Kid Appeal: Did Toothless from How To Train Your Dragon inspire PG's Elektrus EV?
Or Lotus Elise?
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PG Elektrus EV – Inspired By The Lotus Elise Or Was It Toothless From “How To Train Your Dragon”?
January 26, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Magnificent Revolution Wants You To Pedal To Earn Your Entertainment
November 30, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Started back in 2007, Adam Walker’s Magnificent Revolution wants to challenge us to think about and make a connection to the electricity we consume. It’s always available when we need it but what does it really take to generate? Their traveling Magnificent Cycle Cinema offers an outdoor movie in exchange for your pedaling. Eight riders on stationery bikes will create enough power to drive a 4000 lumen projector and deliver 500 watts of audio. Easily enough brightness and sound to support an audience of up to 50.
The connection between active pedal power and electricity generation is key to Magnificent Revolution’s message. The solar powered Sol Cinema also shows movies to up to 8 people but passively collects power through solar panels.
Hopefully Magnificent Revolution can reach the right audience. Not the audience that is aware of their energy consumption and what it takes to generate but the folks who don’t know and with Mag Rev’s help, may be able to connect the dots. Check out their website for more information on MR’s involvement in schools and their bicycle power generating solutions. [SmartPlanet]
Toshiba’s Regza 32BE3 32-inch LED Backlit Television Uses ZERO Power In Standby Mode
November 29, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Electronics are notorious sippers of electricity even when you think they’re turned off. It’s called vampire draw or standby power and it accounts for 5-10% of the electricity we consume. Toshiba’s Regza 32BE3 32″ LED television is different and thanks to its Eco Chip, completely powers down when you turn it off; no need to unplug it (if you’re freakish like that). And when it’s on, the LED backlit Regza 32BE3 draws 27% less power than Toshiba’s previous 32″ model and includes settings to reduce the screen’s brightness to 50 – 75% based on the lighting levels in your room.
So if you are in the market for a new TV and power consumption is an important factor, be sure to check out the Toshiba Regza 32BE3 32″ LED TV. It’s due out in mid-December. And if you don’t own a TV and look down on everyone that does, good for you too. You get a star. [Wired.com]
The Lorax By Dr. Seuss
October 28, 2011 By Leave a Comment
The movie version of Dr. Seuss’ “The Lorax” is scheduled to be released on March 2, 2012. The Lorax is a great story for the kids and carefully rhymes its conservation message. As such, I can only hope that when the movie comes out, the characters from The Lorax don’t end up on a McDonald’s Happy Meal box.
Solar And Wind Power Could Supply 100% Of US Energy By 2026
October 13, 2011 By Leave a Comment
The 1973 movie Soylent Green predicted that due to over-population, we will be happily unaware and dining on humans in the year 2022. Four years after that, according to an article on Treehugger.com, the US could be getting 100% of its electricity from renewable wind and solar sources. Meeting this 100% renewable goal would be kind of simple: implement wind turbines and solar panels at the same rate as the Germans and do it to scale.
(Note: We’re pretty sure that our diet of Soylent Green from 2022 – 2026 was not factored into meeting this goal.)
spOILed The Movie
October 3, 2011 By 2 Comments
Do you remember the annoying kid that sat in the back of your classroom and made fart noises, threw stuff and just wanted to get a rise out of people? He started Jubbling. But the equally annoying kid sitting next to him just made a film – “spOILed the Movie.” Hooray for fossil fuels! [Guardian]
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