Two new Android phones

AT&T is finally carrying an Android based phone, this one is made by Dell, and called the Mini 3. This phone has been selling overseas already, so the specs are pretty well known. 3.5-inch 640×360 display, Bluetooth, 3 megapixel auto-focus camera with flash, microSD, and GPS.   Two things catch my eye, no WiFi and [...]

Storing solar power

One of the big stumbling blocks to widespread solar (besides its current high cost), is the ability to store power for use at night or cloudy days.  Daniel Nocera, a professor of chemistry at MIT, has found an effective way to use sunlight to extract hydrogen from water. This is lab scale only so far. [...]

Solar electric power has officially “arrived.”

Electical solar power at the individual homeowner level is no longer the exclusive realm of the uber-ecowarrior or the Heinlein inspired individualist determined to live “off the grid.” It’s mainstream now.  The concrete proof of this has arrived.  Solar Power Panel Rustlers! Police departments in California — the biggest market for solar power, with more than [...]

Even more American electric cars in the pipeline

Chrysler, Jeep and Dodge are working to get electic cars to market.  It looks like Chevy is going to beat to the market with the Volt though. These new entries are still “Concept Cars,” so I’m taking their “late 2010″ release date with a chunk of salt. Keep in mind that introducing a lot of [...]

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