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Konarka, 12 others land federal solar-energy funding
Energy Department grants go to solar companies targeting more cost-effective solar-power generation and advanced materials.
Solar activism meets social networking
Aside from green tech, I regularly write about practical business applications for Web 2.0 technologies and services.
Green messaging here: New twist to digital signage, solar billboards
Your message hereThe image you see above is created with reflective technology from magink, which makes what it calls high-resolution digital posters. The technology is being tested by digital billboard technology company Lamar Outdoor Advertising, which operates more than 1,000 billboards using LED technology to display its images.
A matter of solar scale(s)
I go on and on sometimes about the importance of measurement and monitoring AND YET the one thing I don't have in my own house is a scale. I'm sort of perpetually the same weight, it just sort of moves around to different places depending on whether I'm exercising.
The energy sector's perfect storm
The energy sector has never looked more interesting - can the staid utility industry embrace the digital transformation strategic models required to stay relevant or will they be crushed in the emerging battle between tech and energy companies?
Analysis: 5 things to come for electric vehicles
One of the true benefits of the past two weeks is that I have not received my usual 50 or so e-mails in my three different e-mail accounts, which means that I have had time to do some reading and recalibrating of the themes for my 2011 coverage. I've already blabbed on about my hopes for the solar industry.
Sprint announces the rugged, push-to-talk-equipped Motorola Titanium
Ready for battle, the Motorola Titanium is stronger than strong and push-to-talk-ready.
Greentech innovators put their heads together in solar-wind collaboration
So, today marks the start of the judging in the second GE ECOimagination Challenge -- an innovation competition intended to identify and fund ideas and technologies focused on residential energy conservation and renewable energy. There were more than 800 submissions, which will make the judging challenge tough: there are five $100,000 prizes at stake.
OLEDs for clothing and lighting
An international consortium led by the University of Bath has started a 3-year project to bring organic light emitting devices (OLEDs) to the mass market. They want to produce electronic displays that fit on clothing. The project, named Modecom, is partially funded by the European Union, and has some very ambitious goals. For example, your clothes could change color when you press a button. Or these OLEDs could be used for more efficient lighting devices using solar power, saving money and electricity.
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