LIGHT BULB FINDER

“Light Bulb Finder” for Android or iPhone/iPod/iPod Touch, got an award from the Environmental Protection Agency. It’s a free app that helps you… Read more

DISASTER MAPPING

Running out of things to worry about? Hisz.rsoe.hu is a Hungarian site that maps a lot of things going on in the world, disaster-wise. If there’s… Read more

NUMBERS REPORT: 24 GADGETS PER HOUSEHOLD

We have two desktop computers, three laptops, two video cameras, a digital camera, two cell phones, a scanner, three TVs, eight remote controls,… Read more

TODAY IS EARTH DAY

Check out the Earth Day videos at PBSkids.org. We just watched “It’s so easy to grow a tomato.” The site has Earth-friendly episodes from “Sid the… Read more

GOT A GOOD IDEA?

Kickstarter.com started out as a way to bring patrons together with struggling artists. Now they’ve branched out to technology, theater, food,… Read more

THE FUTURE OF FOOD

How do we get enough food and water for 9 billion people, the expected world population for 2050? A recent UK conference had a few interesting… Read more

MAKING STUFF CLEANER

How about bacteria that make gasoline? Threads that can hold up a bridge? Garbage making electricity? Chicken feathers in your gas tank? We learned… Read more

A LEAF INTO THE FUTURE

An impressive app is now available on the Nissan Leaf electric car and soon to be available on Ford’s Focus Electric, announced today at the… Read more

TESLA TEST DRIVE

Joy got behind the wheel of a Tesla all-electric sportscar yesterday and went zero to 60 miles an hour in a few seconds. It felt like a rocket to the… Read more

THREE MILLION ELECTRIC CARS

A study by IDC Energy insights is predicting three million electric cars on the road by 2015.  Will that be a big drain on the power grid? More info… Read more