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Each week our friends at Inhabitat recap the week’s most interesting green developments and clean tech news for us — it’s the Week in Green.

Green power lit up the world this week as ZenithSolar smashed the record for solar efficiency with its massive parabolic mirrors and Denmark unveiled plans to construct a towering “cathedral” that will transform waste into energy. We were also all abuzz about these batteries made from used coffee capsules and MIT rolled out a new type of foldable paper-thin solar cells.

Speaking of super-thin foldable tech, this week we showcased the world’s first biodegradable paper watch and we spotted an ingenious folding beer box that can transform a six-pack into a pitch-perfect xylophone. And while you’re working on that one, you can keep your rowdy kids busy with our Top 5 smart smartphone apps for kids that educate and entertain.

High-tech lighting was another hot topic this week as GE launched a new super-bright LED bulb that harnesses jet engine cooling techniques to cut its energy use. GE also flipped the switch on its funky new hybrid halogen-CFL light bulbs, and we saw San Diego blaze a trail for energy-efficient lighting as they unveiled plans to construct the nation’s largest interactive LED light show – on a bridge! Finally, we wrapped up this week’s Apple news with a look at a chic new laptop bag courtesy of vegan handbag company Matt & Nat.

Inhabitat’s Week in Green: solar paper planes, Denmark’s flaming tower, and used coffee power originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 24 Oct 2010 20:00:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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A tipster has sent CNET a link to a page on the Barnes & Noble website that shows an accessory for the Nook Color. On the page, there’s an image of a device that may be the new Nook.

The Pixel Qi and Tegra 2-packing Notion Ink Adam has long been one of our favorite pieces of perfectly plausible vaporware, but founder Rohan Shravan’s just made a pretty fantastic claim — he says he’s getting a minimum of 15 hours of battery life from his personal tablet and calculates you’ll get up to twenty with the 24Wh, potentially user-replaceable battery nestled in its frame. While those are the figures for the $498 transflective version of the tablet and not the $399 juice-gulping LCD, they’re still so stellar that they could easily make or break the Adam’s sales depending on their veracity. Oh Rohan, please don’t let us down.

Notion Ink founder claims Adam tablet will go 15+ hours on a charge originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 24 Oct 2010 18:01:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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We were just handed this image with very little detail other than the fact that we’re looking at “a future LG high end Android phone for Verizon,” but we can deduce a few things: one, and perhaps most notably, you can just barely make out an LTE logo toward the bottom of the back. That likely makes this one of the six-odd LTE phones Verizon has publicly said are slated for the first half of next year. Secondly, it’s got an HD camera of some sort — probably indicating either 720p or 1080p capture — and finally, it appears to have a huge, mirrored display and possibly a front-facing cam in the upper right. Looks like there’s also a WiFi logo on back (of course), but can anyone make out the other two logos there? And more importantly, can anyone wait for this to launch?

Update: It’s been proposed that one of the logos might be for DLNA, since LG’s a major DLNA player — most recently with its PlayTo service on the LG Optimus 7.

Exclusive: future LG Android phone for Verizon sports LTE originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 24 Oct 2010 16:00:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Can you keep track of all the different variants of ASUS’ Eee PC netbook? It’s not easy when the Taiwanese computer company pumps out new ones nearly every month, but we doubt we’ll easily forget the Eee PC 1015PW’s distinctive shade of purple. Otherwise, TechinStyle reports it’s much the same as the 1015PEM, which isn’t a terrible thing — it’s got a dual-core 1.5GHz Intel Atom N550 CPU, 802.11n WiFi, Bluetooth 3.0 and a 250GB or 320GB hard drive under that chiclet keyboard, plus the usual 10.1-inch, 1024 x 600 LED-backlit screen. No word on pricing or availability, but the way these things usually go, you’ll find it in Europe well before the States.

[Thanks, Sal]

ASUS Eee PC 1015PW peeks out of hiding with dual-core Atom, royal purple shell originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 24 Oct 2010 14:02:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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