My Faves for Sunday, November 11, 2007

AlterNet: Pay It off Later: Debt Is the New American Dream

Quoted: Money for nothing. Own a home for no money down. Do not pay for your appliances until 2012. This is the new American Dream, and ...

[tags: future]

DocSyncer Bridges Your Desktop With Google Docs

It uploads all of your Microsoft Office documents (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) from your desktop to Google Docs and then keeps them in sync. Whenever you make a change on your desktop, the change is automatically reflected in the corresponding file on Google Docs, and on DocSyncer.com. The service will require a small software download, which at first will only work on Windows computers (a Mac version is coming). But you will be able to sync from more than one computer—up to Google Doc’s current limit of 5,000 documents.

[tags: google]

9W LED Bulb Replaces 70W Incandescent (TreeHugger)

This bulb, however, outputs 308 lumens using 150 warm white LEDs, and is rated at 9 Watts. It is said to be a replacement for a regular 70 Watt incandescent bulb.

[tags: home, LED]

The 120-M.P.H. Electric Car at Hammacher Schlemmer

The 120-M.P.H. Electric Car
This is the electric car that can accelerate from zero to 60 mph in 4.0 seconds to a top speed of 120 mph in one gear with no shifting thanks to its two electric motors -- smaller versions of the same kind found in diesel-electric locomotives -- that combine to produce over 1,000 lbf ft. of torque. No wider than most motorcycles at 39", it can fit in a 6' half-lane with more clearance than a semi-truck in a full 12' freeway lane, enabling you to negotiate traffic congestion where lane splitting is permitted. Its small size eliminates the need for parallel parking as it can park perpendicular to a curb without the need for a full space.

[tags: automotive, Electric Car]

Tango Anyone? | BusinessWeek

Quoted: Tango Anyone? | The new Tango electric car handles like a motorcycle but drives like a car. And it's as wide as a motorcycle, too

[tags: automotive, electric, EnergyTechnologies]

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My Faves for Saturday, November 10, 2007

YouTube

Quoted: Gapminder is a non-profit venture for development and provision of free software that visualize human development. This is done in collaboration with universities, UN organizations, ...

[tags: video, sweden, statistics]

Gapminder - Home

Quoted: Gapminder - taking information that’s “dry as dust” and making it visible through animation. Making sense of the world by having fun with statistics!

[tags: Gapminder, sweden, statistics]

Hans Rosling - Wikipedia

Hans Rosling (b.1948 in Uppsala, Sweden) is Professor of International Health at Karolinska Institutet and Director of Gapminder Foundation, Stockholm, Sweden. From 1967 to 1974 he studied statistics and medicine at Uppsala University, and in 1972 he studied public health at St John's Medical College, Bangalore. He became a licenced physician in 1976 and from 1979 to 1981 he served as District Medical Officer in Nacala in northern Mozambique.

[tags: health, software, statistics]

TED | Talks | Hans Rosling: New insights on poverty and life around the world (video)

Quoted: TED Talks In a follow-up to his now-legendary TED2006 presentation Hans Rosling demonstrates how developing countries are pulling themselves out of poverty. He shows us the next generation of his Trendalyzer software -- which analyzes and displays data in amazingly accessible ways, allowing people to see patterns previously hidden behind mountains of stats. (Ten days later, he announced a deal with Google to acquire the software.) He also demos Dollar Street, a program that lets you peer in the windows of typical families worldwide living at different income levels. Be sure to watch straight through to the (literally) jaw-dropping finale.

[tags: health, statistics, video, TED]

A glance at the $4.85B Vioxx settlement

Vioxx users who filed claims by Nov. 8, 2007, and can prove they had a heart attack or stroke are eligible. The amount that each victim gets depends on the severity and date of the injury, Vioxx usage and whether they had risk factors such as smoking or obesity.

