Google Cooled with Sea Water

Google has opened a new data center in Finland where all of the cooling isn't done by compressors and refrigerants but sea water. The building is located by the Gulf of Finland and using its natural resources. In data centers, cooling is one of the biggest expenses. The Google data center bring the sea water in by granite tunnels and into heat exchangers where the water is then absorbs the heat from the running equipment and keeps the builiding cool.

San Francisco Replacing 18 500 Street Lights with LEDs

San Francisco is beginning a city-wide project this year to replace 18,500 high-pressure sodium street light fixtures with LED lights.  These new fixtures will use 50 percent less energy and will cost less to maintain since they only have to be replaced every 15 - 20 years while the current bulns have to be replaced every 4 years. The change of these lights are estimated to take approx. 30 mintues for every street light fixture. The entire project will be completed in abouty 14 months. The benefits to these new light fixtures are more than just energy and money savers. They will have smart controllers that allow the city to remotely monitor and adjust their light level and will be able to alert the maintenance crew when the lights have failed or are about to fail.

Disaster Aftermath

We all know the distress and saddness that comes after a natural diaster. Families torn apart, homes ruined, memories and belongings lost forever.

Best Of April Photos

Check out these really cool pictures of our world.

http://photography.nationalgeographic.com/photography/photos/best-pod-april-2011/

Mother Gorilla Mourns the Lost of her Baby

These pictures just goes to show just how similar we are to the wild. This first time mother gorilla grieves the lost of her baby and refuses to let go of him. Her baby was less than 2 weeks old and according to the Democratic Republic of the Congo's Virunga National Park ranger Innocent Mburanumwe she held onto her child's body for more than a week. Family members gathered around to share the saddness.

Garbage Warrior

Homes made entirely out of recycled goods such as, can, bottles, tires, etc. These homes are known as Earthship and are dreamt and created by green architect Michael Reynolds.

Gulf Oil Spil: Deformities and Odd Animal Deaths

A red snapper recently caught in the Gulf of Mexico displaying abnormal black markings.

 

On the first anniversary of the Gulf oil spill, scientists are observing strange deaths and deformities in animals that could be related to the disaster, experts say.

Number of deaths in dolphins and sea turtles have risen and some fish living on the Gulf's coral reefs have developed some abnormalities. They have been found with deformed ovaries and missing fins.