Short of spending $18 billion of your hard earned cash on speculative research, there are things that each us can do to reduce our impact on the environment. Yes, you can walk to work and stop using toilet paper, and those are certainly admirable and possibly uncomfortable efforts if combined, but let's be practical: most of us just aren't going to do that. So we wanted to take today to announce that 40tech will be starting a monthly column on environmental technology. We’re calling it Green Tech to Save Some Green. But wait! Didn’t we just say something about $18 BILLION on speculative research? Ohhh yes! Read on!
When Does Low-Tech Work Better For You?
I received my Droid X this week, which I think everyone can agree is somewhere near, if not the top, of mobile technological achievement (I’m willing to share the spot with the iPhone 4, but it’s worth pointing out that mine makes calls with or without a case). The device is truly a testament to what humanity has been able to achieve. For $99 plus tax, after rebates, I now own a piece of metal, plastic and silicon that more or less fits in my pocket and serves as: a phone; a camera; an HD video camera; a DVR; a music player; a computer; an organizer . . . You get the idea – crazy good technology. I’ll talk more about it, Android apps, my transition from a Blackberry and an iPhone and more in the future, but holding this marvel of modern technology makes me wonder – what happened to low-tech? Read more