"first standard water heater to be listed on U.S. Department of Energy website as complying with the Energy Star Rated standards" There are hundreds of Energy Star water heaters listed...

It most certainly does use water. In fact, ultrasonic washers in industrial situations completely submerge the items to be cleaned.

The board product in the bathroom is Richlite . The photos seem under-exposed since the views out the windows aren't over-exposed as they should b...

But it's still edge lit. I'd much rather have local dimming with a couple of extra inches.

I love my Squeezebox Classic. I'm seriously considering upgrading to the Touch. I don't, however, understand why he keeps talking about having an existing stereo. I don't. All you need is a set...

There are no stability issues with x64 and the newest version of Zone Alarm supports 64 bit. Windows has been releasing 64-bit OS's since Windows 2000, fully implemented in the x64 version of XP. ...

but they have the best cord management there is: just close the whole thing up when not in use.

because it's not thought out at all. It's shown as just a plastic extrusion that hangs on the wall. Add in all the necessities like a pump, heating element, spray nozzles, controls that aren't up...

I have an Ikea PS cabinet. It has a hole in the bottom for cables and slots on the front for ventilation. Inside, I have my UPS, NAS, router, and cable modem. Surprisingly, it stays cool enough ...

Yes, NOW they rely almost completely on humans for housing since they are very picky about nesting sites and the starlings that more aggressively take their nesting spots are not native to the West...

Also, I think most of these design concepts vastly over-estimate the amount of power one can draw from small PV cells. The efficiency necessary for this type of use is many years away.

The freezer (and refrigerator) remove heat from the air in the freezer and push it outside, cooling whatever is inside. This process is controlled by a thermometer. Newer refrigerators have a the...

@titchard, the freezer runs longer because it has to freeze the cold pack.

The mechanical process used by a window AC unit is exactly the same as that used by your freezer. The solar panel for the fans save maybe 5 watts while in use. Factor in some loss of energy effic...

One issue: how would the device make it over the mullion between sections of glazing? or is the proposal for thousands of these little things all over the building, one on each section of glazing...

What ever happened to having to prove the loss? 30 songs at $675,000 would mean (if anyone still actually believes the piracy costs the record industry money argument) that each song should have b...

Gah. Urban Counterfeiters gives money to conservative causes and republican politicians like the thankfully former senator Santorum. They are also well known for ripping off artists' ideas and se...

The guy in the linked article was simply having trouble with his wifi signal. If you've got a decent signal, even flac and wav files should be fine. Depending on your network speed, HD video file...

The "Cult of Mao" is still quite strong, even in China. While he certainly killed a lot of people, many see the revolution as a beginning, going from feudalist, nationalist China and evolving into...

Yes, buy your bike at Urban Counterfeiters and support the Republican Party. sigh.