Wednesday, August 27th, 2008
Research and development in the area of OLED’s has been fast and furious
in the past few years. Numerous universities and corporations have leaped on
this exciting green innovation. OLEDs are organic light-emitting diodes,
organic because it relies on carbon-based polymers and molecules rather than
inorganic semiconductors such as silicon (like the standard LED.
Even the U.S. Department of Energy has jumped into the fray, which reports
approximately 22 percent of the electricity consumed in the United States goes
toward lighting. It’s a $58-billion-a-year bill and growing. Through its
solid-state lighting research program, the energy department hopes to develop
commercially acceptable lights that will need 50 percent less electricity (more…)
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Monday, May 26th, 2008
June 15 is Father’s Day in the U.S. For everybody else, go ahead and get Dad
something, he will wonder what you are up to. Anyway, save your gas, the last
minute panic attack and get something he will really like and use.
Trash Composter – No fuss, no muss compost. Food waste is processed automatically
$299.00 and continually. (more…)
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