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Europa semis get Uefa green light
By admin on April 19, 2010 | No Comments
The Europa League semi-final ties involving Liverpool and Fulham on Thursday will provisionally go ahead.
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NASA Space Tech to Make Green Buildings More EfficientBy admin on January 14, 2010 | No Comments
NASA has announced a plan to develop next-gen intelligent, automated monitoring systems for both offices and research environments. These technologies were originally used on aircraft control systems. The mission planning tools were even used for the Mars rovers: Opportunity and Spirit.
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US Patent Office Fast Tracks Green PatentsBy admin on December 9, 2009 | No Comments
eldavojohn writes “A new initiative is being piloted where ‘green’ patents are given special priority over other patents in the backlogged system. David Kappos (Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the USPTO) said, ‘Every day an important green tech innovation is hindered from coming to market is another day we harm our planet and another day lost in creating green businesses and green jobs. Applications in this pilot (more…)
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UAVs Go Green With Fuel-Cell Powered “Ion Tiger”By admin on November 22, 2009 | No Comments
Hugh Pickens writes “Increasingly, the military is deploying unmanned aerial vehicles, or UAVs, as eyes in the sky to scan the ground for targets and threats, especially for missions that are too dangerous for manned aircraft. Now Live Science reports that a new robotic spy plane called ‘Ion Tiger’ will harness alternative energy to make it more covert and longer lasting than battery-powered or engine-powered UAVs. A 550-watt, 0.75 horsepower hydrogen (more…)
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Seawater Plants Yield Green Aviation Fuel in New ResearchBy admin on October 7, 2009 | No Comments
Boeing is looking into ways of producing commercially viable aviation fuel from saltwater plants in a push toward reducing carbon emissions from air travel. Research has shown that plants, such as saltwater mangroves, thrive when irrigated with seawater and can be produced in large quantities to extract biofuel suitable for aircraft.
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IBM Study Finds Young “Gen Green” are Biggest Energy WastersBy admin on August 28, 2009 | No Comments
A new study commissioned by IBM, found that young adults in Generation Y — the folks currently aged 18-24 — had both the highest levels of awareness of environmental issues, and were the biggest wasters of energy and water in the country.
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Seth Rogen Finally Has a Kato for His Green HornetBy admin on August 8, 2009 | No Comments
Today, long after Kung Fu Hustle’s Stephen Chow had dropped out of the role, Columbia Pictures announced that they have finally cast Kato in Michel Gondry’s The Green Hornet. Filling the role of Seth Rogen’s sidekick will be Taiwanese singer/actor Jay Chou.
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GE Introduces Green Gizmo HomeBy admin on July 19, 2009 | No Comments
They call it the Net-Zero Energy home. It has ground source heat pumps (promising a 30% reduction in energy use), photovoltaic arrays, supplementary wind power, high efficiency appliances and battery storage, all talking to each other through a Home
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Apple Overstates Green Claims for MacbooksBy admin on June 26, 2009 | No Comments
An Apple ad campaign claims that its line of Macbooks is the “world’s greenest family of notebooks” — but a recent ruling by the ad industry’s self-governing body found that claim to be somewhat of an overstatement. Not clear yet is whether Apple will modify its ads.
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10 Most Bizarre Game Power-Ups [Green Herb FTW!]By admin on May 28, 2009 | No Comments
Gamers have a love affair with the power-up. When faced with the overwhelming odds of defeating a fascist regime or surviving a zombie outbreak, acquiring that extra little something — a pair of shoes that let you run faster or a glowing concoction that grants you the ability to jump 10 feet in the air – can mean the difference between life and
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