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Google working to cool data center with recycled water
Google is currently working to cool its data center in Douglas County, Ga. with 100 percent recycled water. Though the company expects to save money in the longer term with the use of recycled water,
Spotlight: PumPing Tap physically ejects power cords to save energy
Designers have come up with PumPing Tap , a power socket that literally ejects power cords from the wall socket in order to eliminate energy waste due to residual current. According to Gizmag, sensors
Zero clients speed hospital care, lower energy bills
Doctors and nurses at Seattle Children's Hospital are making use of zero-client devices (also known as ultra-thin clients) to pull up patients' data at their bedsides, and meanwhile the devices are
How SAP uses IT to practice sustainability
SAP uses software to promote sustainability, and has four approaches to engage its own employees in the practice: transparency, tools, role modeling and incentives. Peter Graf, SAP's chief
Panasonic in the enterprise?
Panasonic is viewed primarily as a consumer electronics maker in the United States, but in the company's home country of Japan, it is viewed largely as an enterprise solutions provider, reports Kym
Fanless design heralds faster, quieter laptops, massive reduction in power consumption
A researcher has developed a new heat sink that does away with the need for a separate fan, like those found in active-cooled heat sink designs today. Jeff Koplow, of the U.S. government's Sandia
Big power savings from Wi-Fi traffic-regulation innovation
Researchers have invented a technique to squeeze more battery life out of Wi-Fi devices, without the need for any hardware modifications to existing devices. Presented last week at the annual MobiSys
Gartner: Data Centers set to shrink
In a recently published report, IT research firm Gartner wrote that a number of factors will start to impact data centers "in a significant way" over the next five years. The report, titled
Methane powered laptops could be coming soon
Researchers at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) say that they are one step closer to developing commercially viable methane fuel cells, which work by converting chemical
How managing energy can be profitable
As strategic innovation becomes a growing part of the CIO's job, a focus on energy management could prove valuable. If managed correctly, energy could become its own profit-generating unit, says
