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Thinking green about IT

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Think Green. In technology and the environment – Green IT we talked about ways to be more efficient with the technology we use. There are three main areas where improvements can be made: selection, utilisation and disposal.

Looking for more energy efficient equipment, making the most efficient use of it, and recycling equipment are ways that can have a positive impact. In trying to raise awareness of things we can do to be a little greener I have created an awareness poster and am making it available online in case it might be useful to others – simply click on the image below.

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10 under-$50 ways to be green

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The Sci-Fi channel’s gadget blog, Dvice is running a great article on how you can be ‘greener’ without spending a ton of money. Many of the 10 entries almost deserve their own write-up and we plan to do just that.

Among the top 10 are suggestions like putting an end to junk mail, using reusable shopping bags, riding shared vans and/or carpooling, e-cycling (c’mon geeks!), and even using your urine as a fertilizer for your plants.

While I hardly consider myself a fanatic when it comes to the environment, each passing day has me feeling that we’re going to experience some really horrible things on our planet, not that those things aren’t happening already, but it’s not something that gets quite enough media attention and so it’s not high enough in the public’s awareness (yet).

Even if you’re not an eco-conscious individual, take a look at some of these ideas as they may actually save you some money as well.

Dell’s 2.1 million sq ft campus is now running on ‘green’ energy

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Kudos to Dell for converting their huge 2.1 million square-foot headquarters campus to run on wind-power and converted gas energy. They’ve reduced their CO2 emissions by 8200 tons by replacing lights and updating AC units. In switching their campus’ source of power, they will also save $2million annually. Not a bad deal for going ‘green’ eh?

via Gadgetell.

VIA Unveils Next-Generation Faster and Green-Friendly Isaiah x86 Processor Architecture

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VIA Unveils Next-Generation Faster and Green-Friendly Isaiah x86 Processor Architecture VIA Technologies, Inc unveiled their next-generation Isaiah x86 Processor Architecture today which will produce high performance and functionality with low power consumption to help enable the “Small is Beautiful” devices. These “Small is Beautiful” devices include slim and light notebooks, pocket-sized UMPCs and Ultra Mobile Devices with multimedia with wireless broadband capabilities to smaller formed green PCs and Digital Entertainment Centers that combine space saving designs with minimal energy consumption.

Designed from the ground up by VIA’s US-based processor design subsidiary, CentaurVIA Isaiah Wafer Technology Inc., the VIA Isaiah Architecture combines a 64-bit superscalar speculative out-of-order microarchitecture, high-performance multimedia computation, and a new virtual machine architecture. The first generation of Isaiah-based products will be pin-compatible with the VIA C7 processor family, enabling a smooth transition for system builders and providing them with an easy upgrade path for current designs.
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Greener Gadget Design Competition Announced

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Green Gadgets The promoters of the Greener Gadgets Conference coming next month announced a design competition for greener gadgets. Designers are encouraged to create gadgets that help people lower their carbon footprint by minimizing the impact on the environment from consumer electronics in areas such as materials, labor, assembly, packaging, transportation, retailing and use and disposal.

Entrants will be judged on innovation, clarity of design, originality, form and presentation by representatives of Greener Gadgets and partner Core77, an industrial design website. Inhabitat and Marc Alt + Partners will present the Greener Gadgets Conference being held Feb. 1 in New York City.

The deadline to enter the contest is Jan. 27. One grand prize entry, earning $2,500 in cash, and two runner-ups, each earning $1,000, will be showcased at the conference.

To enter the design competition, visit http://www.core77.com/competitions/greener_gadgets.asp.

Source: GreenBiz

Aussie Soldiers Go Green

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Aussie Soldiers Want to take over Australia? Attack at night!

According to Coolest Gadgets, Aussie soldiers will have solar panels built into their backpack and will power a wide range of electronic equipment used in combat including GPS nav equipment and radio packs.

“This is fighting in the information age, where every soldier is connected via sophisticated communications equipment and uses sensors to provide information on an enemy’s position,” said Lieutenant Colonel John Baird, “but it uses a hell of a lot of power, and the disposable batteries we are using now are far from ideal because when they run out the soldiers have to return to base and take the used batteries with them.”

Source: Coolest Gadgets

Green Technology in Beijing

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View from Drum Tower in Hutong part of Beijing Six years ago China won the right to host the 2008 Olympic Games with a promise of putting on a “green Olympics”. With one year remaining, you should be able to tell from these photos from last week that Beijing still has a way to go. Beijing has some sound ideas to improve smog as well as some interesting new technological ways they will try.
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Wicked Lasers: Green Evolution Series

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Wicked Lasers: Green Evolution Series

The Green Evolution Series lasers are the latest from the world’s largest laser manufacturer… Wicked Lasers from China.

The new Evolution Series green lasers have a beam diameter of <0.8mm and a beam divergence of <1.5mRad while the Executive Series green lasers have a beam diameter of <1.6mm and beam divergence of <1.0mRad.

What does that mean? Well beam diameter is the diameter of the beam measured in millimeters while the beam divergence is how much the diameter increases with distance traveled measured in milliradians.

So, given the same output power, the Evolution laser series will have a better burning capabilities up close while the current Executive series would produce a smaller “spot” size 100 meters away.

If you want to burn something up close or light a match easier using a beam of light, the new Evolution is for you.

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Samsung Galaxy Note 3 vs Sony Xperia Ultra Z Phablet Specs Showdown

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If you’re in the market for a phablet (phone tablet, i.e. a smartphone that approaches the size of a tablet), then the 2 hottest models today are really the Samsung Galaxy Note 3 and the Sony Xperia Z Ultra. To help you decide, we’ve put together this specs comparison table.

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