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New ASUS 'Green' Notebooks Are All About Bamboo

Yesterday, ASUS announced a new portable computer system that will most certainly draw your attention the very first time you have a chance to notice it. Touted as one of the company's most “environment-friendly” products, the new Bamboo Series of notebooks boasts a more than interesting ex...

29 August 2008
09:18 GMT

Backup Your Data with the Eco-Friendly [re]drive

Say you need some extra storage space and you're already considering the purchase of one of those external HDD solutions. In that case, you should know that there are several manufactures that can provide you with such a product. In all fairness, there are so many external hard drives available on the market, th...

30 July 2008
09:06 GMT

Dell Unveils "Greenest" Consumer Concept Desktop PC

As you probably know, yesterday was "Earth Day", and an extremely appropriate time for Dell to introduce its Green consumer desktop PC. The company seems to make important steps towards the small desktop computing market, and the model introduced yesterday is touted as the smallest and the most eco-friendly device of...

23 April 2008
11:18 GMT

Bamboo Silk Could Be the Textile of the Future

You rather associate bamboo with exotic furniture, but the textiles of the future could be bamboo-made. A new research carried out at the Colorado State University and presented at the 235th national meeting of the American Chemical Society shows that bamboo textiles protect against harmful ultraviolet (UV) radiation...

18 April 2008
04:46 GMT

The Amazing Bamboo

In the world of the building materials, bamboo could compete successfully against steel, concrete, wood and glass. Because of its exceptional mechanical qualities, low price and design, bamboo could turn into one of the preferred building materials of the future. Even if it looks like a tree, the bamboo is just a woo...

29 March 2008
09:02 GMT

5 Issues About Bamboo

1.Even if it looks like a tree, the bamboo is just woody perennial evergreen grass, related to cereals like wheat, corn or rice. 2.The bamboo is the plant with the fastest growth rhythm: 2-3 cm per hour, up to one meter (3.3 ft) in one day. In 5-6 weeks, a bamboo reaches the height of 18-20 m (60-66 ft). For short pe...

27 December 2007
10:32 GMT

What Makes Panda Special?

The rarity and the tame look of the giant panda, resembling a living teddy bear, transformed this animal into the symbol of the fight for the preservation of endangered species. But have you ever thought that what you see is a bear? An odd bear, but a real bear! The line that led to panda appeared about 12 million ye...

27 October 2007
07:38 GMT

Make More Wacom Doodles Than Ever with Bamboo Fun! Not Real Plants...

I have already mentioned some Wacom achievements, so you know these guys are into some really serious stuff. The company is famous for their digital tablets, and this newly released one is not a different kettle of fish, at all.The best part about the brand new Bamboo Fun tablet is definitely its less conservative fo...

14 September 2007
08:31 GMT

Wacom's New Bamboo Tablet Aimed at Replacing the Mouse?

Unlike other products from the lineup, Wacom's latest pen tablet is rather oriented towards the office environment than towards the professionals who need powerful image editing and retouching features. That's not to say that you won't be able to edit images in Photoshop or in other applications, but t...

16 May 2007
06:51 GMT

Bamboo Phone Cleans Itself

A patent for an environmentally friendly mobile has been recently released. The innovation lies in the housing that encloses the main body, thereby sterilizing it.The concept was patented in June 2006 and includes features that are specific to a regular mobile phone. Probably even more, if you take into account the ...

9 May 2007
09:56 GMT




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