26 posts and columns on solar
Your iTunes Collection, Displayed as a Solar System
The Cooper-Hewitt Museum is showcasing an artifact that isn’t even tangible: An open-sourced app called Planetary that’s meant to be an “evolving piece of design.”News Byte
Seagate Plans $180 Million R&D Center for Empty Solyndra Plant
The vacated Solyndra solar plant in Fremont, Calif., is getting a new tenant focused on the future of a more mature technology. Seagate Technology on Friday announced plans for a $180 million research and development complex, employing as many as 600 people, to work on next-generation disk drives. The Solyndra plant, highly energy efficient and powered in part with solar panels, is “as close as we could get if we were building a custom facility tailored to our needs,” said Steven Deason, Seagate’s facilities director.Romney Disses Tesla as “Loser” at Debate
Tesla becomes a political hot potato.Apple Building Smaller, High-Security “Tactical” Data Center in Maiden, N.C.
The new, highly secure facility will be next to the company’s main data center.New Solar-Powered Case Brings More Battery Life to Already Long-Lasting Kindle
We know: The next time you’ll need to charge your Kindle is when your firstborn graduates college. Still, SolarFocus is bringing even more battery life to the e-reader.Forget Cleantech — It’s Cleanweb at SXSW
Can smartphones help save the planet?Voices