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- A nanotechnology-powered electric SUV
- A nanotechnology-powered electric SUVPhysics strikes again100 miles on a charge or highway speeds. Pick one. The fact is, gasoline has a much, much higher energy density than electrochemical cells. That's physics (well, actually Chemistry).You can pant until you're blue in the face, and that reality will never change.nanotech in automobiles...
- Tags: irony, EV1, nanotechnology, electric SUV, SUV
- Discussion threads 2007-06-12
- A nanotechnology-powered electric SUV
- If you live in California, you'll be able to buy an electric SUV by the end of the year. The Reno Gazette-Journal reports that this electric SUV will be using NanoSafe rechargeable, nano titanate batteries developed by Altairnano. The future SUVs will have an autonomy of more than 100 miles...
- Tags: Leisure, Engineering &, Innovation, Energy &, Environment
- Blog posts 2007-06-12
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- America's airways ready for NextGen
- It's time – long past time – to upgrade the U.S. air traffic control system. The current system, designed during World War II, contributes mightily to flight delays, customer dissatisfaction and a massive energy wastefulness. But a GPS satellite-based system, on the drawing board for more than a decade, has...
- Tags: FAA, Air Traffic Control, Greenhouse Gas, Aerospace & Defense, Manufacturing, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-10-10
- Another bit of positive green investment news. Smart grid is again the focus.
- More positive news on the clean-tech investment front announced before the market meltdown but significant nonetheless: Another smart-grid player, GridPoint, is using at least some of its $120 million in recently raised equity financing to buy V2Green, which sells technology for integrating infrastructure for supporting plug-in electric hybrids with the...
- Tags: Alternative Energy, Grid, Clean Technology, Hybrid, GridPoint, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-10-08
- Smart grid tech player Silver Spring receives a cool $75M
- Despite the ongoing financial meltdown, people still are throwing money around for greentech/cleantech companies. For now, at least. Silver Spring Networks, which develops Smart Grid technology, said it has received an additional $75 million in funding intended for global expansion. The investment round was led by Kleiner...
- Tags: Financial, Venture Capital, Financial Accounting, Investment, Telecom & Utilities, Finance, Financing Startups, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-10-08
- The invisible frontier of our solar system
- The invisible frontier of our solar systemIsn't this phenomenom explained by the Electric star theory ?Well, it seems to me that the Electric stars theory give an excellent explanation for this phenomenom.Off course as the official theory discard any possibilities of electric current acting on a large scale in...
- Tags: phenomenom, theory, solar system
- Discussion threads 2008-10-08
- 2009 Mazda CX-7 Grand Touring
- Photo gallery:Mazda CX-7 Grand TouringEarlier this year, we tested a Mazda's CX-9. So when we heard that we were getting a CX-7 Grand Touring in the CNET garage, we braced for more of the same, only smaller. The tiny Mazda crossover didn't disappoint; the CX-7 has a lot in common...
- Tags: Mazda CX-7, Mazda Motor Corp.
- Product reviews 2008-10-07
- Will Windows 7 get a new name for its release?
- Will Windows 7 get a new name for its release?Following Steve's PhilosophyAs you so accurately noted, Steve has a knack for whole numbers as we know from his Microsoft Office reign. Office 12 (2007), Office 11 (2003), Office 10 (XP or version 2002), Office 9 (2000) and these were the...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Vista R2, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 7, new name
- Discussion threads 2008-10-07
- Apple begins shipping replacement iPhone chargers
- Apple announced a recall of all of its ultracompact USB power adapter for iPhone pictured on 21 September 2008 because its metal prongs can break off and remain in a power outlet, creating a risk of electric shock. iPhone Alley received word that a reader has received the replacement he...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Recall, Apple Inc., Strategy, Management, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2008-10-07
- Linux ready to replace Windows? Not yet…
- Linux ready to replace Windows? Not yet…Actually, all of the biggest web companies all use Linux because it is somuch more flexible and powerful. Of the biggest, MS is the only one using Windows.And, yes, the applications availability on the Desktop is a problem for Desktop Linux, but, the is...
- Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, EEEPC, Linux, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2008-10-06
- News to know: Green PCs, IT; IBM; Nokia; Apple
- Â Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Larry Dignan: IBM launches beta of 'Bluehouse,' eyes Cisco's WebEx Matthew Miller: First impressions of the Nokia N96. Gallery right. Mary Jo...
- Tags: Steve Jobs, Larry Dignan, Nokia Corp., PC, Information Technology, Yahoo! Inc., Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Matthew Miller, IBM Corp., Podcasts, Linux, Internet, Operating Systems, Software
- Blog posts 2008-10-06
- Mimicking electric eel cells to produce energy
- Mimicking electric eel cells to produce energyI'm thinking electric cars.I'm thinking this could push electric car technology further and make it more feasible. Put a whole bunch of these things into a large batteries. The ability to control the output (and hopefully the input when charging?) should be very useful...
- Tags: cell
- Discussion threads 2008-10-03
- Mimicking electric eel cells to produce energy
- A team of U.S. engineers has found that it's possible to build artificial cells replicating the electrical behavior of electric eel cells. In fact, these artificial cells deliver better performance than the real ones, called electrocytes, which can generate electric potentials of up to 600 volts. The researchers have developed...
- Tags: Ion, Cell, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2008-10-03
- Put your PC on an energy diet!
- Put your PC on an energy diet!The wonders of USB and Firewire...Almost all of my new "toys" are either USB or Firewire; I don't know how much power these things draw when they're not in active use, but the really infrequently used ones can at least be hot-plugged on demand.But...
- Tags: Desktops, Network technology, PC, chip, CPU, USB
- Discussion threads 2008-10-03
- Perens new crusade is patent law
- Perens new crusade is patent lawBull, there is no lack of innovation.True, open source is not free to take others ideas but that is how it should be. Face it, open source is nothing but knock off copies of propriatary. Sorry but thats just how it is.As to...
- Tags: Leadership, OPEN SOURCE, Software intellectual property, New software product, new crusade, Perens, crusade, patent law, patent, innovation
- Discussion threads 2008-10-02
- Apple lifts iPhone NDA to dull Android's edge
- Apple lifts iPhone NDA to dull Android's edgeGreat to see Google forcing Apple to be more open. Hopefully Apple will beforced to also unlock the applications so you do NOT need Apples approval to offer an application.RE: Apple lifts iPhone NDA to dull Android's edgeApple will only be as open...
- Tags: Branding, Apple iPhone, Apple Inc., iPhone NDA, T-Mobile
- Discussion threads 2008-10-02
- What's really ailing Big Blue shares? Hint: IBM is part bank
- Concerns about IBM's third quarter are popping up almost daily. The standard set of concerns revolves around technology spending and the willingness to pay IBM's army of consultants fees for big bang projects as well as a stronger dollar. But underneath the surface there's a bigger worry that isn't being...
- Tags: Asset, Bank, Financial, Financing, IBM Corp., Finance Unit, Financing Unit, Global Financing, Commercial Financing, Participation Rate, Financial Accounting, Investment, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-10-02
- I... B... Wha?
- I... B... Wha?I. B. AmazedYou have to think though, after the 90's the markets are flooded with consumer products based on technology. People associate with what they are exposed to. However in the 70's and better part of the 80's if you wanted a PC, it had to be "IBM...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Branding, Desktops, Operating systems, Mindshare, IBM Corp., Wha
- Discussion threads 2008-09-30
- 2009 Range Rover Sport HSE
- Photo gallery:Range Rover Sport HSETerrain crawling tech lets the 2009 Range Rover Sport HSE maintain its rugged reputation, but an upscale price means luxury elements, such as real wood trim and a refrigerator in the console. Off-road enthusiasts may think the lack of a fold-down windshield keeps the Range Rover...
- Tags: voice command system, navigation system, Cayenne GTS, Range Rover Sport, suspension
- Product reviews 2008-09-30
- Long Short Signal (zip)
- Maintains database, does back testing and reporting. The program watches the ratio of two stocks and when that ratio gets too low or too high, it generates a signal to buy or sell the ratio short. A ratio that is too low or too high it implies a comparison to...
- Tags: Ratio, Tools & Techniques, Management
- Software downloads 2008-09-30
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