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Sopogy thinks small to make megawatts of solar power (1)

2 months, 3 weeks ago permalink

The Hawaiian company's "micro concentrating solar power" troughs shrink the basic design of equipment used in large-scale solar power plants.

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Zombie Garden Sculpture Keeps Those Damn Kids Off Your Lawn, Might Eat Their Brains [Zombie Garden Gnome] (3)

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Gizmodo (3660) 2 months, 3 weeks ago permalink

Design Toscano wants you to "expect the extraordinary from your home and garden," and that includes the walking dead. Take this 13-lb. resin undead garden zombie, for example. Designed by British artist Alan Dickinson, it's a life-sized resin sculpture that would be a terrifying addition to any lawn, garden or personal graveyard. For about $90, Toscano will ship this guy to you in three macabre pieces. When assembled, they'll cover a 31½"x19½"x8" stretch of earth. ...

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Rob said: Want!!!
David said: Best Garden Sculpture EVER
apgay said: gross

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Renewable energy body in turmoil (1)

2 months, 3 weeks ago permalink

Renewable energy body in turmoil The peak body for renewable power, the Clean Energy Council, was issued with a writ yesterday seeking that it be ordered to appoint an independent accountant or be wound up. The affidavit, lodged in the Federal Court on behalf of the council’s deputy chairman Peter Szental, requests that the CEC be ordered to allow a report to be prepared on whether it is solvent. The report should also show the ...

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Who will make CIGS work for the solar sector? (1)

2 months, 3 weeks ago permalink

CIGS is a seductively hard technology to get right.

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apgay said: A sobering assessment of thin film technology

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Firewinder Outdoor Lighting Runs Exclusively On Wind Power (No Fire Needed) (1)

3 months ago permalink

By Andrew Liszewski Solar powered lighting for your deck or backyard is pretty popular these days, but here’s another eco-friendly solution to illuminate your next BBQ. While the Firewinder looks like the kind of kitschy outdoor wind chime you’d find at an arts & crafts sale, the spinning motion of its upward spiraling helix is actually used to power a generator which in turn illuminates a set of 14 ultra bright LEDs. The helix design ...

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apgay said: Nice little gadget for the back yard

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Flowgram Reinvents The Screencast (1,000 Beta Invites) (5)

by Erick Schonfeld (935) on

TechCrunch (5133) 3 months ago permalink

What you see above is not a video or a slide show, it is a Flowgram. If you click on it, you will be taken to a full-screen player with what appears to be a screencast with a voiceover. Except that you can control the pages by scrolling up and down, watching any videos that might be on the page, or clicking on the live links (which takes you out of the Flowgram to that ...

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apgay said: What a really cool way to present info better than a powerpoint narrated slide but not as good as screen flow for the mac

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Normal-sized business cards at last from Moo (1)

3 months ago permalink

Just as The Governator tries to pursue green policies, like keeping Tesla’s electric production car local, you’ll now also be able to hand out full-sized “green” business cards with Flickr images, courtesy of the same guys who brought us those cool little mini-cards, Moo.com. They are launching full-sized business cards with a new partner, LinkedIn, which makes sense in the business space, so maybe that be-suited VC won’t snigger at your tiny Moo cards any ...

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apgay said: cool looking but really these are quite expensive for what they are

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Streamzy: A Fresh Face For Seeqpod’s Streaming Music (2)

by Jason Kincaid (718) on

TechCrunch (5133) 3 months ago permalink

We’ve seen a number of music sites like Seeqpod and Grooveshark that leverage user-uploaded music scattered across the web to offer free, on-demand jukeboxes. These services manage to skirt legal repercussions by only serving content that is hosted on other sites, which makes them harder to sue (though some have tried). Streamzy, a media search startup that launched earlier this year, has taken this approach one step further. Instead of trying to index user-generated content, ...

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apgay said: This is absolutely awesome with a really clean easy to use interface

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Scientists create sea-power generating 'Anaconda' (1)

3 months ago permalink

Filed under: Misc. Gadgets Scientists may have discovered a new way to combat the global energy crisis -- and they're calling it the "Anaconda" (we'll give you a moment to purge your mind of any J. Lo films). The system works by utilizing the power of the ocean and long, black rubber tubes (hence the name). The rubber "snakes" are laid just below the sea's surface where they're pounded by the ocean's waves. That movement ...

