electricpower: Solar energy and lithium-ion batteries: Sanyo now builds “green” homes in Japan Sanyo is already being considered Japan’s “greenest” brand in the consumer electronics field (which is the main reason Panasonic is about to acquire the company), but them building complete, eco-friendly buildings is certainly new. Sanyo Homes [JP], a... - http://smarterplanet.tumblr.com/post...
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Qualcomm Ebook Display Ups the Ante with Full Color and Video - Gizmodo
Qualcomm has developed a 5.7-inch (1,024x768) display for ebook readers that not only renders color and video; it does so with enough power efficiency to challenge a black and white, still-frame Kindle. - http://smarterplanet.tumblr.com/post...
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chickenfeetunicornwings: “Objectified” is a feature-length documentary about our complex relationship with manufactured objects and, by extension, the people who design them. In his second film, director Gary Hustwit (“Helvetica”) documents the creative processes of some of the world’s most influential product designers, and looks at the... - http://smarterplanet.tumblr.com/post...
IBM tips microfluidic device for immunodiagnostics - Small Times Scientists from IBM Research in Zurich, Switzerland, have created a diagnostic test using a silicon chip to more quickly diagnose diseases. Their collaborative work with the U. Hospital of Base, published in the December issue of Lab on a Chip, uses capillary forces — the process... - http://smarterplanet.tumblr.com/post...
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