“No trees were killed in the sending of this message, but a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced.” It’s a funny email signature, but how many inconvenienced electrons does it take to power the internet? In 2011, the digital universe, or the amount of information created and replicated, reached … [continued]
Researchers at Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL) have developed a device that has the potential to monitor and save the energy consumed by large data centers. Developed at the request of Credit Suisse, EPFL researchers created the Power Monitor System and Management (PMSM) to monitor and track the … [continued]
You may have seen the sensational stories on the Internet the past 24 hours that it’s finally been confirmed: Cell Phones KILL Bees!
The only problem is… it’s NOT confirmed.
That’s not what the study says. It’s not even what the original article says. How did this meme spread EVERYWHERE in just 24 hours?
This guest post, a great infograph on the relationship between the internet and the environment, comes to us from Chris Tucker of WordStream Internet Marketing Software.
Digital cameras have all but replaced film in everyday consumer use, so it’s hard to recall how entwined film cameras once were in traditional holiday celebrations. I seem to recall a lot of activity: running out to stock up on film, fumbling with reload and flash bulbs, running out of … [continued]
Yeah, that’s what I said — What?! Apparently, Bell Labs has launched a global effort to overhaul the internet and other communication networks to make them 1,000 times greener by the year 2015! Bell Labs is the research arm of telecom giant Alcatel-Lucent. In this effort they are coordinating … [continued]
A new tool in Google Earth shows you the “effect” of climate change in your area. Using Google Earth, you can look at climate effects under three different scenarios — 1) Confronting Climate Change — “with Al Gore”, 2) IPCC High Emissions Scenario, and 3) IPCC Low Emissions Scenario. Other … [continued]
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If you don’t know what DARPA is, you will soon. The Defense Advanced Research Group invented the internet back in 1969, and now it has set its sights on geoengineering a cure for global warming. What does that mean? For one thing, it means that a communications network originally designed … [continued]
