energy -efficient in photos
Photos: The world's fastest supercomputers revealed
Photo Not only is it the most powerful supercomputer but Roadrunner, seen here, is also one of the most energy efficient systems on the TOP500. Both of the top two systems are housed at national laboratories... [17 Nov 2008]
Photos: A tour of SAS's green campus
Photo Work is already underway on the scheme that will see the latest building to go up on the campus aim for LEED (leadership in energy and environmental design) status, a mark of approval from the Green Building Council. [05 Nov 2008]
Photos: Asus grows eco cred with bamboo laptop
Photo But the green credentials of the laptop go beyond its bamboo panelled lid (pictured) and keyboard plate, as the company said a green ethos has informed the whole design and manufacture process - from ensuring maximum... [31 Oct 2008]
Top 10 green gadgets for your office
Photo While the tendency for phone manufacturers to cram ever more functionality into mobiles has helped gadget freaks cut down the number of gadgets they carry, that smart phone in your pocket still sucks down the energy. [14 Oct 2008]
Photos: IBM's store of the future
Photo The Esel shown here uses an RF chip to update its display, which regularly polls the system for any updates and then powers down, reducing energy use. The IBM business development centre in Hursley contains a number of... [08 Oct 2008]
Photos: The Cern computers cracking the Big Bang
Photo Even this is insufficient to store the vast amounts of the raw data produced by the LHC so its four detectors - which each look for different particles and energy signatures - have built-in electronics and smaller... [06 Oct 2008]
Photos: Some creative uses for USB ports
Photo When away from your desk simply hit the big green buzzer and your computer will change to energy-saving 'ecomode'. The loveable rust bucket will spin his head and beep when you insert a USB device. There is also a Darth... [18 Aug 2008]
Photos: Top tech for the festival season
Photo With the help of renewable energy specialist GotWind - also responsible for the Orange Recharge Pod - users can strap the device to their arm and charge their phone using kinetic energy created as they... [26 Jun 2008]
Photos: Say hello to Intel's little helpers
Photo Intel is making strides to improve the energy efficiency and the carbon footprint of its products. Its 32-nanometer chipsets, set for production in 2009, enable more chips per wafer, faster transistors, and less... [18 Jun 2008]
Photos: The solar powered speedster
Photo CUER completed its first big test on Saturday 13 June after driving Affinity, seen here, from Land's End to John O'Groats using only the power of the sun's energy. Regenerative brakes are also often used to recover... [16 Jun 2008]
Photos: The building of a data centre
Photo Energy supplier EDF is building the on-site sub-station, seen here. Electronically controlled fans only provide the chilled air to the parts of the data centre that need cooling, reducing energy usage. [11 Jun 2008]
Photos: Power-generating leg brace goes for a walk
Photo Here, Max Donelan, assistant professor of kinesiology, watches a demonstration of the Biomechanical Energy Harvester he developed with a team of researchers. The device harvests energy from the end of a... [11 Feb 2008]
Photos: Driving safety through tech
Photo This means information received by the first car approaching can be transmitted to those following, which saves on the energy needed to transfer the data. silicon.com went along to NEC's R&D labs in Heidelberg, Germany,... [21 Jan 2008]
Photos of the Month - November 2007
Photo This picture shows how a Japanese railway company is using the energy from passengers' footsteps to power its stations. Kicking off our photo stories this month was the iPhone launch on 9 November. Natasha Lomas went... [29 Nov 2007]
Photos: Six unusual power sources
Photo The thermo-generators use the difference between the body's surface temperature and the surrounding temperature to produce electrical energy using semiconductor elements. Currently it is "not realistic" to try to power a... [19 Nov 2007]
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