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Review: Zune HD & AV dock and Zune Premium Car Pack

Who needs a Blu-Ray player?Ummm, perhaps someone that might want 1080p resolution compared to the Zunes? And all the features that blu-Ray offers?Matthew, how is your zunes screen in sunlight? OLED displays are extremely poor in sunlight; please post a picture of the zune next to an iPod touch both...

Tags: Digital music, Digital media, OLED Screen, car, OLED Displays, Microsoft Zune, Zune HD, sunlight

Discussion threads 2009-10-14

Sunlight 1.1 (Mobile)

With Sunlight search for all locations in the world around. Search by country name, by city name or by region name. Sunlight will find them, show their position on the map and displays the local time for the found location. You can use Sunlight as World Clock. You can bookmark...

Tags: Sunlight, Mobile, Cellular Network, Christian Sigritz

Software downloads 2009-08-18

Going blond

Is white the new green? There's a mini-engineering suggestion coming from some federal officials. Get a white roof. Save energy, reflect that pesky sunlight back into space. This is at the opposite end of the engineering spectrum from the mega-ideas about geoengineering. This homestyle, small...

Tags: Sunlight, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-06-14

Don't inhale, it's legal but it's toxic

That's the conclusion of a United Nations report on the atmosphere above large sections of Asia. Guess all that economic growth comes with a little extra. Nasty plumes of smoke, soot, toxic gases and other fine manmade crud are found all over the planet, but the...

Tags: China, Sunlight, U.N., Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-11-13

Origami Daisy (free) 1.0 (Mobile)

Grow a virtual flower right on your iPhone or iPod touch! Just give your flower sunlight every morning, and water it throughout the day. If you care for your flower well enough, it will grow tall and reach a gorgeous full bloom! This is a fun little alternative to the...

Tags: Sunlight, Mobile, Apple iPod Touch, Adam Schmelzle, Digital Music, Advertising & Promotion, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Marketing, Consumer Electronics

Software downloads 2008-10-23

Compass Free 1.0 (Mobile)

Compass is a measuring instrument which indicates the cardinal points under the sunlight.

Tags: Sunlight, Mobile, Instrument, Masayuki Akamatsu, Compass, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing

Software downloads 2008-07-28

Hey, why not? Solar-powered wireless headset to have U.S. debut in January

Wireless accessories maker Iqua which hails from Finland but has just opened an Americas headquarters plans to start selling a $99 solar-powered Bluetooth headset in the United States next month. The product is called the BHS-603 Sun. It can complete charge itself within...

Tags: Hour, Sunlight, Headset, Product, Standby, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2007-12-07

Can baking soda curb global warming?

Can baking soda curb global warming?Baking Soda..Because of the acid rain and leaves that get in my pool, I use a lot of baking soda in my pool or bath to soften the water.Great stuff why store it? Sell it to pool companies and others. I am sure...

Tags: sunlight, soda, carbon dioxide, global warming

Discussion threads 2007-11-27

ZenBonsai 0.1 (Mobile)

The Bonsai will slowly grow, even if your Palm is turned of.This is a real living plant, so take good care of it.Water it. Watch it grow. Cut it''s branches. Cut it''s leaves. Direct it''s sunlight. Master the age-old Japanese art of Bonsai!

Tags: Sunlight, Mobile, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing

Software downloads 2007-11-17

(Photo: Collecting sunlight)

(Photo: Collecting sunlight)Collecting SunlghtThis is 30 year old technology. Give us something new!

Tags: sunlight, photograph

Discussion threads 2007-09-10

Photo: Collecting sunlight

Ausra's solar thermal technology uses glass-covered metal "collectors" that focus sunlight in deserts to create steam that turns a turbine and makes electricity. by CNET News.com

Tags: Sunlight, Photograph, Ausra, CNET News.com

Image galleries 2007-09-10

Photos: A look inside the green, high-tech Genzyme Center

This platinum-level, LEED-certified green building uses building automation for daylighting, fresh air and to lower energy costs.Biotech company Genzyme went green when it built its corporate headquarters in Cambridge, Mass. Called Genzyme Center, the 4-year-old building is a Platinum-level LEED-certified green building, the highest level possible. (LEED stands for Leadership...

Tags: That', photograph, atrium, building', Genzyme Corp., mirror, daylight, motor, hawk, sensor, roof, ceiling, foe, coal, tile, wind, burst, sunlight, Cambridge, automation, certification, collaboration, Germany, wall, leadership, U.S., environment, computer, network

Image galleries 2007-08-22

Cheaper LEDs to light a green path?

Cheaper LEDs to light a green path?Color Will Be the IssueThe problem with fluorescent and other forms of energy-efficient lighting is the color and flicker and how it they effect the eye. If they can adjust these to properly emulate the common light bulb, or better yet, the Sun, then...

Tags: Engineering, sunlight, light-emitting diode, mercury

Discussion threads 2007-01-19

Image: Solar shield may save the planet

University of Arizona astronomer Roger Angel proposes a giant shield to block sunlight if global warming gets out of control.

Tags: shield, University of Arizona, astronomer, sunlight, global warming

Image galleries 2006-11-06

Photos: Solar Power 2006

New technologies for converting sunlight into electricity previewed this week at the Solar Power 2006 Conference and Expo in San Jose, Calif.

Tags: photograph, sunlight, California, San Jose, conference, solar energy, Solar Power 2006

Image galleries 2006-10-18

Researchers band together for solar fabric

Researchers band together for solar fabricThis is innovation at it's finest!.I agree, but a question if anyone knows.They are saying 8% of the available energy. My question is, what does that really mean?Let me ask it the other way, How much electrical energy is available on a square...

Tags: sunlight

Discussion threads 2005-02-16

Additional Resources

An obnoxious oxide

NOxAnd at ground level, the NOx interacts with with VOCs and sunlight to produce....ground level ozone, a major pollutant. Maybe we just need to get the VOCs into the upper atmosphere? :)Liberals aren't going to be happy until man returns to the stone age ...... and even then...

Tags: ozone, NOx, VOC

Discussion threads 2009-12-01

Verizon Motorola Droid Solar Charger

There will be times when your smartphone is low on battery and you won't be near an outlet, but that doesn't mean you're in for a dead device. A portable accessory like the Verizon Motorola Droid Solar Charger will let you charge your phone from anywhere, and even better, you...

Tags: Engineering, Verizon Communications Inc.

Product reviews 2009-11-24

Samsung SCH-220 Code - silver (MetroPCS)

The Samsung Code (SCH-i220) is MetroPCS's first Windows Mobile 6.1 smartphone, which seems like a step backward seeing as Windows Mobile 6.5 devices are available. However, that shouldn't detract the customers from getting the messaging-centric device. The Code offers a sleek design, easy-to-use keyboard, and decent performance and call quality....

Tags: Mobile operating systems, Microsoft Windows, Handhelds, Mobile applications, Operating systems, Cellular phones, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.

Product reviews 2009-11-18

HP Pavilion Elite owner resorts to lawsuit over 'inherently defective' PC

My HP Pavilion Elite... / HP quality controlMy HP Pavilion Elite came with an obviously defective, and defectively designed, video card. After about eight months, the video card model was finally recalled.My previous HP desktop computer went for about five years without a problem.HP's quality control is clearly going down...

Tags: Desktops, Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, Microsoft Windows XP, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Hewlett-Packard Co., HP Pavilion Elite, HP Pavilion, Linux, Core i7, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., PC

Discussion threads 2009-11-17