Beautiful beaches. Exotic food. Wind turbines and electric cars. Maui--forced to use a lot of renewable energy out of necessity--is now leading the way in using it the most efficiently.READ»
China's decreasing rate of rare earth exports is forcing the world to scramble for alternative sources. Now the Japanese have artificially produced a palladium-like metal, commonly used for catalytic converters.READ»
Hitachi, eBay, Fast Company, DreamWorks and others discuss the meaning of Ethonomics -- ethics + economics -- and how it's the driving philosophy of the world's leading innovators.READ»
Buildings get taller, and people get used to driving in fast cars and airplanes with new technology--but everyone forgets about elevators. Except Hitachi, which is soon to open an elevator research facility that's the tallest ever.READ»
Without a super-efficient battery, Plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV) are little more than scrap metal. The more efficient the battery, the longer a car can run--and the more attractive it is to people who need to drive long ...READ»
I'm totally left befuddled by the current trend of having full-function TV/AV remotes with two hundred tiny buttons and a screen for Windows connectivity. Instead, I'm all about simplicity, which is why Hitachi's trackball-style ...READ»
Smartphones, flat-screens, robots, green tech: We wade through it all to ID the coolest innovations, including Sony's absurdly svelte, impressively vibrant XEL01 TV screen and the newly customizable Flip Mino video camera.READ»
If you get anxious making decisions, this Hitachi cam [NYSE:HIT] might be the camcorder for you. It has a remarkable three ways of recording HD video: onto a Blu-ray disc, on to a high capacity SD card, or onto its internal 30GB ...READ»
With many new camcorders sporting eSATA ports these days, Hitachi (NYSE: HIT) has taken the opportunity to release a Blu-Ray disc burner that can connect directly to an eSATA-enabled camera and burn discs without a computer. The ...READ»
