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Yvonne Flavin

Topics of interest gadgets | at home | communication | mobility | multimedia | renewable

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Yvonne has two cellphones, a laptop, a PDA, two kids, a partner and a cat. She is passionate about gadgets and tech in general. She feels strongly about green issues, having started as a pioneer recycler during her student years, and is now always on the lookout for eco-friendly solutions.

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Kick a ball... and generate electricity!

Posted on February 13, 2010 | 287 Views | 1 Comment
  I came across this concept quite by chance, thanks to  PRI's The World: Technology Podcast Facebook page. Four female engineering students from America's Havard University worked on a ...
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Solar scooters in Rio de Janeiro

Posted on January 22, 2010 | 540 Views
We're hearing a lot of talk about electric cars but not so much about two-wheeled vehicles. Those of us who live and work in cities know that two-wheelers are ...
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Times Square New Year's Eve Ball goes green

Posted on January 1, 2010 | 580 Views
And to continue our "pedal power" series, here's another one that caught my eye on the Engadget website the other day. I'm afraid I didn't actually watch ...
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Copenhagen's Christmas tree is lit by pedal-power

Posted on December 14, 2009 | 884 Views
Copenhagen has always been particularly bike-friendly - they were proposing free bikes to get around way before other cities - but this is taking things one step further. As Martin LaMonica said ...
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When plugs start to talk... and help save energy

Posted on December 14, 2009 | 1148 Views
The stuff of science fiction movies has become reality! Imagine if all electrical outlets had the ability to monitor and capture your home or office energy use, carbon output data ...
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Standardization essential for electric car development

Posted on November 20, 2009 | 645 Views | 1 Comment
At the IEC 73rd General Meeting, which took place last month in Tel Aviv, a special workshop was held on "e-mobility". Called "International Standards for E-mobility – A Necessity for Mass ...
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"One size fits all" phone chargers soon to be reality

Posted on October 23, 2009 | 884 Views | 1 Comment
Who hasn't ever had their phone battery die on them and no-one around has the same make of charger to lend? Or have you had to buy new chargers ...
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Plug standardization for electric cars

Posted on October 22, 2009 | 828 Views | 1 Comment
The technology news website CNET.com has reported that the SAE J1772 charging system and coupler is to be voted the standard connection for plug-in vehicles. Rather than having cars ...
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Red or white? Green please!

Posted on September 21, 2009 | 992 Views
I've been working through my summer podcast backlog and this item from the BBC World Service's Digital Planet (programme of 25 August 2009) caught my ear, so to ...
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Tidal energy project for Scottish island

Posted on August 26, 2009 | 1211 Views
While browsing this morning's headlines, this article in the Guardian caught my eye. Islay, one of the islands off the west coast of Scotland, famous for its whisky, is ...