While solar-thermal flat panels are proficient at delivering hot showers, their ability to keep the lights on has been a little dim.
Currently, solar-thermal flat panels absorb sunlight to heat water and generate thermal energy, but they don't produce much electricity.
However, researchers from Boston College and MIT recently...
Apple's iPhone is often touted as being more "secure" than Google's Android equivalents because it has a tightly managed ecosystem. Apple's careful not to let malicious apps into its App Store, from where they could worm their way into devices. It turns out that the update dealt with a single loophole uncovered by Trustwave...
Matt and Kelly Grocoff have renovated their 110-year-old home in Ann Arbor, Michigan to state-of-the-art energy standards. Their energy bills demonstrate the results: They actually generate more energy from on-site renewable sources than they consume. The Grocoffs believe they now have the oldest "net zero" home in America.
There's...
Whole Foods has become the first prominent supermarket chain to run a Ramadan marketing campaign-and they're hoping Muslim customers will return the favor as they break fast. Even though Muslims traditionally forego meals during the day, lavish evening Ramadan meals could mean big bucks for the natural foods giant ... as well...
Google launched a new service on Thursday that can automatically speed up a website's page load times. That's a good thing, as separate studies from Google and Aberdeen Group have shown faster-loading sites boost customer satisfaction and ad revenue.
Today, Google released Page Speed Service, a paid feature that automatically...
South Korean scientists said on Wednesday they have created a glowing dog using a cloning technique that could help find cures for human diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's, Yonhap news agency reported.
A research team from Seoul National University (SNU) said the genetically modified female beagle, named Tegon and...
You may want to consider a health IT job, for which openings-along with pay-are soaring year over year, according to online career site, Dice.com, which specializes in engineering and technology postings. While the number of open IT jobs posted on Dice.com overall has climbed 24% since last year, demand for health IT talent...
A Southern California man was taken by ambulance to hospital after he tried to remove a painful hernia from his own body with a butter knife,
The wife of the 63-year-old Glendale man called emergency services when she discovered his attempt at self-surgery to remove the protruding hernia, police said.
"She said he had impaled...
Stanford researcher Yi Cui looked across the field of transparent electronics and saw that all was not equal. While all other major electronics components--things like transistors, displays, and other circuitry--have been made transparent, no one had taken the time and effort to create a transparent power source. And you can’t...
At Quicken Loans arena Tuesday night, Britney Spears drove into the center of the stage perched atop the windshield of a pink convertible Mini Cooper with a stripper pole erected in its back seat. Attached to that pole was a guy she'd pulled from the audience named Greg, a daddy-ish type in a blue polo shirt. His hands tied...
The first smartphone based on the new "Mango" edition of Microsoft's Windows Phone platform was unveiled on Wednesday in Tokyo. The phone is the first of several handsets due over the next few months, that Microsoft hopes will signal its return to the smartphone market as a serious player. (Video of the new phone and its launch...
The premiere of “The Smurfs” took place at the Ziegfeld Theater on July 24, 2011 in New York City.
“When the evil wizard Gargamel chases the tiny blue Smurfs out of their village, they tumble from their magical world and into ours — in fact, smack dab in the middle of Central Park. Just three apples high and stuck in the...
Microsoft this morning pushed Avatar Kinect out to Xbox 360 users with its $150 Kinect motion camera accessory.
The software, which was publicly unveiled by Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer at CES in January, tracks facial movements and applies them to the user's virtual representation on screen. That means if your head is cocked,...
A showdown between desert tortoises and a solar-power plant is shaping up in the Mojave Desert. "Clean and green" are the big environmental buzzwords these days, but some projects come with a cost. At a conference in Los Angeles, Governor Jerry Brown vowed to crush efforts to block renewable energy projects in California, helping...
When the clock struck midnight in New York State on Sunday morning, same-sex marriage was suddenly legal in the state. What better place to tie the knot than Niagara Falls, especially when it’s lit up like a rainbow?
As gay couples began their midnight nuptials at the traditional honeymoon spot, they were surprised by the...
Nobody talks on the phone anymore, but people are talking at their phones. On any platform, check your settings and helper guides to get an understanding of what your app or phone can actually do, as completely misunderstood responses from a speech app can be pretty infuriating. Android phones with Google's Voice Search installed,...
Twentieth Century Fox is set to allow Android smartphone and tablet owners to view the studio's Blu-ray movies on their mobile devices.
The move will see movies 'side loaded' via an Android application in a launch due in the US, UK, Germany and France this October.
The Blu-ray movie to be made available on Android devices...
A 12-year-old African tortoise that had his front left leg amputated is on a roll, thanks to a swiveling wheel attached to his shell recently at Washington State University's veterinary hospital.
Gamera, a 23-pound African spur-thighed tortoise, has gained weight and is thriving with his new appendage.
"I don't know whether...
Troubled singer Amy Winehouse, whose struggle with drink and drugs overshadowed her sultry musical talents, has been found dead at her flat in north London, emergency services said. She was 27.
The Grammy award-winning soul singer with her trademark beehive battled with well-documented addictions that she documented in her...
As industry observers point to a September release date for the iPhone 5, surprising analysis shows that the previous iPhone is still selling strongly on U.S. carriers. The sell-through of the iPhone 4 at Verizon and AT&T last quarter are "quite impressive," says Mogan Keegan's Tavis McCourt, especially considering the...
