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Gizmodo Vs Lifehacker: Should Apple Have To Make Ethical Gadgets?
Continuing concerns over conditions for workers in China’s Foxconn factories and massive profits at Apple have combined to create a growing chorus suggesting Apple needs to alter its manufacturing processes. Is it reasonable to suggest that Apple should radically change its behaviour, and what should other gadget companies be doing? Gizmodo’s Alex Kidman and Lifehacker’s…
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This Future Iceberg Would Be Able To Sink A Thousand Titanics
You’re looking at Pine Island Glacier. It pushes more ice to the sea than any other glacier in the world. And that gigantic 18-mile-long canyon? That’s the birth point of a new gargantuan iceberg, larger than New York City.
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Genius 13-Year-Old Has A Solar Power Breakthrough
When I was 13 I was smoking cigarettes I’d found on the ground and playing Super Nintendo like it was my life’s work. This kid discovered a way to draw 20-50 per cent more power from solar cells. He is way cooler.
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The Sun Is Basically An Infinite Battery For Your iPad Now
Nothing kills a magical afternoon with your tablet like having to track down an outlet to charge up. Voltaic’s has new solar chargers designed specifically for tablets. [Voltaic via Treehugger]