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Bookmark or Share- Only 20 Watts Needed To Power The Human Brain - EF NewsOnly 20 watts needed to power the human brain by Globe and Mail - “The human brain runs on only about 20 watts of power, equal to the dim light behind the pickle jar in your refrigerator,” Discover magazine reports. “By contrast, the computer on your desk consumes a million times as much energy per calculation.
- TVA’s Role In Nuclear Defense To Grow - EF NewsBut that is what the U.S. Department of Energy has been doing at the Tennessee Valley Authority's Watts Bar reactor in East Tennessee since 2003, and now the department has signaled its intention to start additional production of tritium at TVA's Sequoyah plant, near Chattanooga.
- The nuclear power dispute driving a wedge between France and GermanyThe German protesters that once demanded the site’s closure have decamped, and the last watts were produced three years ago. But disagreements over how the plant from 1977 should be repurposed persist, speaking to a much deeper divide over nuclear power between the two countries on either side of the river’s banks.
- Industry looks to LEDs for homes - EF NewsThis lamp from Nexxus Lighting uses less than 8 watts and is said to be as bright as a 75-watt incandescent bulb. Price: $100. LED bulbs and fixtures dominated nearly every booth on the show floor. Now all the world has to do is catch up. Most people think of LEDs as the lights blinking from inside electronic devices.
- Measuring all those Wii devices - EF NewsThe smart meter went from one kilowatt-hour (kwh) at 3 p.m. — tracking 1,000 watts used over four days of watching an empty house — to just under 80 kwh by 9 a.m. the next day. To translate that into financial terms, consider that we pay between 5 and 15 cents for each kwh.
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