera doesn’t have a flash, and LCD, or if I had to guess any modes other than the standard one.

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Anti Gravity Globe – Looks and Acts Just Like the Real Thing

By Christina Crouch on Monday, Nov 19th 2007 No Comments

I’m sure if every classroom had one of these, Geography would be a more popular subject. I know it grabbed my attention just from the picture. It uses strategically placed magnets and sensors to create its hover effect. That means it not only has geographical properties but scientific ones as well.

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High definition images from Japanese lunar explorer

By Reece Bailey Schofield on Friday, Nov 16th 2007 1 Comment

How many robotic explorers has the US sent into space? I’d say around sixteen, give or take a few.  All we get back are grainy images that look no better than the $15 dollar webcam you can buy at the corner store. Leave it to the Japanese space program to strap a Hi-def camera to their first lunar satellite, and the resulting images are breathtaking.

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