Category — Enviroment

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The Greener Gadget Conference started this morning in New York City, unfortunately I will not have the pleasure of watching it do to my current employer.

Those of you who wish to watch the conference you can do so here.

Also, for a further look at Greener Gadgets, head over to Inhabitat - they have a more in depth look at it then I can post at the current moment.

If your like me, you can not wait to see what kind of new technology is being release in 2008. But even better, what kind of eco-friendly tech gadgets are we going to see on the market. More and more each day they are trying to come up with more effiecnt ways to keep the air we breathe a little more cleaner, by using renewable energy technologies, such as fuel cells, kinetic energy, wind and solar power. Recently while I was watching the CES 2008 convention on G4 TV they showed all new tech toys. I also recently found out that CES is making the leap to “go green” by becoming carbon neutral and incorporating the use of sustainable and energy efficient practices. This is even just the beging. Greener Gagdets, a one day confrence that is set to take place on February 1st, 2008 in New York City, gathers all industry leaders, entrepreneurs, journalists, and designers to discuss the details for the greening of the consumer electronics industry. As listed on the Greener Gadgets site, the topics of discussion will include:

• Environmental initiatives from leading consumer electronics companies, such as take-back and recycling programs
• New environmentally sensitive materials, product lifecycle and design for sustainability
• Innovations in renewable energy technologies, such as fuel cells, kinetic energy, wind and solar power

Many of us are aware of the growth of green in almost every other industry, and many are waiting patiently for it to take off in the consumer electronics industry. Greener Gagdets believes that are is a “tremendous growth opportunity exists for companies that position their products to meet the global shift towards sustainable products and socially responsible supply chain practices.”

Join them for this rare opportunity to gain insight on the consumer electronics, computing and mobile techolongy as they prepare to enter it into the Green Era. Greener Gadgets presents to you representatives from HP, Nokia, Sony, Philips, Intel, EPEAT, the Green Electronics Council, IDEO, Engadget, Earth2Tech/GigaOm and many others to be announced on their website.

It’s that time of the year again. Time to rid our household of that very last hint of that Christmas Spirit, and what better way to bring in the new year then to start off by recycling that very tree.

Earth911.org makes it easy for you to locate cities near you where you can take part in TREECYCLE 2008. Although they do not have every city listed on their site of where you can recycle your Christmas Tree, but this service is free for all to use and is located in almost every major city.

Also be sure to check out their tips to make this years holidays a little bit greener. Make sure you tell your friends and family about this free service, it’s not to late to start helping out, and to Go Green.

from G4 TV - TheFeed

During his keynote CES speech, General Motors chief executive Rick Wagoner said that by 2012, half the company’s cars will use Flex-fuel energy alternatives.

“All the factors point to a convergence of the automotive and electronics industries that is literally transforming the automobile,” he said.

A few hours earlier, General Motors vice president of the research and development centre Lawrence Burns told earth2tech.com that the industry needs to move to new fuel sources like hydrogen cells and ethanol because “the power grid has surplus power that equals 40% of the miles driven in the US.”

He noted that one of the most significant factors in fuel efficiency for cars is the weight of safety features. If technology could produce cars that don’t crash, the weight of a 4,000lb car could be cut to as little as 1,500lb.

Burns added that they are also working on solving other efficiency problems, such as late breaking, cruise control, and optimizing gas engines.

“One of the next big steps is to connect automobiles electronically to keep them from connecting physically,’ Burns said. “We are working our way up the technology ladder.”

How?

Why, a robot car, of course!

Seriously.

Guardian.co.uk: CES Keynote: Green Cars