Technology

Track Your Energy Use by the Second with The Energy Detective September 5th, 2008

Find Out Exactly How Much Electricity You're Using

How much electricity do you use when you turn on a light? When you're watching TV? When you wash your dishes? How about if you're doing all three at once? The Energy Detective ("TED" for short)...more

5 Ways to Green Your PC -- Without Spending a Penny September 4th, 2008

How many hours a day do you spend on your PC? Two? Four? Eight? Twelve? (Okay, I'm not quite that bad, but I do average about 8 hours a day.) PCs -- especially desktops -- can...more

Fridge Door Open Too Long? Sound the Alarm! September 2nd, 2008

Save Energy by Reminding Family Members to Close the Fridge Door

Does anyone in your house have an annoying tendency to stand in front of the fridge with the door open? Do your kids or your husband spend long minutes searching through the refrigerator or the...more

Books vs. eBooks: Which Are Greener? August 29th, 2008

Amazon.com has sold nearly 300,000 of its Kindle eBook readers since it introduced the device earlier this year. Rumors of a Kindle 2.0 release before year-end have been squashed, but that doesn't mean that the...more

Classes Are About to Start -- Online! August 28th, 2008

Online Education Saves Energy, Saves Money

Millions of kids are about to go back to school next week -- right alongside millions of adults looking to take their careers to the next level. This year, more and more of college students adults...more

Fabrik Introduces World's Greenest External Hard Drive August 26th, 2008

New [re]Drive Uses Up to 90% Less Energy

Having lost more than my share of data over the years, I always make sure to have an extra hard drive hooked up to my computer. I use it for extra storage (those digital photos...more

Want Solar Power? Let RoofRay Calculate Your Solar Potential August 22nd, 2008

Thinking about putting solar panels on your house, but not sure how effective they'll be? RoofRay has an answer. This great online tool uses Google Maps to calculate the amount of energy that you will likely...more

Google Goes Geothermal. Can You? August 21st, 2008

Clean Energy Could Be Right Under Your Feet

Google recently announced it would invest $10 million into the development of geothermal energy systems. Geothermal, one of the hot new ideas in "clean technology," uses the natural heat under the Earth's surface to provide...more

A Greener Webcam? You betcha! August 19th, 2008

United Pepper Offers What Could Be the First Sustainable Webcam

With a device as small as a webcam, do you really need to be green? Well, why not? You're going to eventually replace or throw out any device you buy, so why not think of...more

SunLight Flashlights Save Energy, Save Lives August 15th, 2008

Buy a Solar-Powered Flashlight, Do Some Good

Imagine a rural area in central Africa, with no running water, no paved roads, and no access to electricity. Life there is dependent upon daylight. Once the sun is down, work comes to stop, unless...more