Month May 2008

Fin power creates electricity

This new technology, using a design based on a shark or tuna tail, will create electricity from the movement of ocean water. Right now, it’s expensive, but then, all new technology is. Maybe one day it will be available in…

Spotcrime

Spotcrime mashes up Google Maps with stats of serious crime to give a visual of where crime is in a given city. So far, they have maps for dozens of US cities. TechCrunch has more.

S.F. approves carbon tax

The Bay Area Air Quality Management District has approved the nation’s first tax on carbon use for businesses. It’s a quite modest tax, some businesses may pay less than $1 a year, but it does set a precedent. San Francisco…