‘Green Technology’ Archives
Technology Drives 2010 National Scout Jamboree
FORT A.P. HILL, Va., July 29 /PRNewswire/ -- When the Boy Scouts of America was founded in 1910, the latest advancement in communication was the manual telephone switchboard. Now, as the BSA celebrates its 100th Anniversary this week at the 2010 National Scout Jamboree, modern technology is helping assure this week's event is fun and [...]
Google helps you find a parking spot, maybe not!
Over the years a number of companies have tried, most unsuccessfully and so m e with limited success, to provide services that will help you locate a parking spot on the street. Well, the folks at Google, you know the ones with access to all of our data, are now trying their hand at it. The application has the original name of "Open [...]
UA team wins Gates’ Grand Challenges grant!!!
A University of Alabama research team, lead by Joe Brown, an assistant professor in biological sciences, was awarded grant of $100,000by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The grant was one of 78 awarded for their project to develop an improved method for detecting and tracking water contamination. Other team members included the group [...]
National Semiconductor Offers New “Smart” Solar Technology
National Semi’s SolarMagic technology improves the efficiency of solar systems, even those already deployed in the field. Solar panels frequently perform at different rates due to age, mismatches, shade, dirt, etc. SolarMagic components regulate the overall voltage and current flowing from each individual solar panel. The effect can be a [...]
UM researchers develop model for locating and forecasting sunken oil following spills
CORAL GABLES, FL (May 26, 2010)--A team of researchers at the University of Miami (UM) has developed a computer model for finding and projecting in time sunken oil masses on the bottom of bays, after an oil spill. The unique model can be used in oil spill planning, response, and recovery applications. "Sunken oil is difficult to 'see' [...]
DOE Secretary Calls Suniva “An American Success Story”
Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu called Suniva, based in Norcross, GA, “An American Success Story” during a recent visit to Georgia Institute of Technology. He went on to say “With longstanding support from the Department of Energy, and under the direction of Dr. Ajeet Rohatgi , this Center at Georgia Tech has become a premier [...]
ABB to buy Atlanta software company Ventyx for over $1 billion
ABB has agreed to acquire Ventyx, a leading software provider to asset-intensive businesses such as global energy, utility, communications companies, for more than $1 billion. Vista Equity Partners created Ventyx in 2007 by combining two companies from its portfolio, Indus and MDSI, which it had acquired for $240 million and $70 million [...]
Incorporating biofunctionality into nanomaterials for medical, health devices
A team led by researchers from North Carolina State University has published a paper that describes the use of a technique called atomic layer deposition to incorporate "biological functionality" into complex nanomaterials, which could lead to a new generation of medical and environmental health applications. For example, the researchers show [...]
Researchers Discover New, Controllable State in Ferroelectric Nanowires
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Researchers at the University of Arkansas and their colleagues have discovered a new phase in ferroelectric nanowires that could be controlled to optimize important properties for future electronic devices. Lydie Louis and Laurent Bellaiche of the University of Arkansas; P. Gemeiner, G. Geneste and B. Dkhil of the [...]
Battery Boost: Lithium-Ion Anode Uses Self-Assembled Nanocomposite Materials to Increase Capacity
ScienceDaily — A new high-performance anode structure based on silicon-carbon nanocomposite materials could significantly improve the performance of lithium-ion batteries used in a wide range of applications from hybrid vehicles to portable electronics. Produced with a "bottom-up" self-assembly technique, the new structure takes [...]
Atlanta based Suniva receives $141M loan guarantee from U.S. Department of Eneregy
Suniva, a spin-off of Georgia Tech’s Center for Excellence in Photovoltaics and one of the more interesting solar cell makers developing higher and higher conversion efficiencies, announced that a $141 million loan guarantee from the U.S. Department of Energy. This adds to the more than $375 million they have raised through the private [...]
Fuel Economy Standards for Large Vehicles
U.S. Congress has tasked the U.S. Department of Transportation with developing fuel economy standards for large vehicles, such as tractor-trailers, transit buses, and work trucks whose fuel consumption currently is not regulated. These types of vehicles consume more that 25% of the various types of fuel used within the United States. In a [...]
Louisiana Tech University researchers selected to present ‘outstanding’ paper at prestigious international conference
Written by Catherine Fraser - cfraser@latech.edu Ruston, LA - Professors Henry Cardenas and Sven Eklund, and Ph.D. candidate Kunal Kupwade-Patil of the College of Engineering and Science at Louisiana Tech University will present their award-winning paper at the Second International Conference on Sustainable Construction and Materials [...]
Weak Laser Can Ignite Nanoparticles, With Exciting Possibilities
ScienceDaily (Mar. 19, 2010) — University of Florida engineering researchers have found they can ignite certain nanoparticles using a low-power laser, a development they say opens the door to a wave of new technologies in health care, computing and automotive design. A paper about the research appears in this week's advance online [...]
IMO GROUP TO OPEN PLANT IN SOUTH CAROLINA
CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA- A German company that makes parts used in everything from wind turbines to cranes will be opening its first American plant in the Lowcountry. Officials say the IMO Group plant will eventually employ 190 workers and mean a $47 million investment in Dorchester County northwest of Charleston. The company makes rings used [...]
