Day April 20, 2008

Smart thermostats

A true smart thermostat would be a plug-and-play device. You’d hook it up, enter your Wi-Fi key, give it a preferred temperature range, and then forget it’s there. The thermostat would come with a few low-cost motion sensors that you…

Can unions rebuild the antiwar movement?

Socialist Unity in Britain wonders, as do many of us, about the steadily diminishing numbers at antiwar protests given that the majority of the populace opposes the war. They hope unions might somehow revitalize the movement, but I’m doubtful unions…

Second generation biofuel

A new refinery in Germany will make biofuel from leftover wood, straw, weeds, and curdled milk rejected by processing plants. Thus, this next-gen biofuel will not use foodcrops or land formerly used to grow food, a huge step forward.