Quoted: A glance at the $4.85 billion settlement Merck & Co. made with Vioxx users:

[tags: health]

WiMAX Suffers a Setback

Quoted: Sprint and Clearwire have broken off plans to develop a national wireless network. Is it curtains for WiMAX?.

[tags: wimax]

Google's Latest Efforts Test the Open Waters

Google's first open source play, OpenSocial, is an interoperable toolkit for building social networking apps. It aims to make the lives of widget and app developers a little easier. At the same time it lets Google indirectly challenge its major social networking competitor: Facebook.

The other open project, which comprises a group of handset makers, carriers and silicon manufacturers, is dubbed the Open Handset Alliance. It centers around a new, Linux-based mobile operating system for smartphones, called Android. It's Google's long-awaited play for the mobile space.

Quoted: Get Wired's take on technology business news and the Silicon Valley scene including IT, media, mobility, broadband, video, design, security, software, networking and internet startups on Wired.com

[tags: google, mobile, social networks, development]

VMware; Run Windows on Mac, Virtual PC on Mac

Quoted: VMware Fusion makes it easy to install and run Windows, Linux and other operating systems on your Intel-based Mac as virtual machines, giving you the power to use multiple operating systems simultaneously—and without rebooting your computer.

[tags: windows, mac, os x, imac]

Macworld: Review: Fusion 1.0

Quoted: The new kid on the ‘Windows on Mac’ block

[tags: windows, mac, os x, imac]

Macworld: Review: Parallels Desktop 3

Quoted: Parallels Desktop 3.0 is currently the best solution for running Windows, Linux, or any of many other operating systems alongside OS X.

[tags: mac, os x, windows, imac]

ITworld.com - Review: Leopard is an upgrade that roars

Quoted: As with every OS X update since version 10.1, there's no single feature in Leopard that will force Mac users to upgrade immediately. Instead, it's the sheer deluge of new features that's likely to persuade most active Mac users to upgrade, especially since this is the longest gap between OS X upgrades -- two and a half years -- since the product was introduced. Sure, some items on Apple's list of 300 features might seem inconsequential, but if even a handful of them hit you where you live, that will be more than enough motivation for you to upgrade.

[tags: apple, mac, imac, leopard, os x]

Laplink® Software - PCmover - PCmover for Mac

Quoted: PCmover now supports PC-to-Mac migration. Transfer all your programs, files, and settings to any Intel-based Mac.
Download Version
USD 49.95
EUR 44,95
GBP 29.95

[tags: apple, mac, imac, migration software]

Solar power for the people

Five House Republicans held a news conference on energy prices on Friday morning, doing their best to imitate a gaggle of dinosaurs pretending not to realize that they are neck deep in a tar pit.

Quoted: News and commentary on globalization, commerce, technology and development, from Salon.com's Andrew Leonard.

[tags: solar]

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My Faves for Friday, November 09, 2007

Find Internet TV - Search. Find. Watch.

Quoted: The Internet TV search engine and guide. Search and watch live and on-demand video, including headline sports, entertainment and events.

[tags: tv, search]

TranslationBooth - Free Translations

TranslationBooth.com is a privately owned translation business which aims to become one of the leading providers of translation services over the next five years.

Quoted: The Translation Booth

[tags: translation]

SVT och TV4 börjar sända tv i Joost - PC för Alla

Quoted: SVT och TV4 lanerar att göra material tillgängligt via den nya webb-tv-tjänsten Joost - PC för Alla - En del av IDG.se.

[tags: joost, sweden, tv]

IKEA | partenariats en France - ONF

Le fabuleux destin des sapins IKEA
Le principe de l’opération repose sur la vente et le retour des sapins de Noël IKEA.
Acheter son sapin à partir du 1er décembre 2007 et le rapporter entre le 2 au 12 janvier 2008 est un geste triplement gagnant pour vous, et pour l’environnement !
- vous recevrez un bon d’achat d’une valeur de 17€
- le sapin sera transformé en compost, puis recyclé en engrais.
- 1€ sera reversé à l’Office National des Forêts pour soutenir des projets de mise en valeur de sites naturels préservés. A cela s’ajoutera un don IKEA France de
90 000€.
Grâce à cette opération, 200 000€ ont été réunis et donnés à l’ONF l’hiver dernier.

