Tag: energy
"Energy Saving Day was worth the effort" says the man who came up with the idea of Energy Saving Day
Matt Prescott, who’s Energy Saving Day actually saw a rise in energy consumption at the end of it, said it was still worth his effort as it helped raise awareness of the causes and led to energy companies simplifying their home insulation schemes. Awesome.
Even though E-Day clearly raised zero awareness with consumers, as everyone happily boiled more water than strictly necessary and left the oven on to keep the kitchen warm…
Google bored of having money – donating $175m to various charities
The piles of cash everywhere at Google HQ are getting a bit too much. Some office doors won’t even open any more, and there’s no cupboard space left for essentials like pens and envelopes thanks to all the bundles of fifties wedged in every cabinet.
That’s why (in one possible dimension) Google has revealed it’s throwing $175 million into helping fight global infection outbreaks – by developing new computer systems…
The Wattson tells you how much electricity you're wasting, Sherlock Holmes
This pretty purple product isn’t designed to just sit on your shelf, glowing away ambiently like there’s no tomorrow, it actually has a very noble place within the household. It can lower your bills, gasp!
The Wattson from DIY Kyoto lets you see into the future, telling you how much your electricity bill will come to if you continue using the same amount of energy, and glows purple if you’re doing well, but…
Proposed ban could mean no more Plasma TVs for Australians
Like we can afford Plasmas anyway, why do you think I moved to England, a land where consumer electronics are so much more affordable than down under?
According to the ABC, the Australian government has announced they’ll be banning the sales of Plasmas, and even some LCD screens, due…
The Body Battery Calculator will stop you from frequenting Starbucks, guaranteed
Great. Just what I always wanted, another reason to lay off the Krispy Kreme Fridays at Shiny Towers. Bah!
For crazy health-conscious freaks who like nothing better to do that to work out how fat they are etc, take a look at The Body Battery Calculator. If you measure your heart rate, and can manage to shield your computer monitor from prying eyes, so you can enter in TOP SECRET information such as your weight (gasp!), height, body type (thank goodness the first option is average, you can claim you didn’t see the ‘obese’ option underneath) and age (cast furtive glances around you again), the calculator will work out just how much energy your body creates…
WING: your own portable windmill
Windmills are great, but they could be a bit more portable, don’t you think? That’s the idea behind the development of WING, a concept design for a personal windmill. It’s the work of Croation designers Ines Vlahović & Mladen Orešić, and has just scooped an INDEX award for its innovative umbrella-like design.
Hippyshopper's top five best energy saving adapters
I think it’s safe to say that the demographic of this blog doesn’t do much to help save the environment, and I include myself in there, believe me. With our power-guzzling LCD tellies, games consoles constantly on standby, and more things generally plugged into sockets than anyone else, we can definitely improve on our eco-friendliness…
Opinion: Gadgets aren't a green issue
Jonathan Weinberg writes…
I’m green – but not in the way all those leftie liberals out there would like me to be. I’m green because I feel sick, sick because some nutters now think my Sony Bravia is responsible for global warming. Do I really need to apologise to the people of South Yorkshire for the damage my TV has done to their flooded homes? Water load of bilge!
