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May 01, 2012
Aging laptops and cellphones that run on Windows XP and Android respectively are vulnerable.
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May 01, 2012
You know that old iPhone 2 that's sitting in your desk drawer, or maybe an old Blackberry (gasp!) that got stored alongside your Guitar Hero peripherals? Well, EcoATM wants them, and is willing to pay.
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April 27, 2012
Ruthbea Yesner Clarke, research director at market research and advisory firm IDC Government Insights, explained in an interview with Government Technology that smart cities adopt a broader view of sustainability.
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April 20, 2012
Philadelphia officials hope the city’s redesigned stormwater fees will lead to imaginative private financing that will help rehabilitate watersheds.
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April 16, 2012
How smart should a smart home be before it's worthy of the name? Diane Cook's research into smart homes goes well beyond presence-detecting light switches; she's interested in homes that observe their residents and make decisions on their behalf. Ars Technica spoke to Cook about her work to find out what sort of decisions our homes may be making for us in the not-too-distant future.
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April 10, 2012
Retailers and the companies that make home energy monitors, which provide readings of home electricity use, are pushing to bring the devices into the mainstream."
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March 30, 2012
What if you could power up your smartphone with just a brisk walk? That’s the promise of Power Felt, a new creation of nanotechnology researchers at Wake Forest University.
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December 19, 2011
Seventeen states have banned electronic waste from landfills, requiring it to be recycled so its toxic materials don't leach into groundwater. Seven of these bans took effect this year, and two more will take effect soon: Illinois in January 2012 and Pennsylvania in January 2013.
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November 08, 2011
The Light Bulb Finder, a mobile phone application that helps users pick more energy-efficient bulbs for their homes, was the overall winner of the Environmental Protection Agency's Apps for the Environment challenge.
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November 01, 2011
Next year Seattle’s citizens likely will have another option when it’s time to feed their parking meters. The city of Seattle is looking to implement a real-time “pay by cellphone” system for street parking in mid-2012.
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