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apgay said: This sounds good but creepy

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22-foot tall robot crafted entirely from excess styrofoam (1)

3 months ago permalink

Filed under: Robots Building a big robot is nothing to congratulate yourself on, but doing it in this manner is certainly worthy of a little self-indulgence. The creature you see standing before you is a 22-foot tall Styrobot constructed entirely from spare polystyrene packing materials, and no, each piece didn't just show up that way. Michael Salter managed to whittle away on this beast until its completion, and now we're hearing that it'll be going ...

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apgay said: What a cool looking thing. Would make a great entry statement in anyone's hallway

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Japanese Shell subsidiary plans solar-panel plant (1)

3 months ago permalink

Oil company turns to the sun, with plans to build a factory manufacturing thin-film solar panels with a cumulative yearly power generation capacity of 1 gigawatt.

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apgay said: Interesting how oil companies are getting into solar. These guys are using a slightly different thin film technology

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Hitachi and Seiyu develop light bulb with replaceable arc tube (2)

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Engadget (2985) 3 months ago permalink

Filed under: HouseholdWhile the rest of the world goes off to win the hearts of environmentalists (and laypeople, too) with LED light bulbs, Hitachi Lighting and Seiyu are taking the road (way) less traveled. Reportedly, the duo has collaborated in order to pop out a "bulb-shaped fluorescent lamp that can be separated into a lighting circuit unit and an arc tube unit." What this means is that the lighting circuit can be used repeatedly (up ...

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Philippe Starck shows off "Democratic Ecology" wind turbine (2)

3 months ago permalink

Filed under: Misc. Gadgets It looks like wind power is about to get a bit more stylish with the outspoken Philippe Starck now wading into things with his "Democratic Ecology" personal wind turbine. The turbine first made its debut at the recent Greenenergy Design show in Milan and, according to Inhabitat, it's now on track for an actual release in September of this year, thanks to a little assistance from Pramac. If all goes as ...

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Robin said: If the claims are true, I'll buy one.
apgay said: How is this for the future cool looking wind turbines

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Virtual personal assistants make life easier (1)

3 months ago permalink

All stressed out? Get a personal assistant online to schedule appointments, send birthday cards, and pay the bills.

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apgay said: That's what I need someone to do my share of the virtual housework

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BEAT THE COST OF SOLAR WITH A PPA (1)

3 months, 1 week ago permalink

BEAT THE COST OF SOLAR WITH A PPA Posted in June 30th, 2008 by admin in Uncategorized Submitted by New Energy News Blog MMA Renewable Ventures and other finance mavens have come up with a wrinkle on the Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) concept to help get consumers past the single biggest obstacle to home and business solar installations, the upfront costs and financial complexities. Normally, a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) is between a utility and ...

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apgay said: A nice little synopsis of the issues involed with a Poer Purchase Agreement( PPA)

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Indian Wind-Turbine Firm Hits Turbulence - Wall Street Journal (1)

3 months, 1 week ago permalink

Wall Street Journal Indian Wind-Turbine Firm Hits TurbulenceWall Street Journal - 6 hours agoLike other turbine producers, Suzlon promises its customers that turbines will be available to produce power at least 95% of the time the wind is blowing, ...

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apgay said: an excellent overiew of the world's wind turbine manufacturers

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Grou.ps Pulls In $1.1 Million, Opens Up Code To Take On Ning (2)

by Mike Butcher (120) on

TechCrunch (5133) 3 months, 1 week ago permalink

Grou.ps, a startup based in San Francisco, has secured a $1.1 Million Series A financing round in a deal led by Golden Horn Ventures. Grou.ps will also now be open-sourcing a restricted version of its code, with a view to spreading its collaboration tools. This move is based around the idea of commoditizing the platform faster and then taking advantage of the fact that they can then hire the best programmers out there. Currently Grou.ps ...

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Community Solar Power (1)

3 months, 1 week ago permalink

A community in Canada has an unusual form of solar power that can provide over 90% of the annual heating and hot water needs for the homes, despite being situated in a cold Alberta location where winter temperatures can reach -33 degrees C (-27 F). The Drake Landing Solar Community collects solar energy in a heat storage fluid through an array of solar panels on the roof of each home and covering all of the ...

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Elevator Pitches, Now Ready For Your Uploads (2)

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TechCrunch (5133) 3 months, 1 week ago permalink

Earlier this month we launched Elevator Pitches, a site for startup CEOs and founders to upload a 60-second video explaining what their companies do and how they make money. As I explained in the launch post, the idea is to create a repository of startup pitches where viewers can offer their critiques and vote the best ones up and the worst ones down. The initial response was very encouraging. We got 50,000 pageviews in the ...

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apgay said: great little idea to fine your elevator pitch before going out into the market place

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