[tags: france, ikea, christmas]

Move Over Corncobs, These Guys Run on Air - New York Times

Quoted: Entrepreneurs are working to revive a 19th-century dream: cars that run on compressed air.

[tags: automobiles, mdi]

Solar cell - Wikipedia

A solar cell or photovoltaic cell is a device that converts light energy into electrical energy. Sometimes the term solar cell is reserved for devices intended specifically to capture energy from sunlight, while the term photovoltaic cell is used when the light source is unspecified.

[tags: solar]

tecsol: Climatisation solaire

Quoted: Le blog de l'énergie solaire

[tags: france, solar]

www.tecsol.fr Energie solaire

L’utilisation de l’énergie solaire thermique redevient d’actualité grâce à son formidable impact sur la réduction des émissions de CO2.

[tags: solar, france]

tecsol: Climatisation solaire

Quoted: Le blog de l'énergie solaire

[tags: france, solar]

Panneau solaire - Wikipédia

Un panneau solaire ou capteur solaire est un dispositif destiné à récupérer une partie de l'énergie du rayonnement solaire pour la convertir en une forme d'énergie utilisable par l'homme - électrique ou thermique.

[tags: france, solar]

Panneau solaire photovoltaique, chauffage, chauffe eau et énergies renouvelables

Quoted: Panneau solaire photovoltaïque, chauffage, chauffe eau et énergies renouvelables

[tags: solar, france]

EDF - Panorama de l'électricité - Le solaire en France

La production française d'électricité en 2006 a représenté un total de 549,1 TWh dont la majeure partie est issue du nucléaire.
Les autres énergies renouvelables, dont fait partie le solaire, représentent une infime partie de la production d'électricité.

[tags: france, solar]

LA MAISON SOLAIRE

Des panneaux solaires convertissent la lumière en électricité

[tags: france, solar]

Is Akeena the Next Solar Flare? - Seeking Alpha

Solar power obviates the need for purchasing energy. It's free. Its benefit goes right to the bottom line ($) of whoever uses it. Unlike wood, coal, oil, or natural gas - you extract it electronically from the sun with the flip of a switch. You pay for the machinery that does the extracting, not for the power itself. There are no moving parts. No wells, drills, caves, miners, or gas.

[tags: solar]

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My Faves for Wednesday, November 07, 2007

hField Technologies, Inc.

The Wi-Fire is a compact range-extending USB device that enables you to access a wireless Internet connection from up to 1,000 feet away--three times the range of your internal wireless adapter.

Chemical That Triggers Parkinson's Disease Discovered

Quoted: The key brain chemical that causes Parkinson's disease has been discovered. This is a breakthrough finding that could pave the way for new, far more effective therapies to treat one of the most common and debilitating neurological disorders.

[tags: pd]

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My Dots for Tuesday, November 06, 2007

Loic Le Meur’s New Startup Launches: Seesmic

The service can be described as a video based Twitter, although it is also much more than that. The grand vision behind Seesmic is for it to become a very open online video/television service where people are constantly interacting around both user generated and professional content.

[tags: video, sharing, Seesmic]

Google sends Android to conquer mobile world | CNET News.com

Quoted: Google sends Android to conquer mobile world | Analysts expect Google to launch a Google phone now that it has an alliance of supporters behind its Android mobile platform.

[tags: google, mobile, android]

TidBITS Networking: Google's View of Our Cell Phone Future Isn't a GPhone

Phones using this new platform will start shipping in the second half of 2008.

Quoted: TidBITS is a free email and Web publication covering the Macintosh Internet community.

