Andrew Price
The designer Nigel Upchurch made this simple, stylish video noting the importance of turning off our computers when we leave the office. According to his calculations, in a year, the energy consumed by computers left on overnight in Germany alone is equivalent to what 870 wind turbines could produce.
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Debunking 'Green Living': Combatting Climate Change Requires Lifestyle Changes, Not Organic Products
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A Geodesic Dome Promises Fish from the Sky
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TED's Taboo: What's Too Controversial for the Hipster Confab?
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Billr: The App for Dining on a Budget (Without Annoying Your Friends)
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Companies Value Internships, So Why Don't They Hire Interns?
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Debunking 'Green Living': Combatting Climate Change Requires Lifestyle Changes, Not Organic Products
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Infographic: Understanding Social Enterprise
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Billr: The App for Dining on a Budget (Without Annoying Your Friends)
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TED's Taboo: What's Too Controversial for the Hipster Confab?
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Is it Time to 'Occupy Teach For America'?
Installing solar panels above parking lots seems like a no-brainer to us. Just park and plug in your car. You'll never have to engage your...
Watch this mind-bending video of a lego recreation of the oldest known scientific computer, an amazingly precise set of gears built in 100 BCE.
IBM's new supercomputer knows a lot about archaeology—and everything else. And can answer in the form of a question.
In part three of our Future Learning video series, we look at a Chicago-based technology company that is changing how students learn their lessons.
In part seven of the Future Learning series, see how a public computer helped poor children in Hyderabad, India teach themselves English.
It's hard not to fall in love with L.A. after watching this gorgeous video shot from the cockpit of a plane landing in the city at night.
When else can you ride through a museum on your bike? Or get it into an exhibit?
Police in riot gear fired tear gas into the crowd at least five times in an effort to clear the plaza in front of Oakland City Hall.
Two Canadians collect hundreds of unrequested and unused Yellow Pages books and dump them back on the doorstep of the Yellow Pages offices.
Quick, snap a picture of an office pet and send it to us. We'll post a gallery later today.
Solar-power systems are going to need to provide energy at night or on cloudy days. A team of MIT engineers has a new idea to do just that.
A novel solution to the sedentary workplace is to replace the office chair with an exercise bike.
Help the W Retreat and Spa-Vieques Island with a design for their garden, and win a trip to Puerto Rico.
In which we ask the inventor-illustrator Steven M. Johnson to find examples of products and ideas that move the world forward in creative ways.
A few utility companies have been trying pilot programs that show customers how their energy use compares with their that of their neighbors. It...
Get help to identify hidden sources of energy waste throughout your house.
Yep, you're absolutely right! It's Qatar! The Economist tells us what should stand out here: ...what should stand out is that most of the...
GE has made an interactive chart that lets you learn about how efficient different household appliances are and what they cost (in terms of both...
Next up for farm-to-table cooking? Dan Barber explains the pursuit of better flavor through Old World farm technologies and modern science.
Who's generating the most electricity from renewable sources-and which ones are they using? As of 2006, only about 18 percent of the energy...
