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labs.moto.com » Blog Archive » DIY Android Home Energy Monitor
by Spone
Lately we’ve been tinkering with deploying Android beyond the phone (using Google’s open-source Android to connect devices to each other and the web), so we thought we’d see if we could leverage the efficiency of Android on a BeagleBoard, the accessibility of wireless webcams, and the ease of a Flickr feed to a custom Google Gadget to track the ups and downs of our metered utilities.
Why webcams? While there may be a few compelling (low-cost, low-impact) products out there to monitor your electric meter, there are no comparable products for reading gas or water meters.
So until the really smart grid arrives, here’s a way to chart your whole utility spend on your own Google homepage.
Land Art Generator Initiative
by karlcow
& 1 other
According to the US Department of Energy (Energy Information Administration), the world consumption of energy in all of its forms (barrels of petroleum, cubic meters of natural gas, watts of hydro power, etc.) is projected to reach 678 quadrillion Btu (or 7.15 exajoules) by 2030 – a 44% increase over 2008 levels (levels for 1980 were 283 quadrillion Btu and we stand at around 500 quadrillion Btu today).
Futures of Learning
by karlcow
Photo-shopping images and circulating them on the Internet is most closely associated with “Little Fatty” (Xiao Pang), a Shanghai teenager (real name Qian Zhijun) whose photo was snapped by someone during a training at a gas station and then uploaded to the Internet in 2003. His round face with his slightly hesitant sideways glance somehow captured the imagination of a slew of photo-shoppers, and his image was soon replacing the visage of everyone from the Mona Lisa to Jackie Chan to Johnny Depp
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2008
Transportation panel eyes new road levies - Opinion | CharlotteObserver.com
by ERSWeb
(via)
With a severe economic downturn, North Carolina's state government will contend with a big budget hole when the 2009 General Assembly convenes next year. And as motorists drive fewer miles and gas prices decline, the state's transportation revenues based on the gas tax continue to drop even as the state's population rises.
Top 10 Stinky Cheeses in the World
by cruz
"There are many types of stinky cheeses in the world and they all smell so bad that they make your dirty socks smell like expensive cologne. So picking the smelliest ones was no easy feat, but we’ve done it, so put on your gas-masks as we count down the top 10."
Modular toolkit for Data Processing (MDP)
by ogrisel
Modular toolkit for Data Processing (MDP) is a Python data processing framework. Implemented algorithms include: Principal Component Analysis (PCA), Independent Component Analysis (ICA), Slow Feature Analysis (SFA), Independent Slow Feature Analysis (ISFA), Growing Neural Gas (GNG), Factor Analysis, Fisher Discriminant Analysis (FDA), Gaussian Classifiers, and Restricted Boltzmann Machines. Read the full list.
t r u t h o u t | Citing Privilege Bush Again Snubs Waxman
by soul1383
The Bush administration yesterday invoked executive privilege and refused to turn over key documents sought by a House investigative committee, escalating a fight over the White House role in U.S. policy on greenhouse-gas emissions and ozone air quality s
Greener than flying
by karlcow
À noter la nouvelle unité de mesure du Système international… l'ipod…flying between London, Paris and Brussels generates ten times more emissions of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide (CO2) than travelling by Eurostar.
charging 740 ipod
2007
guardedly optimistic: if taglines were honest
by julie
(via)
iPod: It’ll break in a year, but by then you’ll want the new one.
Apple: You think you need it, we know you just want it.
Samsung: Didn’t you mean to buy Sony?
Ikea: One day you’ll be able to afford real furniture.
Hummer: Get the attention you’ve always craved. While filling up the gas tank again.
Taco Bell: You’re drunk and we’re still open.
Global warming opens Arctic seabed to the search for oil and gas
by Newspartnergroup
The Arctic is rich in natural resources, including hydrocarbons, and rapid thawing due to global warming could make exploiting those mineral resources feasible relatively soon.
Local Cooling
by parmentierf
& 2 others
(via)
LocalCooling is a 100% Free power management tool from Uniblue Labs that allows users to optimize their energy savings in minutes and as a result reduce Greenhouse Gas emissions.
JeffCroft.com: The new layers of web development
by karlcow
:)HTML5 is a nice gesture towards structure, but it’s more like a gasoline hybrid than hydrogen - and Priuses still gets shitty gas mileage on the highway.
Celestial Bodies
by sbrothier
All (known) Bodies in the solar system larger than 200 miles in diameter. 88 objects total : One star, four gas giant planets, four terrestrial planets, three dwarf planets, 21 moons, four asteroids, and 51 trans-neptunian objects
Engineers Beneficial Association
by galin
& 1 other
, 1 comment
The National Marine Engineers Beneficial Association not only fights for the health, safety, and rights of maritime workers, but also provides valuable training for career advancement and more favorable positions. With its headquarters located in Easton , Maryland , the Marine Engineers Beneficial Association offers a state-of-the art training facility, complete with simulators and a liquid natural gas (LNG) training module. MEBA has been supplying the industry with LNG qualified workers for over 20 years. It is the Marine Engineers Beneficial Association's objective to provide these workers to both American and non-American flag registered trade.
Whether a Merchant Marine or not, all maritime workers are invited to join MEBA. In addition to the training and educational opportunities, the Marine Engineers Beneficial Association also offers health benefits and retirement savings programs. The organization also provides a recognized voice in legislature that affects the future of the maritime industry and its workers. To find out more about MEBA and becoming a member, log onto www.d1meba.org. It's amazing to see how far the trade has come.
Zero X: The 100% Electric Dirt Bike (TreeHugger)
by sbrothier
The Zero X is a silent, all-electric dirt bike that runs on lithium-ion batteries instead of gas. The the California-based Zero Motorcycles has started selling these bikes for $6900. Google co-founder Larry Page bought one.
The "Other White Meat" Of Fuel
by digitfind
For example, only three E85 re-fueling stations exist in California (and only one of those is available to the general public) whereas there are over 200 Natural Gas stations open for general public use with another 50 under ...
