Tag: Environment
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Report: Sony Working On New Sulfur Batteries
Today’s mobile devices all require a battery, and increasingly are showing the need for more and more power as they increase in complexity. Power is very much a problem of chemistry – difficult compounds and rare elements are all employed in rechargeable cells, so the field is very much a scientific one. The current battery type…
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China Builds Hydrogen Fueled Tram
Whilst there’s still an ongoing issue of pollution in China, the country is fighting the good fight for clean energy research and development. Rather than opting to clean up existing technology, the Chinese school of though is to instead invest and focus in finding new ways of generating power and travelling around whilst still using…
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Oculus Rift Won’t Be Just For Games
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Oculus VR might not just be used for entertainment purposes according to Facebook, as the popular headset has several other applications beyond just those that are purely in the name of fun. Of course, there are also social media functions and applications that might also appear in the device, especially since the Oculus Rift headset…
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Beijing Seeks Tech to Tackle Smog Problem
China’s smog is everywhere. It blocks out the sun, masks the winter’s snow, and according to the World Health Organisation, is massively out of control and a danger to public health. Indeed, Beijing’s smog levels include dangerous particulate PM2.5 hit 568 micrograms per cubic metre – way, way over the recommended safe intake levels of just 25. Although…
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Possible Microsoft Xbox 720 Patent Leaks: 3D Projection Environment with Kinect 2
Microsoft aims to block out peripheral distractions while game-playing with 3D projector tech that resembles a Star Trek holodeck..
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Money Supermarket Graphic Shows How to Make Gadgets Greener by Saving Energy
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Overcharging devices can damage our world, and their use can also be very unsociable as this infographic shows..
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Facebook sets up data centre in Lapland
Facebook has just announced that the social networking site plans to build its latest data centre in Lapland, Sweden. No, it’s not because they have been lured by Father Christmas – it’s actually an ideal climate for an energy efficient data centre. The brand new data centre will be the first outside of the US, …
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Reality Fighters for PS Vita: Alright for fighting, but reality bites
When Reality Fighters was announced by Sony as being part of the backbone of the portable PS Vita release and we first saw footage of the game, we have to admit it looked like a pretty silly combat game and no where in the same league as many popular and long-established fighting franchises. But the latest video…
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Television Electricity Consumption Falls by More Than Half
Is the green campaign working? Maybe something huge is needed to save the environment from the inevitable doom that we are apparently hurtling towards; something like an o-zone machine, a giant freezer for the ice-caps, a magic wand, that sort of thing. If so us gadget lovers in our average households will have to leave…
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Sony to start Virtual Reality revival on “a couple of games”
There’s word emerging today of a Virtual Reality revival coming straight outta Sony – with photos of a new headset and word from the company’s Worldwide Senior Director telling the gaming mag Develop that work is underway to develop VR on “a couple of games”. Virtual Reality (VR) has virtually become a fad in tech…