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Recall on fire-hazard smartphone charger

EE, a British mobile network operator, has recalled a batch (around 500,000 units) of its Power Bar smartphone charger after one left a student with severe hand burns. The charger had exploded and set fire to the student’s floor. According to a company statement, they identified a few instances in which the charger overheated dangerously, …

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Entire Nation of Sri Lanka Getting Internet Access From Balloons Thanks to Google

The entire island nation of Sri Lanka will soon get internet service – all of it beamed from balloons – thanks to a contract with Google to create internet connections in the sky. Google’s Project Loon uses a network of 13 giant balloons, riding air currents, to deliver smartphone-based internet service to the people below. This …

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Clean energy for the Olympics?

There is a new initiative in the works to deal with air pollution in China. Step one begins in Zhangjiakou in the northwest of Hebei province–recently approved as the country’s first renewable energy pilot zone. In 2022, Zhangjiakou hopes to host the Winter Olympic Games. It’s currently in the running with neighboring Beijing (and the …

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Renewable Resources: Germany sets national record

Last Saturday, Germany set a new national record for renewable energy. 78 percent of the day’s electricity demand were met with renewables sources. Up 4 percent from 2014. This all came about because it was stormy northern Europe while still being sunny in Southern Germany.German energy expert Craig Morris at the Energiewende blog, wrote about …

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