(G)reen like Google

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Energy management helps us to be more "Green" and less "spendthrift".

Google aspires to use the power of information and technology to address the global challenges of our age: climate change, poverty and emerging disease. They was announced Google PowerMeter a prototype which will show consumers their electricity consumption in near real-time in a secure iGoogle Gadget. They think PowerMeter will offer more useful and actionable feedback than complicated monthly paper bills that provide little detail on consumption or how to save energy.


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A simple idea + the power of social networks..

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Silent dance at Liverpool Street Station 2009

This is the real power of the social networks and the citizens with a viral fashion idea!
A Facebook member (Crazzy Eve) was able to accomplish with a simple idea, a Facebook group, and proactive friends and friends of friends.
The group "Liverpool Street Station Silent Dance" grew astronomically as he invited his friends, who then invited their friends, and so on.




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Microsoft® My Phone coming soon!!

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Microsoft® My Phone syncs information between your mobile phone and the web



I thought that site there came a little early? Or not?

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Free Doritos!

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The best Super Bowl advertisements came to an end yesterday.




And the Winners are..



The ad was created by two unemployed brothers with no prior experience in advertising. They earned the chance to produce the spot through an online contest last year!





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The Art to be Eco.

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German designer, recognizes the need of a greener way to charge our electronic gear anywhere we might be. The designer has developed a green charging structure known as Sun Station. Made from materials such as concrete, teak wood and stainless steel, the Sun Station can be placed in a wide variety of places, where it can harness the sun.





Without a shadow of a doubt, renewable energy is the way to go towards a green future that is both clean and sustainable. Solar Tree is one such green option for a future filled with solar goodness that is being brought to you for the first time exclusively by Ecofriend. Designed to replace the traditional solar roof, it makes solar energy a lot more profitable and sustainable for use!



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Open Source Hardware

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If One Laptop Per Child will really open up all its hardware intellectual property, especially the dual mode screen, then this is a radical change for them and real game-changer for everyone looking at information and communication technologies.


Protypes of the upcoming "Sugar" NetBook for Child's ( OLPC 2.0 )






I was reading this prophetic old article from WIRED ("Open Source Everywhere"), i've been surprised by a short paragraph from Nicholas Negroponte quoted:

"One important thing about the XO-2 is that we're going to do it as an open source hardware programme. The XO-1 was really designed as if we were Apple. The XO-2 will be designed as if we were Google - we'll want people to copy it. We'll make the constituent parts available. We'll try and get it out there using the exact opposite approach that we did with the XO-1 [...] The next one will be different: everything from the dual display to the touch-sensitive, force-feedback, haptic keyboard will be available.

This is pretty much the biggest news of 2009 - I am going to email the OLPC folks confirm, but according to this article - The new OLPC XO-2 will be an open source hardware project... Just to recap what that means... the source, the schematics, the PCB files, the firmware, the CAD files, everything will be available and commercial use is OK. If it's true, this is extremely exciting, I'd love to see the best company that can make these at the lowest price / highest quality flourish.

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