Denmark: cargo trikes & c...
In August 2011, I visited Denmark for about two weeks and was struck by the number of trikes, essentially adult tricycles, used by the...
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Copenhagen: A city of SUV cycl...
COPENHAGEN–The Danes practice what I call green pragmatism. It’s the realization that people, even those who believe in...
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COPENHAGEN–Denmark is known to many for its progressive architecture, functional design, and leadership in wind and renewable...
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Many sites have been doing head-to-head tests of various LED (light-emitting diode) bulbs coming on the market. However, I’m...
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On Wednesday, Global Wind Day, several organizations met in New York City to announce a ‘WindMade’ certification label for...
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The New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission has chosen Nissan’s NV200 minivan to be its next taxicab, Mayor Michael...
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Get ready for reliable electricity, and an automated world of electronics, appliances, and buildings, to become the new...
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Lumbini, the UNESCO World Heritage Site so marked for being the birthplace of Siddhartha Gautama, the founder of Buddhism, will soon...
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March is known as the green month, so it’s fitting that only one week into it there’s already some interesting news for...
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In the last eight months, Morris County, N.J., has undergone a significant energy change of which many of its residents are probably...
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Contemporary high-speed rail seems to have gotten the nod as a plan worthy of pursuit from the makers of the long-awaited film...
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Congress should pass a federal gas tax on consumers instead of continuing to impose CAFE regulations on automakers, says the CEO of...
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The Chinese government has committed $15 billion over the next 10 years to the electric vehicle (EV) industry alone, while the U.S....
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A Marine experiment aimed at determining whether it’s beneficial, or even feasible, to use solar energy in the theater of war...
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Robotics manufacturing tends to evoke visions of a John Henry-esque scenario in which competent women and men lose jobs to hunks of...
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As an end of the year round-up in 2010, I researched the DOE’s most recent list of Recovery Act awards to determine which...
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The solution to offshore wind energy obstacles lies in pooling all the power into one common electricity grid, according to...
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass.–The Massachusetts Institute of Technology on Friday officially opened the doors to its MIT Media Lab Complex,...
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Last year, Office Depot recycled almost 1.5 million pounds of old tech equipment through its service for consumers, the company said...
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Sustainability may be all the rage but, as the song says, it’s not easy being green. Without widespread standards, companies are...
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As the public continues to pore over the fashion choices of our top leaders, one thing is clear: The rules of etiquette may be...
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When Michelle Obama showed up for her first day on the job wearing a lemon-colored shift dress and coat combo, her Inauguration Day...
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The Robot Wars Have Arrived My Q&A Interview with P.W. Singer Singer took time from his book tour to talk with me about...
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In 2009, I learned of one of the U.K.’s first net-zero carbon houses as it made its television debut on a local U.K. television...
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Among the many other problems with the latest James Bond film Quantum of Solace, I was particularly struck with its...
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Self-parking, auto-braking, always-connected cars will soon be the norm as James Bond-like high-tech gear trickles down from luxury...
read moreCAD software is the new black
When you think of computer-aided manufacturing, sexy lingerie is probably not the first thing that comes to mind. But since the 1990s,...
read moreThrowing the book at cyberbull...
The school bully isn’t necessarily that oversized, physically intimidating kid anymore. Humiliation by words has become just as...
read moreClotilde Dusoulier
LONDON–As anyone who reads the “Chocolate & Zucchini” blog knows, Clotilde Dusoulier is no snob when it comes...
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What will it take to create the middle-class musician? It’s an idea Pandora founder and Chief Strategy Officer Tim Westergren...
read moreColin Angle
There’s always been a cultural tug-of-war between the embrace and fear of robots. At iRobot, that split is made manifest in...
read moreMatt Mason
BOSTON–Carnegie Mellon University is becoming to robots what Cooperstown is to baseball. I interviewed Matthew T. Mason, the...
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass.–When it comes to robots, MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab (CSAIL) is one of the...
read moreRobert Diaz
The United Nations Environmental Program (UNEP) issued a warning on Oct. 19 that the number of dead zones in the world’s...
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Sebastian Thrun was my first big “get” interview as a staff reporter at CNET. I interviewed him at the Seaport Hotel and...
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