Facebook To Launch Friend Grouping. Competition Can Suck.
September 30th, 2007 -- Posted in Web 2.0 | No Comments »So Facebook will finally allow users to group friends and control information flow based on friend type. For guys like Robert Scoble, who have 5,000 friends (the limit), this may be a way to finally sort through the real friends from the fans. It’s a much needed feature that people have been requesting for a [...]
YouTube Gets Adsensed
September 30th, 2007 -- Posted in Web 2.0 | No Comments »Google has launched YouTube Adsense video units that let users monetize a YouTube video embed with text or image ads.
The product is not dissimilar to one of the multitude of slide products currently on the market, essentially you use the unit as a display point for your favorite content (in this case from YouTube). Site [...]
An Ultrathin, Anime-Inspired, Protein-Based Computer Memory Chip
September 29th, 2007 -- Posted in Environment | No Comments »It may seem like an unlikely source of inspiration for a new computer memory technology, but “Detective Conan” (otherwise known as “Case Closed”) – a popular anime and manga series about a young detective who uses high-tech gadgets to help him solve cases – could have provided the creative spark that led to the development of a protein-based ultrathin memory. Using ferritin, a protein commonly found in both eukaryotes and prokaryotes that facilitates iron storage, scientists from Japan’s Nara Institute of Science and Technology came up wi…
Seeding is Believing in Vermont
September 29th, 2007 -- Posted in Environment | No Comments »In this video by YERT (Your Environmental Road Trip), which is made up of a trio of friends chronicling a year-long “eco-expedition” through all 50 Un…
Clinton Global Initiative Highlights: Energy & Climate Change
September 29th, 2007 -- Posted in Environment | No Comments »Governor Charles Crist (R-Fl) is really, really tan, Virgin puts its planes on a diet, and Wendy Abrams installs a public art project you can’t avoid. Plus, Brad Pitt!…
Wearing a Piece of the Titanic
September 29th, 2007 -- Posted in Environment | No Comments »Not that you’ve probably ever given it any serious consideration, but how would you feel about owning a piece of the Titanic – to tell the time? Yes, taking the principles of reuse and recycling to new heights, a Switzerland-based watch company – Romain Jerome – is planning on using steel taken from the actual vessel to craft a set of 2,012 limited edition Titanic DNA Watches. Furthermore, the watches’ dial faces will be coated with black lacquer paint – whose main ingredient consists of coal from the ship.
They will be made available on (conveniently enough) 2012, to coincide with the centenary anniv…
Toyota Fuel Cell Hybrid In The Lead (Apparently)
September 29th, 2007 -- Posted in Environment | No Comments »Media coverage we’ve seen is confusing as to whether the Toyota FCHV-6 is a pure play fuel cell or a hybrid fuel cell vehicle. We’ll assume hybrid, as it would be logical to leverage their current front runner position in hybrid tech. Check out HydrogenCars blog for more details. “Toyota Motor Corp said on Friday its improved FCHV zero-emission fuel-cell car completed a road test from Osaka to Tokyo, covering 560 km (350 miles), on a single tank of hydrogen.”
“The latest version of the FCHV features a high-pressure tank of 70Mpa that can store double the amount of hydrogen as …
One Year Ago in TH: LEDs on the Go, Camouflage is the New Green + More
September 29th, 2007 -- Posted in Environment | No Comments »Because we don’t know where we’re going until we realize where we’ve been: one year ago in TreeHugger, we spied some LEDs on the go (above left), pondered whether or not camouflage was the new green with Britain’s Department of Defence going green beyond just the color of their tanks, and eyed Recy, the Recyclable Roadster.
We also took note of KiteShip, which employs Ve…
Critical Mass Turns 15
September 29th, 2007 -- Posted in Environment | No Comments »Oh, adolescence. It was fifteen years ago this week that 40+ bicyclists got together for a group ride, showing that roads aren’t just meant for cars. From this unceremonious “birth,” Critical Mass has grown to become a part of the bicycle culture in many cities around the world. As is the case with many teenagers, the group has gone through quite a growth spurt:What began with four dozen bicyclists riding together up Market Street on Sept. 25, 1992, has turned into a monthly happening that regularly draws thousands of participants pedaling along the streets of San Francisco, at times drawing both praise and scorn.
We would send Critical Mass a…
Real Treehuggers Support Adding LNG Terminals
September 29th, 2007 -- Posted in Environment | No Comments »North American nations are considering a combined total of 64 liquefied natural gas import terminal proposals. These projects are somewhere between underway and identified. To view industry-supplied facts and perspectives on LNG, check out this site. If you are strongly opposed to LNG port additions, please don’t just shoot us an angry comment before checking out the following reasoning.
We mentioned before that a major trade-off decision facing North America is coal vs conservation. Actually, that was something of an over…