Options available for aging electronics.
Byline: Randi Bjornstad The Register-Guard They call it "e-waste," and it's been a problem for landfill operators for years. But soon, Lane County Waste Management will offer electronics buffs a way to get rid of all their defunct or outdated equipment without cluttering up the garage or...

Safety trend: replacing people with cameras.
Officials at a Southern California high school will keep tabs on what is happening outside the building and in hallways without actually being there. New digital cameras are being installed this fall in Santee's West Hills High School. The high-tech cameras can send digital surveillance pictures to...

The coming green computers.
Introduced on Earth Day 1993, by an epic cast of characters including Vice President Al Gore, the concept is simple: Computer equipment capable of going into an energy-saving "sleep" mode when sitting idle earns itself an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) "Energy Star." Since last April, what was a novelty...

Gary Hill: Donald Young Gallery.
Of the eight works in Donald Young Gallery's recent Gary Hill micro-retrospective--dating from 1978 to 2005--Accordions (The Belsunce Recordings, July 2001), 2001-2002, is the largest. A room-filling video installation, its five projectors generate a jarring sequence of images, each staccato snippet accompanied by a dissonant sound track of blips...

Hennepin County, MN Government Center.
Nearly one quarter of the population of Minnesota lives in Hennepin County. It is the largest of the state's 87 counties and home to the Hennepin County Government Center (HCGC)--the seat of both the county government and the state's Fourth Judicial District. The HCGC also houses the County Board...

Fortune Magazine Honors Twelve Centennial Park.
TRAVEL AND LEISURE CLOSE-UP-9 June 2008-Fortune Magazine Honors Twelve Centennial Park(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Twelve Centennial Park, Novare Group's latest addition to Twelve Hotels & Residences, has been recognized by Fortune magazine as one of the best new business hotels. The list included 15...

Use of SMART Boards for teaching, learning and assessment in kindergarten science.
This article presents the findings from classroom based research into the use of SMART Boards (interactive whiteboards) with kindergarten children. SMART Boards have been used successfully over the past 8years at Abbotsleigh Junior School innovative ways to enhance teaching and learning and facilitate assessment in primary Science. Key research...

VESA Certifies Tektronix Solution.
ENTERTAINMENT CLOSE-UP-27 June 2008-VESA Certifies Tektronix Solution(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Tektronix, a provider of test, measurement and monitoring instrumentation, announced that the Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA) has approved the Tektronix solution for testing DisplayPort interconnect cables as documented in a Methods of Implementation (MOI) --...

AT&T Providing Wi-Fi for Motel 6.
ENTERTAINMENT CLOSE-UP-27 June 2008-AT&T Providing Wi-Fi for Motel 6(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com AT&T has announced a $9 million contract with Accor North America (NA) and its Motel 6 brand. Under the three-year agreement, AT&T will provide Managed Internet Service (MIS) and firewall and router...

Arkados Demos HomePlug Solutions at WinHEC 2007.
ENTERTAINMENT CLOSE-UP-20 May 2007-Arkados Demos HomePlug Solutions at WinHEC 2007(C)2007 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Arkados said that it leveraged the occasion of WinHEC 2007 to demonstrate its HomePlug solutions by showing how to create whole-house music from the sound card of a personal computer or from an...