The next 2 billion mobile phone users will come from rural areas, largely in developing countries. Now solar and wind power are becoming viable alternatives to diesel generators. While about 1400 sites will be outfitted with some form of renewable energy this year, almost 40,000 sites will use renewable energy in 2020. With low power [...]
When the largest flare in four years erupted from the sun Feb. 14, space weather experts predicted that jets of charged particles smacking into the Earth’s magnetic field could disrupt navigation and communication systems, and spark a bonus of bright northern lights dancing across the ionosphere. Instead, nothing much happened. Still, leading scientists are warning [...]
Sprint CEO Dan Hesse, at the Detroit Economic Club, today unveiled the company’s M2M Connected Transportation initiative and shared examples of M2M solutions reducing environmental impacts, increasing public safety, and supporting the energy/smart grid. “At Sprint, our vision goes beyond connecting millions of cars. We want to provide ‘Connected Transportation’ to trucks, buses, subways, taxis, [...]
Living Light by David Benjamin and Soo-in Yang is a permanent outdoor pavilion in the heart of Seoul with a dynamic skin that glows and blinks in response to both data about air quality and public interest in the environment, says Interactive Architecture. The skin of the pavilion is a giant map of Seoul with [...]
T-Mobile USA has installed a solar-powered cell site, the carrier’s first site powered by renewable energy in the United States, reports GigaOm. The T-Mobile site uses 12 solar panels, although the actual wattage wasn’t specified. At 200 watts each, that would be about 2400 watts, enough to keep the site up running without requiring power [...]
Facebook’s first custom data center in Prineville, Oregon is receiving a “green” backlash since its electric utility, Pacific Power, will likely be getting most of its power from a coal-powered generator in Boardman, Oregon. According to Search Data Center, the location in the central Oregon community of Prineville all boiled down to cost. The company [...]
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