Green Technology Category

If you don’t recognize the name “Tony Fadell” offhand, don’t worry; I didn’t either until I looked into it. Suffice it to say he’s a former Senior Vice President with Apple, and it must be good to have friends in high places as his new Nest Learning Thermostat is set [...]

One of the biggest hurdles involved in getting electric vehicles into wide use has to be the recharge time. Sure, your electric car can function as a generator for your whole house, but putting sufficient charge in those batteries to take a trip to the store takes some time. In [...]

While watching television isn’t commonly regarded as one of the most ecologically sound activities out there, it may well end up that way thanks to a tip we got from our friends at the Max Borges Agency, who filled us in about the new Sceptre 40 series of LCD televisions. [...]

If pop culture is to be believed, you can get just about anything from a vending machine in Japan. But, as was discovered following the tragic tsunami that struck Japan back last year, vending machines require two things to work: your money and power to operate them. But vending machine [...]

Most people think of iPads as a time saver, or as a way to easily carry around a small and very serviceable computer. But what many don’t consider is the iPad’s applications as a green technology. As it turns out, though, it’s a lot greener than you might think. Don’t [...]

Apple is committed to helping keep the environment safe by recycling electronic devices. With recycling programs in North America deemed a success, the company has opened similar programs in Europe, through which users can get cash back for old and/or defective devices sent in.

Oh, sure, we’ve heard about refrigerators mounting LCD panels before. And it usually turns out to be some kind of colossal dog and pony show in which we see them at some big event, and it boils off into a big cloud of vaporware as we turn our attention to [...]

It’s pretty much common knowledge–sufficiently so to be included in pop culture–that getting a cab in New York can be difficult, and is often not a very environmentally friendly choice. But considering plenty of people are afraid of what’s going on in the underground labyrinth of tunnels and warrens known [...]

I think we all enjoy portable devices in one flavor or another. Whether it’s your MP3 player of choice, your tablet of choice, your smartphone of a whole bunch of choices (me personally, I’ve been working pretty much exclusively on a laptop for the last four years now), portable devices [...]

Menlo Park has a new resident. And they’ve got 800 million friends worldwide. Facebook has detailed the first few steps in its move to their new headquarters at 1601 Willow Road. With the move, we also get a peek at Facebook’s corporate culture, and how they plan to encourage innovation [...]