Buzz: Product News Roundup, The Future Is (Almost) Now Edition
Posted: 02.28.2012 Filed under: Buzz | Tags: home automation, landscape, news, trends, wind, wood Leave a comment »Product and design news from around the Web, including new technologies that provide Jetsons-like home automation, xeriscaping beyond the desert, low-speed wind turbines, and creative cabinetry.
• Manufacturers at Mobile World Congress this week showed that Jetsons-like home control is no longer a fantasy—but it still risks being slowed by today’s incompatibility realities.
Wind Power Innovations' new method for harnessing the wind could lead to smaller, more efficient turbines.
• One glance at the Wind Harvester and it’s clear this isn’t your mother’s wind turbine. Based on a “reciprocating motion that uses horizontal aerofoils,” the device can generate power in low winds and high speeds, typical tripping points for traditional vertical models.
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Buzz: Product News Roundup – Loads of LEDs Edition
Posted: 11.29.2011 Filed under: Buzz | Tags: LEDs, light bulbs, solar, trends, wind Leave a comment »Introductions, insights, and inspirations from the world of building products this past week, including two big names expanding the market’s LED options, a decline in green product purchases, and homeowner trends galore.
• Samsung has entered the LED market with seven bulbs, including several screw-in options.
Toshiba's dimmable A19 LED lamp offers 450-lumen output to replace 40-watt incandescents.
• Not to be outdone, Toshiba has introduced its own A19 LED lamp.
