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  • Solar Power Lights Yards, Repels Moles
  • Cincinnati Post (6/16/2007)
  • Solar garden products are gaining in popularity among homeowners concerned about the environment and the cost of energy. While using solar power in gardens may not put a dent in energy use, it's a start."Anyone wanting to dip their toe into solar power, lights are a good way to do it," says Doron Amiran, spokesman for the non-profit Solar Living Institute in Hopland, Calif.
  • Family Takes Climate Change Personally
  • Associated Press/AP Online (6/15/2007)
  • SYDNEY, Australia - From the street, Alicia Campbell's house looks no different from the others in her suburban cul-de-sac. The four-bedroom home she shares with husband Jason Young and their two sons sucks no water from Australia's drought-stricken reservoirs, recycles everything from food scraps to sewage, and even pumps electricity back into Sydney's power grid.As the world debates how best to respond to climate change, families such as Campbell's, like others in the U.S. and Europe, are taking the challenge personally.
  • Energy-Saving Bulb Sales Soar ; Local Sellers and Maker See Benefits
  • Boston Herald (6/10/2007)
  • A light bulb over the heads of American consumers has turned on - a compact fluorescent light bulb.Sales of the often curly fluorescent bulbs are surging, thanks to energy- and cost-conscious Americans who are increasingly replacing their old-fashioned incandescent bulbs with fluorescent ones in household lamps and ceiling sockets."It's been quite dramatic," said Stephanie Anderson, a spokeswoman for Danvers-based Osram Sylvania, referring to the increased sales of its own compact fluorescent bulbs.
  • Look Out, Compact Fluorescents: LEDs Are the Latest in Lighting
  • Virginian - Pilot (6/9/2007)
  • Compact fluorescent bulbs are the only real alternative right now, but "bulbs" that use light-emitting diodes, or LEDs, are quickly emerging as a challenger.Those LEDs were usually red or green, but a scientific breakthrough in the 1990s paved the way for the production of LEDs that produce white light. Because they use less power than standard incandescent bulbs, white LEDs have become common in flashlights.
  • Wireless Electricity Progress Displayed
  • Commercial Appeal, The (6/8/2007)
  • BOSTON - Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers made a 60-watt light bulb glow by sending it energy wirelessly - from a device 7 feet away - potentially heralding a future in which cell phones and other gadgets get juice without having to be plugged in.The breakthrough, disclosed Thursday in Science Express, the online publication of the journal Science, is being called "WiTricity" by the scientists.One advance was announced last fall, when MIT physics professor Marin Soljacic said he had figured out how to use specially tuned waves.
  • Couple Breezes into Energy Sources
  • Dayton Daily News (6/7/2007)
  • HARLAN TWP., Warren County -- They're not waiting for world leaders to do something meaningful about the environment and global warming. Instead, Harlan Twp. residents Barbara Fath and her archaeologist husband Ted Sunderhaus are pursuing a renewable energy source available in their own backyard. The Achterman Road couple intend to have a combined solar and wind generator known as a "hybrid" system installed on their property later this year.
  • Powermat Cuts the Cord
  • Business Week (6/7/2007)
  • It was about a year ago at a Silicon Valley tech conference when domestic doyenne Martha Stewart voiced the frustration felt by everyone who's ever been confounded by a preponderance of electronic device charge cords.Stewart, founder of Martha Stewart Omnimedia (MSO), pointedly asked Sony (SNE) Chief Executive Howard Stringer why the power-charging cord for one device couldn't be swapped for the cord of a different, comparable gadget. The Israeli entrepreneur is chairman of a startup called Powermat, one of a growing handful of companies dedicated to breaking the tyranny of power cords and wall sockets.
  • All Stars: Building Products Presents the 2007 MVP Award Winners
  • BUILDING PRODUCTS Magazine (6/7/2007)
  • Each year, Building Products' Most Valuable Product Awards competition singles out an elite group of new products worthy of special recognition. This year, 32 products--ranging from a limestone veneer to a water-conserving showerhead to steam-assist ovens--have been deemed the latest crop of top-notch products by our panel of expert judges. These products offer ways to make your job easier, your projects more stunning, and your business more profitable. And they just might add a little fun back into your work day.

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