Industrial designer Eric Leong takes a speculative look at how a 2015 Toyota Prius might appear. (Credit: Eric Leong) What if I told you that th... read more »
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A study released Tuesday by urban planning initiative America 2050 recommends the U.S. Department of Transportation refocus its high-speed rail hopes... read more »
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It&'s Christmas time for Instapaper fanatics: Developer Marco Arment has finally delivered Instapaper 3.0 for the iPhone and iPad, bringing with it ne... read more »
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Chipmaker Freescale has designed a USB charger that knows when to stop working. At the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this week, Freescale ... read more »
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The global wind, solar, and biofuels industries are poised to double within the next 10 years, according to a report released this week by energy res... read more »
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WeatherBill, a company that uses high-end computing to reduce risk in agriculture, yesterday said it raised $42 million from Khosla Ventures, Google... read more »
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The Chevy Volt qualifies for a tax credit due to its electric drivetrain and battery capacity. (Credit: GM) Tax cheats found lucrative ground la... read more »
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Contemporary high-speed rail seems to have gotten the nod as a plan worthy of pursuit from the makers of the long-awaited film version of "Atlas Shru... read more »
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BrightSource has been tapped to build its LPT 550 solar thermal &39'power tower&39' system for the island of Crete, Greece. (Credit: BrightSource) ... read more »
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NTR's Tessera Solar won approval for a 663.5-megawatt solar plant near Barstow in Southern California, the latest in a string of giant solar plants... read more »
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Magnified cross-view of the thin iWindow casement before it is attached to an existing window frame. (Credit: Serious Materials) Serious Materia... read more »
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Making hydrogen gas (the bubbles) from a solar cell in water, a Sun Catalytix prototype. (Credit: Martin LaMonica/CNET) Drawing from nature, Mass... read more »
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Lilly Bulawa&39's Sibling Soaker exacts splashy revenge (click to enlarge). (Credit: Design Squad) Ever get the urge to douse your annoying sibl... read more »
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Methanol With gas summer prices again threatening up to $4 a gallon across the U.S., everyone is looking at alternative fuels. Research into methan... read more »
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Grants for renewable energy projects are part of a planned tax bill being brokered in Washington, but incentives for manufacturing are not included ... read more »
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Luxury carmaker Rolls-Royce Motor Cars, a unit of German auto giant BMW, said over the weekend that it had developed a fully electric-powered car, ... read more »
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Can a country that gets nearly half of its electricity from burning coal really get 80 percent of its electricity from "clean-energy sources" in les... read more »
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This illustration, based on GeoEye satellite photo viewed through Google Earth, shows the locations of the six Fukushima Daiichi nuclear reactors. ... read more »
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A landmark along the Tokyo-Osaka railway, Sanyo&39's Solar Ark is 344 yards wide with an annual output of 530,000 kWh. (Credit: Sanyo) Struggli... read more »
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Vivint is a home security company looking for growth in home energy and solar installations. The company, formerly called APX Alarms, today is sche... read more »
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