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(Photos: Tesla Roadster ready to hit the streets)

(Photos: Tesla Roadster ready to hit the streets)It does have airbagsThe company got an exemption on putting in air bags for now.Actually it has airbags, just not ones that adjust for body weight,etc.So instead of paying for gas ....... you pay 5X more in electricity?? The idea of a...

Tags: motor, photograph, electrical car

Discussion threads 2008-02-05

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The perfect computer?

Do we have the technology to build a perfect computer? Would it be perfect for a specific purpose or is it possible to build a perfect general purpose computer? Small Business Computing's Mark Beckley has some answers. Do we have the technology to build a perfect...

Tags: Motherboard, Computer, Machine, Chip, Small Business Computing, Watt Power Supply, Productivity, PCs, Mark Beckley Small Business Computing, Special to ZDNet, Mark Beckley Small Business Computing, Special to ZDNet

News items 2009-11-02

Can a car be fuel efficient and fun?

Ford wants it both ways: using less fuel, have fun driving. To that end they are working with some engineers at the University of Michigan to test drive and then virtually test drive hyrbids and electric cars to find what works both for saving fuel, and having fun while...

Tags: Car, Ford Motor Co., Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Sales, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-10-21

Tinnitus Tamer 4.0.3 (Mac)

It appears only natural to assume that as our ears pick up sound waves, they convert them into electrical nerve signals that represent the sounds, a loud sound producing a large nerve signal, silence producing no nerve signal at all, and once these nerve signals arrive at the brain we...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Neural Network, Sound, VAVsoft

Software downloads 2009-09-19

Windmills stir up opposition

Let's do some mathHarry:How much energy is recoverable, year in, year out, for vertical turbine blades?What percentage of the US' domestic energy usage does that amount to?This is very basic arithmetic.Likewise, when you factor in the energy costs needed to make the lithium ion batteries of the Prius, and assume...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, wind energy

Discussion threads 2009-09-13

Burger King cooking up renewable energy

Drive up to Burger King, stop your car, generate electricity. That's the plan being tested right now at the Burger King in Hillside, New Jersey. The tech being used is called MotionPowerâ„¢ Kinetic Energy Harvesting System. It is made by New Energy Technologies, Inc. They used...

Tags: Vehicle, Renewable Energy, Energy, Burger King Corp., MotionPower, New Energy, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-09-08

Most Americans support energy infrastructure overhaul

Energy overhaul is not the issueThe issue is ENERGY EFFICIENCY.Products from 30 years ago specially cars were more energy efficient than todays.What is the point of changing technologies, if that technology is less efficient that what we have today.One example: Biofuels. Not only are we destroying organic material to burn...

Tags: smart grid, energy usage, grid

Discussion threads 2009-08-16

News to know: Windows 7 RTM review; Microsoft-Yahoo; SAP; Sprint

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Ed Bott: Windows 7 first look: More than just "Vista, fixed" Gallery: Windows 7 RTM...

Tags: Yahoo! Inc., SAP AG, Microsoft Corp., Sprint Communications, Microsoft Windows 7, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Microsoft Windows, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Operating Systems, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-07-30

Another "death of the PC post" - but I think it's true

Another "death of the PC post" - but I think it's trueThe PC as originally designed is already dead...... we just changed the meaning. When PC were first designed, they were stand-alone entities. Now if you were to ask 100 random PC users if they are connected to the internet,...

Tags: Desktops, Corporate communications, PC, video

Discussion threads 2009-07-16

Ford says you can afFORD their fuel-savers

Ford says you can afFORD their fuel-saversAmerican turbocharged cars in the 80'sA lot of American cars were using turbochargers in the late 70's and early 80's. They burned themselves up regularly and cost a ton of money to replace. The problem was, American car companies decided to use cheap turbochargers...

Tags: turbocharger, turbo, car, Ford Motor Co.

