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Call for Entries: The 2010 James Dyson Award

March 10, 2010

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Designers, engineers, inventors, and crafty gadgeteers, it’s time to get the brain juices percolating and submit for the 2010 James Dyson Award. The competition is put up by the James Dyson Foundation, founded by the British inventor responsible for the now-iconic Dyson vacuum cleaners, the Airblade hand dryer, Air Multip…Read the full story on TreeHugger

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BBC’s Inside Out Airs Expose on The Impacts of UK’s e-Waste on Developing Countries

March 10, 2010

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Photo via dieselboii

e-Waste is finally starting to go mainstream and the issue is making its way to television viewers. While some examples of e-waste on TV are horrifying, like the Amazing Race episode that made light of dumps and the extremely hazardous environments in which e-waste “recyclers” work, other programs are diligently chipping away at the veil between gadget …Read the full story on TreeHugger

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New Charging Method Could Mean Exponentially Faster Battery Recharge Times

March 10, 2010

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Photo of batteries via Moria, molecules via Technology Review

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Chemists have figured out a new way to charge up electronics that drastically speeds up how long it takes to fill up to full. Ibrahim Abou Hamad at Missi…Read the full story on TreeHugger