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Smart trash can from BigBelly knows when to say 'uncle'
No more, please. Although smart trash receptacles from BigBelly Solar can handle five times the trash as the average street garbage can, compressing deposited waste through solar power, there's a point at which enough is enough. That's when a new wireless software monitoring system from Symphony Services...
Tags: Software, Trash, Solar Energy, Portland, Messaging, BigBelly Solar, Tools & Techniques, Supply Chain, Instant Messaging, Telecom & Utilities, Management, Business Operations, Internet, Online Communications, Heather Clancy
Blog posts 2008-12-16

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Smart trash can from BigBelly knows when to say 'uncle'
Smart trash can from BigBelly knows when to say 'uncle'Great use of technologyWow, that's awesome!Seems like a great use of technology between using solar, compacting the trash to cut down on service, and notifying when service is needed and where to boot!Now if someone could just design a device so...
Tags: Smart Trash, BigBelly
Discussion threads 2008-12-17
News to know: Securing hotspots; Mac worm; eBay; IBM
Notable headlines:George Ou: A secure Wireless LAN hotspot for anonymous users.Ryan Naraine: Mac worm rumors swirl; Dai Zovi ships unofficial Mac OS X patch.Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft establishes more anti-GPLv3 precautions. Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft Research's PlayAnywhere: A surface computer for the rest of us?eBay's Skype, PayPal strong; listings down.SOA...
Tags: News to know, General
Blog posts 2007-07-19
BigBelly, a solar-powered trash compactor
BigBelly, a solar-powered trash compactorWe have these in Santa Cruz!Saw a couple down in Capitola along the beach next to Zelda's. Pretty cool! ]:)Compacting bins don't affect landfill decompositionExcellent blog - but you reference Treehugger and it's erroneous misgiving about how sidewalk compactors might prevent landfill decomposition. Unfortunate to...
Tags: BigBelly, compactor
Discussion threads 2007-07-18
BigBelly, a solar-powered trash compactor
The National Public Radio NPR recently reported that the Chicago Park District has installed 25 solar-powered trash compactors to keep the beaches clean and safe. The BigBelly units look like ordinary trash cans, but can hold up to 4 to 6 times as much trash as ordinary units. And because...
Tags: Leisure, Health &, Medicine, Energy &, Environment
Blog posts 2007-07-18
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