News tagged with home appliance manufacturers


A new refrigerator could save you cool cash

Technology / Energy

created Mar 30, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 1

Is your refrigerator eating you out of house and home? Chances are, if it's more than 10 years old, it's gulping enough energy to put a serious hurt on your wallet.





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Energy efficiency standards for appliances should include upstream costs

Technology / Energy

created May 27, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The U.S. Department of Energy should consider gradually changing its system of setting appliance energy-efficiency standards to a full-fuel-cycle measurement, which takes into account both the energy used to operate an appliance, ...


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General Electric Plans Net-Zero Energy Home by 2015

Technology / Energy

created Jul 16, 2009 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (16) | comments 9

(PhysOrg.com) -- Using solar panels, wind turbines, appliance monitoring, and on-site energy storage, General Electric has a plan to enable homeowners to cut their annual energy consumption (from the electric ...


Taiwan's AU Optronics, China firm to set up joint venture

Technology / Business

created Jun 22, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Taiwan's AU Optronics Corp said Monday it would set up a flat panel display joint venture with China's Sichuan Changhong Electric Co as it tries to tap the huge Chinese market.


'Tis the season... to beware of lead in Christmas lights

'Tis the season... to beware of lead in Christmas lights

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 24, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- With the holiday season approaching, a Cornell environmental analyst has made an illuminating discovery: Many Christmas light sets contain such high levels of lead that they exceed limits ...


Older adults want robots that do more than vacuum, human factors/ergonomics researchers find

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Oct 14, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Researchers at Georgia Tech have discovered that, contrary to previous assumptions, older adults are more amenable than younger ones to having a robot "perform critical monitoring tasks that would require little interaction ...


Are you ready for digital TV?

Technology / Telecom

created Jan 20, 2009 | popularity 1.3 / 5 (4) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- If everything goes as planned, on Feb. 17 the long-awaited switch from analog to digital broadcasting will take place and millions of analog television sets across the nation will go black. Temple University ...


In-store video ads a boon to retailers, a peril for traditional media

Other Sciences / Other

created Feb 24, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Video advertising in stores is a moneymaker for retailers, but a growing threat to already cash-strapped print and broadcast media, according to a new study co-written by a University of Illinois business professor.


The very model of a modern transistor

Technology / Engineering

created May 21, 2008 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (12) | comments 0

New models of how two types of power transistors perform will result in more efficient smart electrical circuits, making such technologies as cars and home appliances more reliable and environmentally friendly.


Building the smart home wirelessly

Technology / Engineering

created Nov 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Like the paperless office, the smart home has been a long time coming, but a report published in the International Journal of Internet Protocol Technology, suggests that radio tags coupled with mobile communications device ...


Texas Instruments sells sensor unit

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created Jan 09, 2006 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Texas Instruments has sold its Sensors and Controls unit to a private investment company for a whopping $3 billion in cash.



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