Apple sets new industry standards for Battery chargers!

Apple has released a new battery charger that sets new industry standards! It is very eco-friendly as it is more efficient in terms of energy use.

It has the lowest standby power usage (electricity used when batteries are fully charged) at 30mW. That is around 10 times less than the average standby power usage of similar batteries chargers in the market at 315mW.

Furthermore, what may come as a surprise to you (I was, at least) is that this battery charger can and will work with other rechargeable NiMH AA batteries from other companies. Of course, it is still optimized for Apple’s rechargeable batteries (you get 6 when you buy this charger). This is rather odd for Apple, as she is known for being very exclusive in her products, rendering them incompatible with other electronic brands’ stuff.

It includes a detachable pin plug, and they most probably ship with different pins to fit various electricity outlets, negating the need for electrical adaptors. This keeps the product sleek and compact.

What more could you ask for? Sleek and minimalistic design, electrical efficiency, and maximized compatibility definitely set new industry standards!

Source: http://www.apple.com/battery-charger/

- SY

2 years ago
kookypeople: withoureyesclosed: ithreatenedtostapleher: mutations: warningdontreadthis: yerawizardharry: Irena Sendler1910-2008A 98 year-old German woman named Irena Sendler recently died. During WWII, Irena worked in the Warsaw Ghetto as a plumbing/sewer specialist. Irena smuggled Jewish children out; infants in the bottom of the tool box she carried and older children in a burlap sack she carried in the back of her truck. She also had a dog in the back that she trained to bark when the Nazi soldiers let her in and out of the ghetto. The soldiers wanted nothing to do with the dog, and the barking covered the kids’ and infants’ noises. Irena managed to smuggle out and save 2500 children. She eventually was caught, and the Nazis broke both her legs, arms and beat her severely. Irena kept a record of the names of all the kids she smuggled out and kept them in a glass jar buried under a tree in her backyard. After the war, she tried to locate any parents that may have survived and reunited some of the families. Most had been killed. She helped those children get placement into foster family homes or adopted.Last year Irena was up for the Nobel Peace Prize. She was not selected. Al Gore won - for a slide show on Global Warming.Source (via nixsayo) (via myquarterlifecrisis) wtf whut

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yerawizardharry:

Irena Sendler
1910-2008

A 98 year-old German woman named Irena Sendler recently died. During WWII, Irena worked in the Warsaw Ghetto as a plumbing/sewer specialist. Irena smuggled Jewish children out; infants in the bottom of the tool box she carried and older children in a burlap sack she carried in the back of her truck. She also had a dog in the back that she trained to bark when the Nazi soldiers let her in and out of the ghetto. The soldiers wanted nothing to do with the dog, and the barking covered the kids’ and infants’ noises. Irena managed to smuggle out and save 2500 children. She eventually was caught, and the Nazis broke both her legs, arms and beat her severely. Irena kept a record of the names of all the kids she smuggled out and kept them in a glass jar buried under a tree in her backyard. After the war, she tried to locate any parents that may have survived and reunited some of the families. Most had been killed. She helped those children get placement into foster family homes or adopted.

Last year Irena was up for the Nobel Peace Prize. She was not selected. Al Gore won - for a slide show on Global Warming.

Source

(via nixsayo)

(via myquarterlifecrisis)

wtf whut

2 years ago

Top 50 Twitter climate accounts to follow | Environment | guardian.co.uk

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environminimalist: drockinslc: Greening -and feeding- the city with a garden block “Agrarian urbanism”, an idea of new urbanism where “food production is integrated into the physical form and the lifestyle of the inhabitants.” grist.org I have a dream… roofs with gardens, parking lots covered by solar panels. Anything else is just laziness if it “can’t” be done. 

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drockinslc:

Greening -and feeding- the city with a garden block

“Agrarian urbanism”, an idea of new urbanism where “food production is integrated into the physical form and the lifestyle of the inhabitants.”

grist.org

I have a dream… roofs with gardens, parking lots covered by solar panels. Anything else is just laziness if it “can’t” be done. 

2 years ago

National Geographic Magazine: Planes Create Weird Clouds—And Snow, Rain Fall Out

A hole-punch cloud over Mobile, Alabama, in 2003. ;Weatherthings

Brian Handwerk
for National Geographic News
Published June 16, 2010

A few years ago scientists were surprised by the sight of two planes carving a hole through a cloud—which then began spewing snow.

A new study spawned by…

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nationalgeographicdaily:

2010 International Conservation Photography Awards

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thedailywhat: Infographic of the Day: Oil spilled thus far into the Gulf of Mexico could potentially power a space-moped to Uranus. Discuss. [thanks charles!]

thedailywhat:

Infographic of the Day: Oil spilled thus far into the Gulf of Mexico could potentially power a space-moped to Uranus.

Discuss.

[thanks charles!]

2 years ago
nationalgeographicmagazine: staff: As we’re all aware by now, one of the worst environmental disasters in recorded history is underway in the Gulf. As helpless as you may feel, you can do something right now by donating to a Gulf protection group like Save Our Gulf, the National Audubon Society, or the Greater New Orleans Foundation. To get all of you involved this week, we’re replacing Tumblr’s usual ocean blue with a new heart-of-BP-executive black and letting you donate without leaving your Dashboard. Donating will also unlock the Limited Edition Black Dashboard as an account preference. Donate $5! You get the blue layout back if you donate, and you have the option under Preferences to keep this black layout

nationalgeographicmagazine:

staff:

As we’re all aware by now, one of the worst environmental disasters in recorded history is underway in the Gulf.

As helpless as you may feel, you can do something right now by donating to a Gulf protection group like Save Our Gulf, the National Audubon Society, or the Greater New Orleans Foundation.

To get all of you involved this week, we’re replacing Tumblr’s usual ocean blue with a new heart-of-BP-executive black and letting you donate without leaving your Dashboard.

Donating will also unlock the Limited Edition Black Dashboard as an account preference.

Donate $5! You get the blue layout back if you donate, and you have the option under Preferences to keep this black layout
2 years ago
whenever: chelseyscheffe: by Milana Humphrey

whenever:

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by Milana Humphrey

2 years ago
nationalgeographicmagazine: Brown Vine Snake, Panama Photograph by Andrew CarranoWhile on the island of Bocas Del Toro, Panama, a brown vine snake is threatened by a potential predator … a camera’s lens. Download Wallpaper (1600 x 1200 pixels)

nationalgeographicmagazine:

Brown Vine Snake, Panama
Photograph by Andrew Carrano
While on the island of Bocas Del Toro, Panama, a brown vine snake is threatened by a potential predator … a camera’s lens.

Download Wallpaper (1600 x 1200 pixels)

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4C 2010 :>

4C 2010 :>

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