Vehicle to Grid Electricity (V2G) – Will Cars Become 100 kW Power Plants?
Revolutionary breakthroughs will make possible the elimination of the need for batteries of every variety. These generators are expected to replace the need to plug-in a plug-in hybrid. Two kW is all...
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A brain implant for artificial motivation
I recently blogged and vlogged about Medtronic starting a clinical trial where deep brain stimulation (DBS) would be applied to the ventral striatum (part of the human reward circuit) to treat...
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UK Researchers Advance Room Temperature Superconductivity Using Carbon...
Scientists at the University of Liverpool and Durham University have developed a new carbon nanotube material that might evolve as a room temperature superconductor used to transmit electricity with no...
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GM & Segway Unveil Personal Urban Mobility Vehicle, Demonstrate Disruptive...
General Motors and Segway unveiled a new type of small electric motor vehicle with advanced software that could shift how we look at mobility as a service.In an effort to appeal to digitally connected...
View Article[Video] GM Segway PUMA Cruising Through Brooklyn & New York City
GM & Segway are hoping to commercialize a new category of smart micro-vehicles for urban environments by 2012 (See previous post). I love the application of Segway software, but am skeptical of a...
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Energy Efficiency Grants: Coming to Your State Soon
By Ami Sampat$3.2 million dollars budgeted by the Obama administration as a part of the economic stimulus package is close to hitting your neighborhood. The Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block...
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Virus Built Batteries? MIT Advances Bio-Industrial Manufacturing Technique to...
MIT's Biomolecular Materials Group has advanced a technique of using 'genetically engineered viruses that first coat themselves with iron phosphate, then grab hold of carbon nanotubes to create a...
View Article[Video] An Inside Look at the University of Texas-Austin Algae Species...
The Future of Algae has been a hot topic among energy and cleantech bloggers, but it is still way off the radar of mainstream media. This Wall Street Journal video looks at one of the world's leading...
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US Energy Secretary Steven Chu Announces $41 Million for Fuel Cells...
US Energy Secretary Steven Chu has announced $41 million to support the 'immediate deployment of nearly 1,000 fuel cell systems for emergency backup power and material handling applications (e.g.,...
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Oregon Researchers Use Nano-shells of Algae to Trap Photons and Improve Solar...
The Future of Energy will be based on our ability to elegantly control the interactions of light, carbon, hydrogen, oxygen and metals. And for all our engineering prowress of extracting and blowing up...
View ArticleAsimo Controlled By Human Thought (Video)
We've already seen thought-controlled avatars, so it comes as no surprise that robotics represents a new frontier for brain computer interfaces (BCIs). Still, the following video of a human...
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Northeastern Researchers Use Coated Nanotubes to Improve Splitting of Water...
Researchers from Northeastern University and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have improved the efficiency of clustered nanotubes used in solar cells to produce hydrogen by...
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Obama Administration announces $777 million for Energy Frontier Research...
The Obama Administration is following through on a major campaign promise: funding basic energy science. Do you want Hope? (Or maybe long term optimism!)Stop looking for 'short term' solutions and...
View Article[Video] 60 Minutes Clean Coal Program Misses Chance to Introduce Bio-based...
60 Minutes recently aired a program on the future of coal power featuring Duke Energy CEO Jim Rogers (an advocate of longer term 'Cathedral Thinking' carbon reduction) and leading climate scientist...
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NPR's Interactive Map of US Electricity Grid and Solar-Wind Potential
NPR has released a fantastic interactive map of the US Electrical Grid as part of its Series - Power Hungry: Re-Envisioning Electricity in the US. The tool looks at grid connection points, major...
View Article[Video] NY Times Features Electric Car Startups Fisker Karma and Aptera
Category: TransportationYear: GeneralTags: energy, transportation, electricity, hydrogen, batteries, fuel, cells, fuelcells, cars
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Researchers Design Nanoscale Fuel Cell Catalyst Using Less Platinum
The nanoscale design of basic energy components is once again revealing new solutions to the historical problems of high cost alternative energy systems.Materials scientists from Washington University...
View ArticleWeb-Mediated Learning Found More Effective Than the Traditional Classroom
A comprehensive report asserts that web-mediated learning has been found to be more effective than face-to-face learning.New York Times: Over the 12-year span, the report found 99 studies in which...
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Your Time and Mine
By Jason M. VaughnCitizens of the late-2009 Earth Pardon my husky voice. It’s dusty here, or I’ve got a Supercold and the future’s all out of throat lozenges; take your pick. I realize that many...
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The Future of Collaboration Begins with Visualizing Human Capital
How can the power and scope of social networks, combined with human capital metrics, be used to facilitate shared creation and innovation?Category: Business & WorkYear: GeneralTags: social, media,...
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