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Detector Cuts Energy Consumption in HVAC Systems

Posted by admin on September 4th, 2009 under Other Tags: , , , , ,  •  No Comments

A new sensor can tell the difference between humans and animals inside a room without the use of expensive infrared (IR) imaging cameras.
Known as the Cool Eye™ Thermopile Array, the device could serve as an energy conservation system, enabling a building’s HVAC to autonomously switch off the heat when there’s no one in a [...]

Is The Web Really Helping Us Find New Music?

Posted by admin on June 2nd, 2009 under Other Tags: , , , , , , , ,  •  No Comments

Summer is looming and no doubt we will all soon again be inundated with presents we didn’t actually want. As soon as the turkey and mince pies are finished, it will be off to join the Boxing Day queues for many of us, receipts clutched tightly in our hands.
Online shopping has made this time of [...]