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Power Hour: The History of White LEDs

November 20, 2018

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Compared to incandescent lightbulbs, LEDs produce a lot more lumens per watt of input power — they’re more efficient at producing light.  Of course, that means that incandescent light bulbs are more efficient at producing heat, and as the days get shorter, and the nights get colder, somewhere, someone who took the leap to LED lighting has a furnace that’s working overtime. And that someone might also wonder how we got here: a world lit by esoteric inorganic semiconductors illuminating phosphors.

CES 2018 Camera Technology was the Strongest in Years

January 26, 2018

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January is Consumer Electronics Show-time in Las Vegas, showcasing amazing technological developments. In the Camera category there were a huge number of incredible launches and demos. The world’s largest drone manufacturer DJI was there with a couple of strong ‘steadycam’ offerings. The DJI Osmo Mobile 2 is an agile tool for smartphone filmmakers who need […]

Making the Ethical Smartphone: How Fairphone Aims to Save the Planet

January 31, 2017

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Smartphones have no sustainable upgrade path and their construction creates lots of problems, from slave labour to environmental pollution. Step up Fairphone to save the day. Since the advent of the smartphone, handheld computing has become second nature. We carry these devices with us everywhere and rarely give a second thought to how they are […]

Forget Flying Cars because Passenger Drones are the Future of Air Travel

January 29, 2017

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In the July 1924 issue of Popular Science, “Ace of Aces” fighter pilot E.V. Rickenbacker told readers to expect “Flying Autos in 20 Years.” Rickenbacker’s flying car would have retractable 12.5-foot wings, a sea-worthy hull and wheels to cruise America’s growing network of highways. Ninety-three years later, personal cars remain land-bound. Read More via Forget flying […]

A decentralized web would give power back to the people online — TechCrunch

October 9, 2016

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Timely update on how a decentralised web works for more people than a Facebook-atised walled garden model. Open lines of communication and collaboration are the way forward. Lets build it.

NASA unveils the bewildering beauty of Jupiter’s enormous polar light shows — Quartz

July 3, 2016

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Ever seen fireworks on Jupiter? It’s quite something. Astronomers have released breathtaking photos, taken with the Hubble space telescope, of Jupiter’s gigantic auroras, which are light shows caused by high-energy particles entering the planet’s atmosphere near the poles and colliding with gas atoms. They are hundreds of times more powerful than Earth’s, due largely to… via […]

Dark Waters Project Could Police World’s Marine Reserves: a Maker Faire UK Exclusive

May 1, 2015

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Occasionally a maker project comes along that makes a real difference. Barry Getty’s open source intelligent buoy ‘Bob’ is definitely in the world-changing potential bracket. The Dark Water Foundation was set up to develop open source technology for ocean exploration, conservation and education, and Bob is an intelligent buoy that collects ocean data and transmits […]

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