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Science

Monster Machines: World’s Biggest Wind Turbine Is As Broad As An Airbus 380

The first commercial offshore wind turbine that Siemens created 30 years ago had 5m long blades and produced a paltry 30kW. A lot can change over three decades. The company’s newest offshore model isn’t just the biggest in the sea; it’s the biggest anywhere.

20 November 2012

Science

This View Down The World’s Biggest Wind Turbine Will Give You Vertigo

You’re peering down the main supporting tower of Siemens’ latest offshore wind turbine — which just happens to be the biggest of its kind anywhere in the world.

1 August 2012

Science

Monster Machines: World’s Biggest Wind Turbine Blades Spin At 290km/h

For offshore wind farms to become an economically feasible alternative energy source, each turbine needs to be big. Like, really big. That’s why the latest turbine blade from Siemens is gigantic — just a hair shorter than the wingspan of an Airbus 380.

24 April 2012

Gadgets

Full Surface Induction Cooktop Gives You The Freedom To Place Your Pots Anywhere

They might be the future of cooking, but for some reason induction cooktops limit where you can place your pots, like the burners on a traditional stove. Siemens is breaking free of those constraints with a new design that boasts an all-encompassing cooking surface.

2 September 2011

Geek Out

The 5 Most Evil Things Tech Companies Helped Happen

If oppressive regimes want to stay oppressive, they need to fear — and wield — technology like a sword covered in napalm. And in most cases, they can’t do that without using outside help. Here are the five worst corporate collaborators in technology.

2 June 2011

Science

The Mojave Desert Solar Farm With More Mirrors Than A Lady Gaga Funhouse Of Horrors

As nuclear power continues to fall out of favour, California is making big investments in alternative energy sources to meet rising demand. One of its most ambitious projects will use the Mojave sun to power over a quarter million homes.

18 October 2010

The Hearing Aid Gets Hip

Forgive my ignorance, but the Siemens miniTek hearing aid “audio system” is the first I’ve seen that combines Bluetooth, mp3 and other wireless controls with the traditional sound-boost typically associated with these devices. Did the hearing aid just get cool?

15 October 2010

Siemens MiniTek Beams Music To Hearing Aids Over Bluetooth

If you’re hearing-impaired and you’ve already got a wireless hearing aid from Siemens, the company’s new matchbook-sized miniTek box will wirelessly beam audio from any Bluetooth device straight to your ear.

25 August 2010

Gadgets

Jailed Journalist Sues Telecoms Company For Supplying Wiretap Tech

One journalist is attempting to take on Nokia Siemens Networks, after being jailed for a year due to an inflammatory article he wrote. What’s Nokia Siemens got to do with it? They provided the spying equipment used to find him.

12 July 2010

Mobile

Behold This Miserable List Of Mobile Phone Failures

I’m baffled. How a phone that is both a writing utensil and a device for making calls to other humans – humans who might also be writing with their pen phones when I call upon them – could fail is beyond me.

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