Global Labeling Scheme Launched for Products Made with Wind Power (Video)
January 21, 2011 No Comment
Image credit: WindMade From eco-labels on new cars to fuel-efficiency ratings on airplanes , green certification schemes are proliferating in some surprising places. In fact, there are so many labels out there it can be hard to know which ones to trust, and even harder to know which ones to act on. But a new one is about to be added to the list and I must admit it has more appeal than most. After all, it’s about time we had a cer… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Image credit: TheTruthAbout , used under Creative Commons license. When we talk about protecting precious resources, it can be tempting to focus almost exclusively on the physical—whether that be diminishing oil reserves or clean water. But sometimes we need to take a step back and look at some more abstract resources. Just as getting a handle on personal finances and money can be an act of environmentalism , ma… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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George Clooney has recovered from second bout of malaria; Globes host Gervais says he was just doing his job; Clint Eastwood and Beyonce discussing ‘A Star Is Born.’ (Jan. 21)
Continue reading …George Clooney Recovering From Malaria – Hollywood actor George Clooney contracted malaria during a trip to Sudan earlier this month, but now the actor is fully cured, a spokesman has revealed. The 49-year-ol is a frequent visitor to the African country to help raise awareness about the Darfur conflict. The Darfur Conflict is an ongoing George Clooney Recovering From Malaria is a post from: Daily World Buzz
Continue reading …In all the speculation over the reason for “Baby Doc” Duvalier’s sudden return to Haiti, a possible new motive has emerged: The former dictator may have been seeking access to cash, the New York Times notes. The former ruler allegedly embezzled $300 million from his country, but insiders say he…
Continue reading …Scientists create 10 billion qubits in silicon, get us closer than ever to quantum computing
January 21, 2011 No Comment
We are totally ready for a quantum computer. Browse the dusty Engadget archives and you’ll find many posts about the things, each charting another step along the way to our supposed quantum future. Here’s another step, one that we think is a pretty big one. An international team of scientists has managed to generate 10 billion quantum entangled bits, the basic building block of a quantum computer, and embed them all in silicon which is, of course, the basic building block of a boring computer. It sounds like there’s still some work to be done to enable the team to actually modify and read the states of those qubits, and probably a decade’s worth of thumb-twiddling before they let any of us try to run Crysis on it, but yet another step has been made. [Image credit: Smite-Meister ] Scientists create 10 billion qubits in silicon, get us closer than ever to quantum computing originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 21 Jan 2011 09:33:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Is David Gregory trying to raise his profile by becoming more overtly partisan? Gregory struck what at one point seemed to me a hostile tone in his questioning of conservative Sen. Tom Coburn on last week's Meet The Press.
Continue reading …Tesla confirms plans to unveil electric Model X SUV this year, $30k car by 2015
January 21, 2011 No Comment
We’ve known for some time that Tesla hoped to use the underpinnings of the luscious Model S as a base platform upon which other cars would be built, even minivans . Elon Musk in the past has mentioned a Model X SUV due sometime in 2014 and he’s just re-confirmed that we’ll be getting our first glimpse of the thing sometime this year. Few further details are known but we wouldn’t be surprised if it shared some components with the Tesla-powered Toyota RAV4 EV . Musk also took the opportunity to re-confirm that a genuinely affordable electric Tesla is coming by 2015, something priced under $30,000 and, while probably not quite as bodacious as either the Roadster or the Model S, hopefully it’ll be a bit more invigorating than the Leaf . Tesla confirms plans to unveil electric Model X SUV this year, $30k car by 2015 originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 21 Jan 2011 09:12:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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South Korean commandos stormed a chemical freighter that had been hijacked by Somali pirates in the Indian Ocean last week, rescuing all 21 captives while killing eight pirates and capturing five more, according to officials in Seoul. The raiding party boarded the ship in the pre-dawn darkness this morning, systematically…
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