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Gizmodo Vs Lifehacker: Should Apple Have To Make Ethical Gadgets?

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10:30AM February 3, 2012 | Alex Kidman & Angus Kidman

Continuing concerns over conditions for workers in China’s Foxconn factories and massive profits at Apple have combined to create a growing chorus suggesting Apple needs to alter its manufacturing processes. Is it reasonable to suggest that Apple should radically change its behaviour, and what should other gadget companies be doing? Gizmodo’s Alex Kidman and Lifehacker’s Angus Kidman thrash out the problem. More »

Computing

This Norwegian Data Center Is Built In A Cave And Cooled By Fjords

12:30AM December 23, 2011 | Jamie Condliffe

Hidden inside a Norwegian mountain, next to a cold fjord which supplies cooling water, Green Mountain is the world’s most environmentally-friendly data centre. It also sounds like it was built by hobbits. More »

Gadgets

Super Chill Gifties For Your Stoner Uncle

4:15PM December 12, 2011 | Kyle Wagner

Hey, don’t judge, it’s for his back injury! Or something like that. Here are some great gifts for stoners. And yes, these are purely tongue-in-cheek, chillax. More »

Geek Out

This Future Iceberg Would Be Able To Sink A Thousand Titanics

12:30PM November 3, 2011 | Jesus Diaz

You’re looking at Pine Island Glacier. It pushes more ice to the sea than any other glacier in the world. And that gigantic 18-mile-long canyon? That’s the birth point of a new gargantuan iceberg, larger than New York City. More »

Geek Out

Will The Taisun Tower Become The Greenest Building On The Planet?

9:20AM September 14, 2011 | Andrew Tarantola

When the Taichung Airport in Taiwan was relocated, city planners set about redeveloping the area into “a vibrant oasis” that showed off the latest and greatest in green technology and focusing on sustainable, symbiotic strategies. The result — the zero-emission Bionic-Arch. More »

Entertainment

Stone Speakers 20,000% Greener Than Other Speakers?

3:00AM September 13, 2011 | Adrian Covert

Throwing a figure like 20,000 per cent around seems absurd. Rarely is anything we use in our normal lives 20,000 per cent more/less/better/worse/whatever than a competing product. Yet, AudioMasons claim their stone speakers are 20,000 per cent greener than other speakers. Seriously? More »

Science

Genius 13-Year-Old Has A Solar Power Breakthrough

8:10AM August 20, 2011 | Brent Rose

When I was 13 I was smoking cigarettes I’d found on the ground and playing Super Nintendo like it was my life’s work. This kid discovered a way to draw 20-50 per cent more power from solar cells. He is way cooler. More »

Geek Out

It’s OK To Stare Because This Swimsuit Model Is Saving The Earth

7:30AM July 25, 2011 | Jack Loftus

If there’s one problem plaguing the environment these days it’s discarded, non-recyclable bikinis. They’re awful! Plugging up landfills and taking eons to biodegrade. Utterly unacceptable. But not this bikini. This one is special. More »

Cars

NAU’s Slick-Looking Take On The Future Of The RV

6:00AM June 27, 2011 | Jack Loftus

Zero-emissions. Smooth lines right out of Tron: Legacy. Scenic, rendered vistas. Yup, sounds like a design firm’s taken a crack at the future of camping. Let’s have a peek. More »

Gadgets

The Sun Is Basically An Infinite Battery For Your iPad Now

5:15AM June 24, 2011 | Kyle Wagner

Nothing kills a magical afternoon with your tablet like having to track down an outlet to charge up. Voltaic’s has new solar chargers designed specifically for tablets. [Voltaic via Treehugger]