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Inhabitat's Week in Green: Flaming turbines, seven eco-chic gifts and a winter wonderland of LED

from engadget - 2 months ago

Each week our friends at Inhabitat recap the week's most interesting green developments and clean tech news for us -- it's the Week in Green.

The past week saw several groundbreaking developments in climate news as the Chinese government said that it will control rainfall to generate 10 percent more precipitation by 2015. Stanford researchers developed a Read more ...

Pioneer Music Tap—AirPlay Lands on the Desktop [Audio]

from gizmodo - 3 months, 3 weeks ago

Where Does the iPod Go from Here? [IPod]

from gizmodo - 4 months, 2 weeks ago

Arduino, iPod and RFID make beautiful, handicapped-accessible music together (video)

from engadget - 4 months, 2 weeks ago

There isn't actually much new about this awesome DIY project, but it's the way it brings the various parts together that has us impressed. Designed by Instructables user XenonJohn, with help from software developer David Findlay, the Magic Music Table RFID was designed to let a disable child (or other such handicapped user) select albums to play back from an iPod touch playlist. The iPod is connected to an Arduino, which tells the device to start playing a particular track based on a selection made with

Arduino-powered lighting system infuses your LED with some Ambilight-like pizazz (video)

from engadget - 4 months, 2 weeks ago

Why spend your hard-earned money on one of Philips' Ambilight displays when you can just make your own, using some Arduino-based wizardry and a little bit of elbow grease? Fortunately, Minty Boost creator ladyada is here to help. All you'll need is a strand of digital RGB LED pixels, a five-volt DC power supply (along with a female power adapter), any USB-equipped Arduino micro-controller and, of course, the appropriate Processing programming environment. You can find the full how-to at the source link be ...

Apple iPhone 4S makes its way through the FCC?

from engadget - 4 months, 2 weeks ago

Well, well, what have we here? Hot on the heels of being unveiled to the world, the latest and greatest iPhone appears to have landed with the feds to get the FCC's stamp of approval. That's right, an Apple phone bearing model number A1387 has made it through the agency's myriad tests unscathed. We can't say for certain it's the 4S, but with the timing of its approval, it sure seems like Uncle Sam's officially on board with the new iPhone. If the rest of our coverage of Ap ...

Apple's iPhone 4S, iOS 5 and iPod roundup: details, specs and release dates

from engadget - 4 months, 2 weeks ago

Phew, what a day! Apple's done its fair share of introducing today, and now it's on us to distill everything down into something understandable by folks who don't have the time to pore over every single morsel of iPhone and iOS 5-related news oozing from Cupertino. You can relive our liveblog right here -- for everything else, get schooled below.

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