items tagged with Energy
Dude, where’s my electric car?
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2007-09-22 07:39:33
The Electric Car is back in the news thanks to a report on GM’s Volt Hybrid, highlighting the urgent need for a true mass market electric car that safely enhances lithium-ion battery technology while dealing with the distractions that are hydrogen and ethanol fuel alternatives.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2007-09-22 07:39:33
The Electric Car is back in the news thanks to a report on GM’s Volt Hybrid, highlighting the urgent need for a true mass market electric car that safely enhances lithium-ion battery technology while dealing with the distractions that are hydrogen and ethanol fuel alternatives.
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Dell tree planting scheme to hit Australia by Christmas
Written By: Angus Kidman
Section: Information technology news
Category: Hardware
2007-09-09 02:40:33
Dell will roll out its tree planting carbon offset scheme for computer purchasers in Australia by Christmas as part of a bid to enhance its environmental credentials.
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Written By: Angus Kidman
Section: Information technology news
Category: Hardware
2007-09-09 02:40:33
Dell will roll out its tree planting carbon offset scheme for computer purchasers in Australia by Christmas as part of a bid to enhance its environmental credentials.
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Dell tree planting scheme to hit Australia by Christmas
Written By: Angus Kidman
Section: Information technology news
Category: Hardware
2007-09-09 02:40:29
Dell will roll out its tree planting carbon offset scheme for computer purchasers in Australia by Christmas as part of a bid to enhance its environmental credentials.
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Written By: Angus Kidman
Section: Information technology news
Category: Hardware
2007-09-09 02:40:29
Dell will roll out its tree planting carbon offset scheme for computer purchasers in Australia by Christmas as part of a bid to enhance its environmental credentials.
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LogicaCMG appoints energy and utilities director
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Technology people
Category: Shakers & Breakers - People
2007-09-03 23:53:40
Former EDS, Deloitte Consulting and Accenture executive Sorin Toma has joined LogicaCMG's Sydney office as energy and utilities director.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Technology people
Category: Shakers & Breakers - People
2007-09-03 23:53:40
Former EDS, Deloitte Consulting and Accenture executive Sorin Toma has joined LogicaCMG's Sydney office as energy and utilities director.
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Teradata joins 'green IT' push
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Storage
2007-08-19 21:39:09
Teradata claims its new server uses 75 percent less power than older generations.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Storage
2007-08-19 21:39:09
Teradata claims its new server uses 75 percent less power than older generations.
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Russian sub expedition first to reach north polar sea bottom
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Energy
2007-08-07 11:29:38
On Thursday, August 2, 2007, two Russian mini-subs descended 2.65 miles and 2.67 miles below the surface of the Arctic Ocean, stayed on the seafloor for about forty minutes, and remained submerged for around nine hours.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Energy
2007-08-07 11:29:38
On Thursday, August 2, 2007, two Russian mini-subs descended 2.65 miles and 2.67 miles below the surface of the Arctic Ocean, stayed on the seafloor for about forty minutes, and remained submerged for around nine hours.
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Cold Swedish city uses solar heating in winter! How is it done?
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Sustainability
Category: Energy generation
2007-07-25 20:41:17
"New Scientist" magazine reports that a few citizens of Sweden are heating water from sunlight in the summer by running it through pipes as part of rooftop solar heaters. Then, they store it and use it in the cold winter months.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Sustainability
Category: Energy generation
2007-07-25 20:41:17
"New Scientist" magazine reports that a few citizens of Sweden are heating water from sunlight in the summer by running it through pipes as part of rooftop solar heaters. Then, they store it and use it in the cold winter months.
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WD GreenPower drives promise energy savings
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Storage
2007-07-23 21:26:37
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Storage
2007-07-23 21:26:37
Western Digital claims its new GreenPower hard drive family is the first to make power saving a primary attribute, and that the drives use up to 40 percent less energy than alternatives.
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Nanolaser: Smallest laser yet made
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Energy
2007-07-15 09:54:58
A laser that is considered a nanoscale device—one with dimensions of 0.1 to 50 nanometers, where one nanometer equals one billionth of a meter—has been developed by Japanese scientists. It is considered the smallest laser ever constructed.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Energy
2007-07-15 09:54:58
A laser that is considered a nanoscale device—one with dimensions of 0.1 to 50 nanometers, where one nanometer equals one billionth of a meter—has been developed by Japanese scientists. It is considered the smallest laser ever constructed.
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Ford confident that its hydrogen engine is almost consumer ready
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Energy
2007-07-12 10:25:30
The Ford Motor Company is testing its internal combustion hydrogen engine around the United States and Canada in the form of shuttle buses. They produce only small amounts of harmful emissions and get better mileage than their older gasoline counterparts.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Energy
2007-07-12 10:25:30
The Ford Motor Company is testing its internal combustion hydrogen engine around the United States and Canada in the form of shuttle buses. They produce only small amounts of harmful emissions and get better mileage than their older gasoline counterparts.
