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Solar Roof Tiles by Premiere Power (one of several products on the market; others are Sunslates, and SRS). From the Premiere Power website:
“Streamlined, interlocking solar roof tiles fit the exact shape of your roof. With their exclusive interlocking mechanism, the tiles easily blend with the style and architecture of your home. Continue Reading »

HBO Alzheimer’s Project: HBO’s “THE ALZHEIMER’S PROJECT” takes a look at the faces behind the disease – and the forces leading us to find a cure. This multi-platform series reveals groundbreaking Alzheimer discoveries and the effects this debilitating and fatal disease has on those with Alzheimer’s and their families.

As the leading voluntary health organization in Alzheimer’s care, support and research, the Alzheimer’s Association has been an active partner in “THE ALZHEIMER’S PROJECT,” providing expert insight and leading community engagement.

Textronics® is made up of a team of experts in the fields of Textiles and Electronics. Our goal is to seamlessly integrate electronics with textile structures – changing the way people benefit from technology in sport. We specialize in wearable electronics that can be used to enhance sport performance. We are always on the look out for new technologies that can advance our products. We’re open to ideas and partnerships that enable us to stay in the forefront of this emerging market space.

AMEE’s aim is to map, measure and track all the carbon and energy data on Earth. This includes aggregating every emission factor and methodology related to CO2 and Energy Assessments (individuals, businesses, buildings, products, supply chains, countries, etc.), and all the consumption data (fuel, water, waste, quantitative and qualitative factors). Continue Reading »

50 Sites That Will Help You To Become a Better Designer @ DZineBlog (Design Blog). Outanding collection of reference sites for cutting-edge web design technologies and techniques. Continue Reading »

The Rodenator assists landowners with the removal of most species of underground burrowing pests. Both the Pro and R2 Remote work on the principal of delivering a precisely measured mixture of propane and oxygen into the tunnel or burrow of invasive pests. This mixture is then detonated by the operator, causing an instantaneous underground shock wave of concussive force that eliminates the pests and in some (species specific) cases collapses some of the existing tunnel structure thus preventing immediate reinfestation.

The Gettysberg Address in Powerpoint by Abraham Lincoln, 11/19/1863. Powerpoint parody showing how much a “slideshow” can dumb down even the most important content. From the Speaker’s Notes: “[Transcribed from voice recording by A. Lincoln, 11/18/63] These are some notes on the Gettysburg meeting. I’ll whip them into better shape when I can get on to my computer. ” Continue Reading »

Playpower: learning games for radically affordable computers. “We support affordable, effective, fun learning games. We’re starting with an existing $10 TV-computer as a platform for learning games in the developing world.”.

The “world’s most inexpensive home computer” uses a TV for a screen and comes with a full keyboard, mouse, game controllers and several game cartridges.

LightLane’s Lasers Make an Instant Bike Lane. Fed up with seeing friends getting clipped by cars, the designers at Altitude combined two things we love — bikes and lasers — to create an instant bike lane and make nighttime cycling a whole lot safer.

Their bike-mounted gadget, called LightLane, beams two bright red lines and the universal symbol for cyclist on the pavement, neatly delineating a bike lane to remind motorists to yield a little space. It should make everyone feel a little more comfort on the road. Continue Reading »

The love-hug shirt becomes reality (at “TalkToMyShirt” site/blog): Around half year ago we have posted about the Hug Shirt, a concept created by the fabulous team of Francesca Rosella and Ryan Genz, the founders of CuteCircuit, have taken on the challenge to bring this great idea to reality. Continue Reading »

Towards an iPhone based wearable computer: With Bluetooth connectivity in place (for attaching additional input devices that extend touchscreen input) and an affordable Head Mounted Display (HMD) that is supported by the iPhone – things move forward towards a capable wearable computer.

This comes some years after the experiments with an iPAQ.

The (unfortunately named) Blight solar blind: Blinds are handy things. They give us privacy at night and block the sun’s rays during the day. But what if there was a way to capture the light from the day and give it back at night to illuminate the house? Continue Reading »

The SheevaPlug is a development platform, targeted for use as a plug computer, and designed to run network-based software services. It features a Kirkwood Series SoC with an embedded Marvell Sheeva™ CPU core running at 1.2 GHz. This device connects to the network using GbE, offers desktop class performance, and can be used to replace a PC-based home server for many applications. Continue Reading »

The Leeches dress, constructed with stitched conductive organza stripes, functions as a soft, wearable, and reconfigurable power-distribution substrate for attaching individual silicone-coated electronic modules (the “Leeches”) that illuminate the dress. Continue Reading »

iFlyz: your in-flight media solution. Clever flexible mount for portable devices. Going on sale in Feb 2009 for around $30. “iFlyz was born after spending tireless hours traveling and watching as passengers tried to master a way to watch their media. Either you hold it, share the hold responsibilities with someone or rig it on a cup of some sort. Every option leaves you annoyed and with a slight kink in your neck, just reassuring you that flying is sheer joy. Continue Reading »

PowerFilmSolar is a developer and manufacturer of thin, flexible solar panels based on a proprietary low cost production process. A sample consumer item is the AA thin-film solar battery charger. Continue Reading »

Gizmag: Emerging Technology Magazine.

Gizmag is a multiple-medium magazine with a bi-monthly print edition, free downloadable back issues, a free weekly email newsletter and a web site covering invention, innovation and emerging technologies.

Minoru 3D consumer webcam: Connect Minoru to your PC and he will come alive, his eyes will light up and he will be looking at you in 3D.

Your friends and family can now see you in 3D over your favourite messaging program like Windows Live Messenger, Skype, AOL instant messenger, OoVoo and many others. Continue Reading »

Texas Interfaith Power & Light: climate and energy stewardship for faith communities.
Texas Interfaith Power and Light (TXIPL) is a nonprofit religious education project that helps congregations of all faiths in Texas take action to reduce global warming and air pollution through energy conservation and renewable energy strategies. TXIPL is one of 23 state IPL organizations. Continue Reading »

DataLiberationFront: Google project for blog interoperability. Converters to/from various blog formats hosted on Google App Engine.

The Goals of the Data Liberation Front:

* Liberate data across web services.
* Make that data portable across cooperating web services.
* Allow users to own their own data which is submitted to the Cloud.
* Do anything else to allow users to have fine-grained, easy access, and control of their data.