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Long Lines in Japan for iPhone 4 Debut

Newest iPhone Reported in Short Supply as Shoppers Jam Stores

…Apple’s newest iPhone was in short supply just hours after its global launch began in Tokyo on Thursday morning as hundreds queued outside stores across the city to become among the first in the world to own the device.

Over 300 people were lined up at the flagship store of Softbank, Japan’s exclusive iPhone carrier, when its doors opened in the hip shopping district of Harajuku. The store ran out of phones by early afternoon, said company spokesman Naoki Nakayama.

“We’ve been selling out at each launch, it’s the same conditions,” he said, declining to release any numbers.

Hundreds more lined up across the city at Apple stores and other Softbank outlets across the city. Thursday’s global launch of the iPhone 4 was being carried out at 7 a.m. local time in each region, so Japanese were among the first in the world to get their hands on the device. The U.S., France, U.K. and Germany are also part of the global launch.

When the initial version of the iPhone was released in Japan two years ago, some…

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Factory Grows ‘Green Curtains’, Serves as Lunch to Employees

Kyocera Group has planted edible “green curtains” stretching thousands of feet across facilities in Japan, Thailand and Brazil in a bid to keep its buildings cool and greenhouse gas emissions low. Vegetables from the Green Curtain are served in employee cafeterias.

…This lessens the loads of their air conditioning units, while the green curtains also give workers a bounty of cucumbers, peas and bitter gourd called goya, which land on their cafeteria menus.

Using infrared thermograhic measurement, Kyocera confirmed the green curtains results in lower outer wall temperature than unshaded walls. “In addition, we were able to confirm that the Green Curtains can decrease the temperature by as much as 15 degrees C (27 degrees F),” the company said.

At the same time, the green curtains are working to absorb an estimated 23,481 pounds of carbon dioxide emissions, which is roughly the same amount that can be absorbed by 761 cedar trees.

The green curtains cover roughly 32,750 square feet (3,043 square meters), and measure 2,379 feet (725 meters) in length.

Kyocera has set up a website with information on the green curtains, including some fairly detailed instructions and photos from its own experiences (see below) to help readers grow green curtains at home.
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