I first signed up to broadband in the early 2000s. What did we do before?, the under 20s might wonder. We used something called a “dial-up” connection, which now feels really antique. Whenever you wanted to send an e-mail or check something on the internet, you pressed a key and the computer went through the… Continue reading
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UK company Iceotope finds way to cool down data server – saves power, cuts Co2
The most surprising piece of video I’ve seen recently is of a smartphone immersed in a beaker of some clear liquid, photographing the TV camera that was filming it. Link here This is what TV viewers saw, and I’m sure they were amazed. Doesn’t everybody know that if you drop your mobile phone into water,… Continue reading →
Cities sign deal for a low carbon future
Boris Johnson may have built a great big snowman of denial on the Department of Climate Change’s lawn, but the fact remains: the overwhelming consensus among scientists is that Global Warming is real, and we need to act. Where, though, is that action going to come from? It must come from government clearly, as… Continue reading →
Taking 3D printing to the next level – one London firm’s expansion plans
Where in the world will 3D printing take us? I think we can now pose the question in such dramatic terms, with the very real expectation that something exciting is going to happen over the next few years. It is clear now that the industry is past its novelty stage, where, apart from some rarefied… Continue reading →
Solar solution – sunny outlook for charging the iPad
It’s hard to compete with the Chinese in making the current generation of solar panels, with the price of silicon panels dropping fast. There are few if any manufacturers in the UK, and in the US the Tea Party party ridiculed the Obama administration for so conspicuously supporting Solyndra, the solar panel manufacturer that went… Continue reading →
German railways guarantee zero-carbon travel
If we don’t count bicycles, electric cars (and only when you know the energy is produced by renewables), and commuting by yacht, zero-carbon travel for business or leisure still remains something of a chimera. So it is promising news that German national rail company Deutsche Bahn (DB) has become one of the first transport operators in… Continue reading →