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Insects using Plants as phones: A team of Dutch ecologists has found that subterranean and aboveground herbivorous insects use plants to communicate. 'Subterranean insects issue chemical warning signals via the leaves of the plant. This way, aboveground insects are alerted that the plant is already occupied.' This means that by using 'green telephone lines,' the...; Tags: Phone, Interaction, Plant, Telecom & Utilities, Food & Beverage, Telecommunications, Manufacturing, Roland Piquepaille; Blog posts 2008-04-27
GrowFX (zip): GrowFX - the new system of plants modeling and animating for 3D Studio Max. An easy interface, essential set of parameters, which you can assign yourself, helps you to create different plants, from grass and big trees to forestland. With GrowFX you will create broadleaf-trees, conifers, palm trees, flowers and...; Tags: Plant, Exlevel, GrowFX, Research & Development, Business Operations; Software downloads 2008-04-25
Magic Seeds (exe): Jane leased a lot of land and started her business of growing plants and vegetables. She has a little money, a few magic seeds and a big desire to grow plants. Help her make some money. Grow plants, take care of them, and protect them from mice and crows. Cross...; Tags: Plant, Playrix Entertainment, Mice, Hardware, Peripherals; Software downloads 2008-04-22
No nuces is good nucs? Blogosphere begs to differ with this blogger, as usual: My recent blog on the drought possibly shutting down some American nuclear power plants raised some comment. All of it negative about this idiot blogger. I've now been labelled an "ecosocialist." Was that because I mentioned Chernobyl? NO, that mess happened under a faux-socialist regime so maybe...; Tags: Nuclear Energy, Blogosphere, Plant, Blogger, Harry Fuller; Blog posts 2008-01-25
When did terrorism become a green tech issue? Just now...: Seems there are more than just environmental issues with building new nuclear plants. There are questions about the ability to protect them from terrorist attacks. For the record, there's been no known terrorist incident at any nuclear plant anywhere in the world...so far. Events at Three Mile Island...; Tags: Green Technology, Terrorism, Plant, Homeland Security, Corporate Insurance, Business Security, Government, Business Operations, Harry Fuller; Blog posts 2008-01-15

Brace yourself: here's some hopeful news: Map showing Foula's location, courtesy of UK's Joint Nature Conservation Commission. First, there's a proposal from scientists that more gardening globally and more farming could help with the problem of carbon emissions and greenhouse gases. Planting beans to save life as we've known it....; Tags: Renewable Energy, Plant, Telecom & Utilities, Government, Harry Fuller; Blog posts 2008-01-13
Illinois beats Texas in the Coal Bowl: The winner is: Mattoon, Illinois. That's where the FutureGen coal-burning, state-of-the-engineering electrcity generating plant will be built. The tech going into this plant will as near carbon neutral as current science and engineering can make it. I'm surprised Texas didn't win, but it was a...; Tags: Illinois, Texas, Winner, Plant, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Internet, Harry Fuller; Blog posts 2007-12-20
Big Coal making big announcement...fate of states awaits: Digram courtesy FutureGen Tuesday is a big day in the world of coal. That's the day FutureGen will announce its site selection for a next-generation coal-burning plant to generate electricity, with almost zero emissions. In keeping with the current Washington modus, the project...; Tags: Site Selection, Coal, Plant, Taxes, Free Trade, Financial Planning, Finance, Harry Fuller; Blog posts 2007-12-18
Ausra: Hey Nevada, here comes the sun: Hey, why not build a source to help the renewable energy industry in a place that uses a lot of power? Is this disingenuous? Heck, it's what solar thermal power company Ausra is doing: The Australian company has decided to locate its first U.S. manufacturing plant in...; Tags: Solar Energy, Nevada, Plant, Ausra, Telecom & Utilities, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2007-12-14
Rare Flower Closeups Screensaver (exe): A great nature image slideshow screensaver for your desktop. A flower, also known as a bloom or blossom, is the reproductive structure found in flowering plants. The flower's structure contains the plant's reproductive organs, and its function is to produce seeds. For the higher plants, seeds are the next generation,...; Tags: Flower, Plant, Seed, Desktops, Hardware; Software downloads 2007-11-29