Discussion threads 2009-07-15

Cobra XRS 9960G Digital Radar and Laser Detector

Cobra takes the concept of a radar detector to a new level with the addition of GPS technology in the Cobra XRS 9960G. With this new feature, the radar detector not only alerts you to electronic surveillance, but gives warnings about red light cameras, speed traps, and hazardous driving areas...

Tags: Aerospace & Defense, radar, COBRA, XRS 9960G, radar detector, Cobra XRS 9960G, laser, camera

Product reviews 2009-04-17

Clash of the Touch Titans: iPhone 3.0 3G vs Samsung OmniaHD S60 device

Clash of the Touch Titans: iPhone 3.0 3G vs Samsung OmniaHD S60 deviceWhy bother????Seriously Matt... Why bother???We are not going to see anything that can come close to the iPhone user experience for at least a decade. Will we see an iPhone killer at some point??? Yes, we will.Will it...

Tags: Cellular phones, Apple iPhone, Samsung OmniaHD, Samsung OmniaHD S60 device, Samsung OmniaHD S60, iPhone 3.0 3G, Touch Titans, iPhone 3.0, 3G, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.

Discussion threads 2009-04-14

Electric cars in America--the price point

Electric cars in America--the price pointElectric cars in America--the price pointMy concern in addition to the price of the electric car is where do I plug it in to charge it? If its my house then how much is my electric bill going to be raised while its charging?...

Tags: C02, disposal, power generation station, electric car, car, price point

Discussion threads 2009-04-10

Rail--even more controversial than nuclear?

Rail--even more controversial than nuclear?Sorry HarryYou're in the wrong place if you expect reasonable discussion based on facts. The majority of responders here start from ideology, not facts.Nuclear fission, of course, is still the same ideology that got us here in the first place. Use a scarce, incredibly...

Tags: ideology, car, bus system

Discussion threads 2009-02-25

Dissecting Apple's new eight hour battery

Dissecting Apple's new eight hour batteryHard to say, time will tell...From my own experience, it's rare that I go more than an hour or two on battery. I guess for students who might use their machines around campus through the course of the day. Though they'd probably opt for the...

Tags: Engineering, Robin, battery, hour battery, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-01-15

Asking a paranoid question

Asking a paranoid questionI don't know...But I'll venture an answer anyway, because this is all in the name of fun...I don't think inserting instructions is possible.Disruption almost certainly is, although I would have to question the economy of targetting specific interconnects between components. The problem is that anything you...

Tags: Servers, volt, Asking, motherboard

Discussion threads 2008-12-04

A $1 billion plan for car-charging network

A $1 billion plan for car-charging networkAre you serious?Hybrid cars are only the first step in the process of moving toward alternative energy. If you seriously believe that we are going to be able to continue use gasoline, even in smaller quantities, then you might want to start paying...

Tags: apparatu, car-charging network, car, electric vehicle, linear distance, battery, network

Discussion threads 2008-11-21

The future of... Mobile device chargers [video]

No power? No problem. ZDNet correspondent Sumi Das takes a look at kinetic energy technology that charges mobile phones and devices without ever needing an electrical outlet. The mobile device charger generates power from motion, whether it's in a pocket, a briefcase, or the glove compartment of a car. ...

Tags: Mobile, Video, Mobile Device, Mobile Device Charger, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-11-19

The future of... Mobile device chargers

No power? No problem. ZDNet correspondent Sumi Das takes a look at kinetic energy technology that charges mobile phones and devices without ever needing an electrical outlet. The mobile device charger generates power from motion, whether it's in a pocket, a briefcase, or the glove compartment of...

Tags: Mobile, Mobile Device, Mobile Device Charger, Advertising & Promotion, Wireless And Mobility, Marketing, mobile, power, green, future, cell phones, computers, electricity

Videos 2008-11-19

Court's decision is boon for alternative energy

Court's decision is boon for alternative energyWhen will they learn?The last 168 BILLION DOLLAR round of stimulus checks did NADA for our economy. We must not as a nation forget the role the high cost of our dependence on foreign fuel played in the demise of businesses from the largest...

Tags: Green Energy, alternative energy

Discussion threads 2008-11-14