Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Tech article

http://news.cnet.com/8301-11128_3-20109451-54/greenstart-unveils-latest-clean-tech-startups/?tag=mncol


Greenstart unveils latest clean-tech startups


This article talks about the technology available to help reduce the amount of electricity in the forms of monitoring, plugs, shades, and more. SmarterShade, which helps reduce the amount of lights to use by tinting the color of the windows, is a great idea. Sylvatex's biodeasle from biomass seems like it would help reduce oil prices, which are rising. These inventions play a role on the issue of energy conservation. Conserving natural resources has been a big goal for the past several years. 
These ideas relate to the relationship between people and machines. By relying on the machines to reduce the amount of electricity used, it makes a person more reliant on technology. The idea behind this is to reduce energy consumption, therefore reducing energy bills. 

I think that the ideas behind this is great. If the technology was widely used, it's initial cost would be big, but it would definitely be a pay-off in the end

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