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Forget mobile phone chargers – they are not the problem!

by Tom Raftery on February 2, 2010 · 14 comments

in energy efficiency

I participated in the recent IBM Global Eco Jam and there were some fantastic discussions there.
One of the discussions surprised me though – people were still talking about unplugging mobile phone chargers as if that was a significant problem. It is not. On the contrary, it is a dangerous distraction.
Watch the video above. Seriously, do. [...]

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Mobile phones – distributed air quality sensor network?

by Tom Raftery on July 21, 2009 · 16 comments

in sustainability

Since giving my talk on sustainability in the mobile phone sector at Mobile 2.0 in Barcelona a few weeks back and writing my post about how Augmented Reality on mobiles could be transformative for Green tech I have been thinking a lot about how mobiles could make a significant positive contribution to the planet.
The [...]

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