Photo via the New Republic It's a widely held notion that politicians have long been in the pocket of Big Oil. And there's good reason for that perception: oil companies' huge campaign donations, vast lobbying power, and close ties to politicians have ensured that their taxes remain low , that hidden subsidies are around to provide extra funding, and that they receive preferential treatment in US energy policy. But there could be a new, ... View original post here: The Next Big Oil: Big Smart Grid?
So there really isn't anything that deep to this image. It's just a (more or less) life-sized blue whale eye. And on the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society site you can educate yourself/be mesmerized/ waste some time for a while staring at it while the entire life-sized animal scrolls across your browser window. Believe me, it's way cooler than you might think:... Read more from the original source: Ever See a Blue Whale Life-Sized on Your Computer? Now You Can
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Photo via realSMILEY We've heard of Google tracking your movement in order to provide traffic flow data , and we've heard of algorithms that can make traffic flow more smoothly and efficiently for data centers. Now Microsoft is taking these concepts and going a step farther. The purpose is cool - predicting how people move in a city so ...
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Photo via realSMILEY We've heard of Google tracking your movement in order to provide traffic flow data , and we've heard of algorithms that can make traffic flow more smoothly and efficiently for data centers. Now Microsoft is taking these concepts and going a step farther. The purpose is cool - predicting how people move in a city so ...
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Photo by Donjd2 Cisco has made the smart grid a primary focus for the company, and has determined that they want to be the leader when it comes to technology used for managing electricity. They've identified over $20 billion in potential opportunities for businesses, from how information and energy is managed by utilities and consumers alike. And according to ...
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Photo by Donjd2 Cisco has made the smart grid a primary focus for the company, and has determined that they want to be the leader when it comes to technology used for managing electricity. They've identified over $20 billion in potential opportunities for businesses, from how information and energy is managed by utilities and consumers alike. And according to ...
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Image from GigaOmEvents ; Credit Pinar Ozgar Last week, the Green:Net conference showed off their top picks for start-up companies to watch. The ten companies were selected by Earth2Tech as having "the 'right stuff' to succeed in the marketplace." The companies, all vying for investor attention and a position in the clean tech sector, act as an arrow pointing ...
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Screengrab via IBM video If you were given total control of your city and could plan exactly how it was set up from the structures to the water management to the banking industry, how would you lay it out? IBM created a SimCity-like game called CityOne in which you can design the ideal city. The assumption is they want ...
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Images via Granola There's a plethora of programs that help you trim the power consumption of your computer by switching how quickly it goes into sleep mode, timed shut-downs and so on. But what about while we're using the computer? For many of us, our computers are far more powerful than we really need them to be - especially ...
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Image via Mykl Roventine It seems like just yesterday that we went round and round about how much energy a typical Google search uses , and what kind of carbon footprint that equates to. The use of our computers and data centers adds up to a significant amount of electricity use , which adds up to a significant amount ...
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Image via Mykl Roventine It seems like just yesterday that we went round and round about how much energy a typical Google search uses , and what kind of carbon footprint that equates to. The use of our computers and data centers adds up to a significant amount of electricity use , which adds up to a significant amount ...
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Photo via Karl-Martin Skontorp Intel - alongside practically every other major IT company - is launching in on smart grid projects, starting off with partnering up with other companies to run pilot tests of several different types of home energy management devices in Oregon. Being part of the smart grid is becoming a must-do for technology companies, particularly those ...
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This hand operated gramophone is as simple as it gets. Original post: Minimalist Gramophone Makes Playing Music Super Simple
Contrary to previously held notions of how whale songs are shared between neighboring populations, a surprising study finds that whales living the same ocean basin are singing different songs. Read the original post: Study: Humpback Whales Living in Same Ocean ...