A supercomputer to design better Plants?: Is it possible to create more productive crops than nature does without growing hybrids or genetically modified plants? According to researchers at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), the answer is yes . They've simulated photosynthesis, the process by which plants convert light to energy, with the help of supercomputers...; Tags: Researcher, Protein, Supercomputer, Gene, Plant, Computer, UIUC, Productivity, Roland Piquepaille; Blog posts 2007-11-26
Utility fires back at Kansas where Lt. Gov. touts alternative energy: There's now been a lawsuit filed in the case of the rejected coal-burning power plants. Sunflower Electric Power is suing the State of Kansas which denied the utility's request to build two more coal-powered generating plants. This is just the latest salvo in a battle that may spread...; Tags: Alternative Energy, Kansas, Carbon Dioxide, Plant, Harry Fuller; Blog posts 2007-11-18
Coal's in our future. So what IS wrong with Kansas?: FutureGen's diagram of it's near-zero emission coal plant. You may think I really don't like coal. Bunch of petrified plants, after all. But the questions about coal are, after all, largely technological. It's unlike the debate over peak oil, and what supply...; Tags: Kansas, Coal, Carbon Dioxide, Plant, FutureGen, Harry Fuller; Blog posts 2007-11-11
China uses high tech to prepare for global warming: China is working on crops that will resist some of the more likely effects of global warming. No, not plants that produce their own water. But hardier than current plants. Chinese scientists are working on laser-treating grain seeds to make them more drought and unltraviolet radiation-resistant. ...; Tags: China, Plant, Laser, Global Warming, Harry Fuller; Blog posts 2007-11-01
SmartWeigh (zip): Weighbridge interface & inventory management software for Quarry, Ready-mix plants, Scrap weighment, Cement plants. Can connect to any truck scale like Avery, Ricelake, Cardinal. Supports sales, purchase, public weighments, invoicing. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.; Tags: Inventory Management, Plant, Enterprise Software, Software; Software downloads 2007-10-03
New wave energy for Britain?: The U.K. once powered its industrial revolutilon with coal. Now that nation is looking to the sea for some of its future power. The plans for a huge wave-powered electricity generation scheme are getting encouragement from government leaders. The plans estimate 5% of the UK's entire...; Tags: Tide, U.K., Plant, Severn, Telecom & Utilities, Harry Fuller; Blog posts 2007-10-01
"Sunny day, chasing those clouds away." (Or Ausra teams up with utilities for solar thermal development): Another amazingly sunny, potentially thunder-y afternoon out here in Jersey. Which is probably why I noticed this particular set of energy news out of the Clinton Global Initiative meeting in New York this week… Three companies -- FPL Group (the parent company of Florida Power & Light,...; Tags: Team, Turbine, PG&E Corp., Plant, FPL, Telecom & Utilities, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2007-09-27
Plant Tycoon (Mac) (zip): Breed and cross breed plants until you find the 6 Magic Plants of Isola and solve the genetic puzzle. You start with a couple of dollars, a handful of seeds, some soil and water. Grow plants, organize and harvest seeds, monitor your plants' health, age and maturity and protect your...; Tags: Apple Macintosh, Plant, Vertical Industries, Monitors & Displays, Benefits, Healthcare, Desktops, Enterprise Software, Software, Hardware, Components, Human Resources; Software downloads 2007-09-18
Herbs (exe): This herbal software describes herbs and herbal actions of over 500 plants. The program can easily be accessed from its main menu. A search function brings you quickly to the herb of your choice or lists plants alphabetically. With the click of a button you can look up the equivalent...; Tags: Plant, Search; Software downloads 2007-09-07
Plant Tycoon (exe): Plant Tycoon is a gardening simulation game where you nurture plants and experiment with increasingly rare and valuable species. Breed and cross breed plants until you find the 6 Magic Plants of Isola and solve the genetic puzzle. Start with a small amount of cash, a few seedlings, a handful...; Tags: Plant, Games, Vertical Industries, Monitors & Displays, Benefits, Healthcare, Personal Technology, Enterprise Software, Software, Hardware, Components, Human Resources; Software downloads 2007-09-07