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IBM establishes nuclear power centre
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Vendors
2007-07-03 03:26:11
Most of us tend to smile quietly when we see a licence clause that states software is not to be used to run a nuclear power plant. But some people do run them, and that's why IBM is establishing a global centre of excellence for nuclear power.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Vendors
2007-07-03 03:26:11
Most of us tend to smile quietly when we see a licence clause that states software is not to be used to run a nuclear power plant. But some people do run them, and that's why IBM is establishing a global centre of excellence for nuclear power.
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Sugar based fuels could be better than corn based ones
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Sustainability
Category: Alternative energies
2007-06-24 10:36:16
Synthetic fuel made from simple sugar found within fruit, honey, berries, root vegetables, and other materials could be more efficient than corn (ethanol).
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Sustainability
Category: Alternative energies
2007-06-24 10:36:16
Synthetic fuel made from simple sugar found within fruit, honey, berries, root vegetables, and other materials could be more efficient than corn (ethanol).
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Powerful tides may electrify San Francisco Bay area
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Sustainability
Category: Energy generation
2007-06-20 18:12:32
A comprehensive study will research whether the tides in San Francisco Bay can be used as a zero-emission, renewable electric power source for the citizens of San Francisco County.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Sustainability
Category: Energy generation
2007-06-20 18:12:32
A comprehensive study will research whether the tides in San Francisco Bay can be used as a zero-emission, renewable electric power source for the citizens of San Francisco County.
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Can Scotty beam us up with a transporter? Well, no; maybe a little!
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Energy
2007-06-20 11:00:57
Australian researchers are theoretically working on a “classical teleportation” method able to transport thousands of particles from one place to another. It’s not quite Star Trek®, but then again they will live (at least on TV) two hundred years in the future, in the 23rd century.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Energy
2007-06-20 11:00:57
Australian researchers are theoretically working on a “classical teleportation” method able to transport thousands of particles from one place to another. It’s not quite Star Trek®, but then again they will live (at least on TV) two hundred years in the future, in the 23rd century.
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Google aims for carbon neutrality this year
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2007-06-19 21:22:43
With various organisations and nations setting goals for reducing their carbon footprint over a period of years or even decades, Google is getting stuck in with a plan to achieve carbon neutrality in six months.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2007-06-19 21:22:43
With various organisations and nations setting goals for reducing their carbon footprint over a period of years or even decades, Google is getting stuck in with a plan to achieve carbon neutrality in six months.
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Don't be too cynical about Climate Savers
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Vendors
2007-06-14 05:00:29
As I recently observed elsewhere, IT marketers are getting on the green bandwagon. It's easy to be cynical and just regard it as self-serving, but I think that's doing the industry an injustice.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Vendors
2007-06-14 05:00:29
As I recently observed elsewhere, IT marketers are getting on the green bandwagon. It's easy to be cynical and just regard it as self-serving, but I think that's doing the industry an injustice.
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National Research Council recommends wind farm guidelines
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Energy
2007-06-12 10:25:09
According to a May 3, 2007 report by the National Research Council (NRC), the federal government should develop national guidelines to maximize the benefits and minimize the hazards of wind farms.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Energy
2007-06-12 10:25:09
According to a May 3, 2007 report by the National Research Council (NRC), the federal government should develop national guidelines to maximize the benefits and minimize the hazards of wind farms.
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Big Bang test delayed at CERN’s LHC until 2008
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Energy
2007-06-08 11:03:49
Scientists at the proton-proton Large Hadron Collider (LHC) particle accelerator and collider will postpone a test that could help solve the mystery of what happened a few nanoseconds after the Big Bang.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Energy
2007-06-08 11:03:49
Scientists at the proton-proton Large Hadron Collider (LHC) particle accelerator and collider will postpone a test that could help solve the mystery of what happened a few nanoseconds after the Big Bang.
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MIT researchers demonstrate 'WiTricity'
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Science
Category: Energy
2007-06-07 16:50:24
A team of scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have demonstrated a wireless power transfer scheme they have dubbed 'WiTricity' or wireless electricity.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Science
Category: Energy
2007-06-07 16:50:24
A team of scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have demonstrated a wireless power transfer scheme they have dubbed 'WiTricity' or wireless electricity.
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Melanized fungi eat gamma radiation to grow big and strong
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Energy
2007-05-23 10:23:10
Researchers at Yeshiva University in New York City found that fungi with pigment melanin use gamma radiation as food.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Energy
2007-05-23 10:23:10
Researchers at Yeshiva University in New York City found that fungi with pigment melanin use gamma radiation as food.
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