Following up on Liam, Apple has a new robot that can disassemble iPhones, plucking valuable components from old phones that electronics recyclers can miss. It’s called Daisy, here’s how Apple describes it: Created through years of R&D, Daisy incorporates revolutionary technology based on Apple’s learnings from Liam, its first disassembly robot launched in 2016. Daisy […]
Happy Earth Day 2014
Recycling an old graphic… It’s no Google Doodle — which rocks this year, by the way (yes, even the Dung Beetle) — but it’s from the heart. Here are some Earth Day themed tweets to get you started on this awesome day (updated throughout the day). Microsoft’s #carbon neutrality efforts highlighted along with #sustainability work […]
Earth Day 2013 Highlights
Happy Earth Day! Things have been kinda slow around here, mostly due to my commitments over at sites like eWEEK and Datamation and an ongoing (if glacially paced) upgrade to this blog. But it’s Earth Day, and it would be criminal for this Green IT blogger to not chime in. This year, as we face […]
This Earth Day, think of the children!
Here at ecoINSITE, it’s more about green data centers and cleantech innovations. Connecting with kids… not so much. Worry not, National Geographic has it covered when it comes to getting your kids excited about the awesomeness that is planet earth. If you’re looking for some online resources to share with younger minds with Earth Day, […]
Happy 40th Earth Day
Earth Day turns 40 today. But before you plant a tree, swap out an incandescent bulb or run out and buy the Avatar DVD (or Avatar Blu-ray), which was released to coincide with Earth Day, I suggest that you…
Green IT News Roundup – Wednesday, April 22
U.S. Navy enlists virtualization to supercharge sprawling intranet – InfoWorld The task of virtualizing NMCI’s network fell to Hewlett-Packard’s EDS subsidiary, which has managed the system for the Navy since 2001. EDS has thus far consolidated 2,000 of the Navy’s…
An Earth Day Blogroll
Happy Earth Day! I don’t have an official blogroll for the site yet (guess I should get started on that…). But there are some sites that I visit to get my daily dose of green. Here are some off the…