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Follow a photojournalist adapting smartphones, finding new ways to make technology work in journalism.Working for the York Daily Record/Sunday News since 1984, I have always been an early adopter of new technology.
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Monthly Archives: June 2007
More congestion = safer roads
A recent Forbes traffic study concludes that when people are stuck in gridlock they can’t attain speeds that will kill them. It appears that when you aren’t moving, you can’t smash into things as violently. Though often driver-maddening, traffic jams … Continue reading
This RAPTOR doesn’t drink dinosaur
When I was a student at Gettysburg College, there was an elderly lady from town who used a trike to get around. She was beyond the ability of using a bicycle and perhaps having a drivers license, but the trike … Continue reading
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A hybrid brand
Toyota plants to launch an as-yet-unnamed dedicated brand of hybrid automobiles in 2009 following up on the success of it’s Synergy Drive system. Think Scion, the entry level boxy and sporty niche car that debuted a few years ago using … Continue reading
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LEC (Light Emitting Converter)
Light Beam Industries, LLC has developed a new solid state light emitting plastic. This new substance uses fluorescent laser dyes and solid state light sources in conjunction with optical waveguides to generate multicolored or white light. Applications might include targeting … Continue reading
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Seth Black’s “Green Effect”
Local student launches blog Green Effect Seth Black starts with an appreciation for his natural surroundings, digging to the roots of an environmental blogger. At One: Truly Appreciating Nature The cool breeze washes around my face As I look up … Continue reading
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EPA needs a global reality spin
Pollution standards are too weak to protect people from the air they breathe, the Environmental Protection Agency’s chief declared today. “Based upon the current science”, EPA Administrator Stephen L. Johnson concluded, that “the current standard is insufficient to protect public … Continue reading
Joe’s bicycle SUV
Appalachian Trail thru-hiker Joe McMaster proves that you don’t need a huge SUV to haul a canoe down to the river. McMaster, who used his feet to move himself 2,175 miles from Georgia to Maine ydr.com (11/05), built a canoe … Continue reading
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Get 100 mpg riding a scooter
U.S. scooter sales have more than doubled since 2000, according to the Motorcycle Industry Council. Eric Kling vice president of R.R. Kling and Sons, of Dover, Pa., which specializes in plumbing, heating and air conditioning, started using the scooters last … Continue reading
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Green transportation milestones this week
Quantum Fuel Systems Technologies Worldwide, Inc. announced the delivery of Quantum’s hydrogen hybrid Priuses to and their participation in this week’s opening of Norsk Hydro’s first hydrogen refuelling station in Norway. The new facility is part of a planned “Hydrogen … Continue reading
Congestion Charge
Change behavior by taking your money New York City is toying with the idea of charging cars $8 and trucks $21 to enter Manhattan’s business district, other U.S. cities are also toying with the idea. Other ideas include dropping subway … Continue reading
Quick return hybrid rentals
Hybrid ownership takes awhile to recoup purchase cost over a conventional car, but renting one can be profitable in a day. Hertz announced today that it is putting 1,000 Toyota Prius gas-electric hybrids into its U.S. fleet this month. Avis … Continue reading
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Hybrid solar lighting
HSL technology uses rooftop, 4-ft-wide mirrored dishes that track the sun with the help of a GPS receiver. The collector focuses the sunlight onto 127 optical fibers. The fibers, which can be thought of as flexible light pipes, are connected … Continue reading
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An early bloom from joint hybrid venture
Mercedes-Benz S-Class Diesel Hybrid is one of the first creations unfolding as a result of the of the hybrid transmission joint venture between GM, BMW and DaimlerChrysler. It is expected to debut this fall as the world’s first production diesel-electric … Continue reading
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Peugeot 308 diesel hybrid
Peugeot doesn’t sell cars here anymore, but it’s an interesting study. The Peugeot diesel hybrid promises to average better than 70mpg and have the lowest carbon-dioxide emissions of any car other than a pure electric. business.timesonline.co.uk
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WiTricity – transmitting energy without wires
The concept of WiTricity is that the energy needed to power a device can be sent without wires in a process otherwise known as magnetically coupled resonance. Transformers have exchanged energy for years by magnetic fields in close proximity, but … Continue reading
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Corn based plastic
-Plastics make up 25% of our landfill space -The combustion/disposal of plastic creates CO2 -Plastics use foreign oil A new line of corn-based plastics, called polylactides or PLA, has has started to appear in food packaging. Its strongest selling points … Continue reading
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“Our Green Bubble”
Some [U.S.] lawmakers are pushing corn ethanol from Iowa, either because they hail from that area and are looking to give more welfare to farmers by wasting money on an alternative fuel that will never reach the scale of what … Continue reading
Honda trades hybrid for a diesel in the Accord
I was never a big fan of the Accord hybrid. It was more whoosh than about saving fuel. The mileage numbers weren’t much of an improvement over a regular V-6 Accord for the $4000 surcharge. I am excited about Honda’s … Continue reading
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Hybrid police cars
Sitting and idling is more the task of a police cruiser than speeding and chasing. A high- performance hybrid performs both tasks well. Conventional police cruisers are left running so that the battery won’t drain or the A/C is needed. … Continue reading
India builds an “Air Car”
India’s largest automaker, MDI, is set to start producing the world’s first commercial air-powered vehicle. The vehicle uses compressed air in an innovative engine design instead of exploding gasoline resulting in zero emissions at the tailpipe. The $12,700 CityCAT, one … Continue reading
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Wyoming is a leading producer of greenhouse gases…?
It isn’t surprising that Texas, the leader in emitting this greenhouse gas, cranks out more than the next two biggest producers combined, California and Pennsylvania, which together have twice Texas’ population. However, Wyoming’s coal-fired power plants produce more carbon dioxide … Continue reading