[tags: google, android, mobile, apple]

Details on Google's Android Mobile Platform

Quoted: Google's open-development platform for mobile devices, backed by industry heavyweights, could shake the wireless market to its core.

[tags: mobile, google, android]

Climate Care

Quoted: Climate Care originates global carbon offsets for business and consumer emissions, with voluntary (VER, Gold Standard, VCS) and compliance (CER) credits meeting current standards

[tags: environment, climate]

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My Dots for Sunday, November 04, 2007

Migros: First Supermarket with 100% LED Lighting (TreeHugger)

The Migros Supermarket in Eschenbach, Switzerland, sets an LED milestone by switching to 100% LED lighting throughout the entire store--in the refrigerated compartments, overhead, and accenting the selection of products on offer. This project demonstrates once again the ecological superiority of the LED technology.

[tags: lighting, technology, LED, Switzerland, Migros]

Lamp (electrical component) - Wikipedia

A lamp, in technical usage, is a replaceable component such as an incandescent light bulb, which is designed to produce light from electricity. These components usually have a ceramic or metal base, which makes an electrical connection in the socket of a light fixture. This connection may be made with a threaded base, two metal pins, or a "bayonet mount."

[tags: lighting, lamp]

Timeline of lighting technology - Wikipedia

Timeline of lighting technology

[tags: technology, lighting, lamp]

Global Warming Art

Like all sciences, the study of climate change relies upon a thorough and comprehensive investigation of the data. It is the goal of Global Warming Art to make some of that data accessible to the public through a collection of figures and images that accurately highlight and describe key issues necessary to understanding our world's changing climate.

[tags: Global Warming, environment, history, future]

Svante Arrhenius - Wikipedia

Arrhenius estimated that halving of CO2 would decrease temperatures by 4 - 5 °C and a doubling of CO2 would cause a temperature rise of 5 - 6 degrees Celsius [1]or 7 - 11 degrees Fahrenheit. Recent (2007) estimates from IPCC say this value (the Climate sensitivity) is likely to be between 2 and 4.5 degrees. What is remarkable is that Arrhenius came so close to the most recent IPCC estimate. Arrhenius expected CO2 levels to rise at a rate given by emissions in his time. Since then, industrial carbon dioxide levels have risen at a much faster rate: Arrhenius expected CO2 doubling to take about 3000 years; it is now predicted to take about a century.

[tags: climate change, environment, chemistry, sweden]

Climate change: we have the power - Times Online

Climate change: we have the power
There are pale greens and dark greens. Often they don’t see eye to eye. But there is no shortage of technologies to tackle global warming. We listen to the visionaries of change

[tags: technology, health, EnergyTechnologies, environment, future]

Vertical farming - Wikipedia

Vertical farming is a conceptual form of agriculture done in urban high-rises. In these high-rises (variously called "farmscrapers," food such as fruit, vegetables, fish, and livestock can be raised by using greenhouse growing methods and recycled resources year-round, allowing cities of the future to become self-sufficient.

[tags: environment, EnergyTechnologies, Farm, food, future]

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My Dots for Saturday, November 03, 2007

MediaMaster

MediaMaster is a startup in Silicon Valley, CA. We are a group of passionate builders of great products for people. Many of us have worked together through three companies and have been friends for years.

[tags: audio, internet, sharing]

Revolution Health - Revolution Health

Quoted: Revolution Health offers trusted health information, expert advice, drug and treatment information, doctor ratings, and a strong community to help you and your family with health issues. Visit Revolution Health as your one-stop resource for all your health needs.

[tags: health]

Talkster

Talkster’s award winning voice technologies are changing international and long distance calling with a fully sustainable mobile advertising-supported business model that benefits both callers and advertisers. Talkster’s Free World Dialing™ is the only service for making completely free long distance, international, and group conference calls from any phone, to any other phone, on any network.

[tags: voip, phone, mobile, free]

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