SmartPlanet's Week in Innovation: artificial memory implants, biofuel flights, solar storms
SmartPlanet's Week in Innovation: artificial memory implants, biofuel flights, solar storms and more in a news roundup from our friends at SmartPlanet.
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Intel snags LEED green design certification for manufacturing site
The green design principles adopted by Intel at its manufacturing campus in Ocotillo, Ariz., have earned the giant technology company a LEED silver certification from the U.
Scientists build first synthetic bacteria (photos)
It is hoped that this discovery will lead to the development of many important applications and products including biofuels, vaccines, pharmaceuticals, clean water and food products. Cleaning up oil spills maybe?
Biofuel fraud exposes some big names
A court has awarded over $10-million in damages for fraud perpetrated by Cello, a biofuel company. If you've read Anthony Trollope's THE WAY WE LIVE NOW you could have predicted something like this.
Carbon nanotubes: Great for agriculture, but for humans?
In what can eventually kick up a firestorm similar to the genetically modified food controversy, the emerging field of "nano-agriculture" is making headlines. It involves the use of nano-particles — wisps 1/50,000th the width of a human hair — in agriculture and could have beneficial affects for crops, say scientists.
Energy from the wind is the best for Earth
According to a Stanford University researcher, 'wind, water and sun beat biofuels, nuclear and coal for clean energy.' The scientist 'has conducted the first quantitative, scientific evaluation of the proposed, major, energy-related solutions by assessing not only their potential for delivering energy for electricity and vehicles, but also their impacts on global warming, human health, energy security, water supply, space requirements, wildlife, water pollution, reliability and sustainability.' Wow! The researcher found that some sources of energy were 25 to 1,000 times more polluting than the best available options. Some of his conclusions make sense, some are controversial, but read more...
Just as old media once berated and belittled the Internet as a silly fad, now too with cleantech
That venerable pillar of old, very established business, the Wall Street Journal has gone public with the bitter resentment of old business and fossil fuel for those upstarts who are trying to shift the business model. The editorial attacking VC Vinod Khosla is just one volley in what will become a harsh economic battle for dominance of the world's enormous energy markets.
Alternative energy? BIG investment, as we've been predicting. Teensy compared to Big Oil
Four major components of the alternative energy industry are expanding rapidly. They continue to garner ever more investment.
Is Detroit going green? What does the auto show show?
The big auto show in Detroit is now open to reporters so the big announcements and the hoopla have begun. There are moves toward greener cars, and there are moves to just make more money.
Yeee-ouch: Another black eye for the ethanol guys
Harry has done a great job of keeping on top of the debate about ethanol that has been bubbling up through the green ranks. Here's the overriding question: Is this cure worse than the original affliction?
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