SUNfiltered

Green tech finds (4/8/10)

April 8, 2010

Ink-saving fonts, energy-producing homes, and pedal-powered prison television… here are your green tech finds.

No package? No pick up…: Sounds like a lead-up to dating advice, but it’s actually the concept behind UPS’ new Smart Pickup service for small and medium-sized businesses. Customers use a tracking service so that drivers only stop to pick up packages when there are some… (via SmartPlanet)
The font’s the thing…: Want to save printer ink? Change your font.

November 27, 2009

Thankful for green technology? So are we… here are this week’s finds.

Fresh water + salt water = energy: Norwegian power company Statkraft opened the world’s first osmotic energy plant on Tuesday.
Storage start-ups get federal funding: Big announcement of federal smart grid funding on Tuesday… and energy storage start-ups shared in the largess.

October 22, 2009

From a green ride to a clean (hand-cranked) shave, it’s all here: this week’s green tech finds.

Solar that doesn’t stand out: Or, not as much, anyway… Iowa’s Powerfilm has developed “thin, flexible solar sheets that can be integrated with architectural building materials.” (via Springwise)
Eco wifi: Australia’s D-Link has announced its Green Ethernet^TM technology which “automatically detects link status and network cable length, then adjusts power accordingly.” It’s also allows a user to schedule wireless up time (like thermostats).