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Intel's green innovations

CNET News.com's Michael Kanellos looks at how Intel is developing green technologies for its customers and within its own organisation. Innovations include ultra-lower power 45nm chips; greening its fab operations in China, Arizona and Israel; and ...

From MICHAEL KANELLOS, ZDNet UK,  13 May 2008
Related Topics: Intel,  Altiris, Inc.

It's OK to carry fuel cells in carry-on bags, U.S. government says

The U.S. Department of Transportation issued a ruling today that will let passengers carry approved methanol fuel cells and up to two spare fuel cartridges in their carry-on bags. Peng Lim and a fuel cell. Methanol goes in. Water, CO2, and electrons ...

From MICHAEL KANELLOS, CNET,  1 May 2008

Electric sports cars from Europe delayed

France's Fetish and the Great Britain's Lightning GTS promise to be two of the fastest cars on the market. That is, as soon as the companies can get them out of the factory. The Fetish, an all-electric sports car touted by France's Venturi for the last ...

From MICHAEL KANELLOS, CNET,  25 Apr 2008
Related Topics: Altair Nanotechnologies Inc.

Plastic made from pig urine

Denmark-based Agroplast wants to transform pig urine into plastic dinnerware and household items. We all have to have dreams, I suppose. Click here to see all of News.com's Earth Day 2008 stories, photo galleries, and more. The company has essentially ...

From MICHAEL KANELLOS, CNET,  22 Apr 2008

Think to bring all-electric cars to U.S. next year

The all-electric Think City car enjoys an urban time-out before heading to the U.S. in 2009.(Credit: Think Global) Think Global, the Norwegian company making an all-electric town car, has reiterated that it will begin to bring its cars to the U.S. in 200 ...

From MICHAEL KANELLOS, CNET,  21 Apr 2008
Related Topics: Ford Motor Company

Cutting down solar costs with satellite imagery

Danny Kennedy may have come up with a way to make solar panels an impulse buy. Sungevity, Kennedy's company, has come up with a Web-based system for evaluating the solar potential for a given home through satellite data. Customers log onto Sungevity's ...

From MICHAEL KANELLOS, Webware,  21 Apr 2008
Related Topics: Google Inc.,  Microsoft Corporation

Transmission supplier sues Tesla

Tesla Motors is an innovator in electric cars--and it's got a lot of lawsuits, too. Earth2Tech has dug up a lawsuit filed by Magna on February 22, 2008 that alleges that the car company failed to pay Magna for transmission work it accomplished. The suit, ...

From MICHAEL KANELLOS, CNET,  15 Apr 2008

Akeena touts the ready-to-install solar panel

Although solar panels can cut electrical bills, there are drawbacks. They cost a lot to install and are incredibly ugly. Akeena Solar is trying to get around both those problems with what it says it a better rack. The company has developed a completely ...

From MICHAEL KANELLOS, CNET,  11 Apr 2008

Bamboo a big tool for greenwashing, says noted designer

Bamboo buyer beware, says Kelly LaPlante. "This is one of the biggest areas for greenwashing," she told me during a tour of a suite she redesigned on behalf of Lexus at San Francisco's Fairmont Hotel. (As part of a marketing campaign, Lexus is sprucing ...

From MICHAEL KANELLOS, CNET,  4 Apr 2008

Zenn, EEStor detail plans for highway-capable electric car

Toronto's Zenn Motors has laid out its plans for a freeway-legal car, and on paper it looks pretty good. The CityZenn will hit a top speed of 80 miles per hour (or a 125 kilometers per hour as they insist on saying in Canada) but more importantly, it ...

From MICHAEL KANELLOS, CNET,  1 Apr 2008
Related Topics: General Motors

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