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SmartPlanet stories about the organizations, technologies, policy and infrastructure that facilitate the movement and management of money.
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E-commerce and the Internet -- as predicted in a 1967 video
A prescient video, made with eerie accuracy more than 40 years ago, demonstrates what online shopping and communications will look like in the computer age. But the producers didn't foresee major...
1 | June 18, 2010 8:13pm |
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Elektrobit introduces rugged VoIP phones for military
Elektrobit, commonly known as EB, introduced two new VoIP phones designed for the military: the Field Phone and Desktop Phone.
1 | June 17, 2010 3:33pm |
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New ways to make you take your meds
We could save $290 billion a year by improving drug compliance, and new technologies are ready to do it for us.
2 | June 7, 2010 12:21pm |
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Virgin making health insurance more like car insurance
The key to Virgin Healthmiles is a business model for employers, a sliding scale of discounts for participants based on measured results
10 | June 4, 2010 5:48am |
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Have MS? Measure your progress by iPhone
The key to success is compliance. myBETAapp is an iPhone app reminds people to take their injections and tracks them. The electronic diary can then be shared with caregivers.
June 3, 2010 10:44am |
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Evergreen Solar completes its largest installation ever; 7 megawatts of panels
Evergreen Solar installed more than 7 megawatts of solar panels at a German facility, its largest project in company history.
5 | June 3, 2010 10:32am |
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300,000 hybrid trucks, buses on road by 2015, report says
Nearly 300,000 hybrid trucks and buses will be on the road in the next five years, according to a new cleantech report.
5 | June 2, 2010 7:50am |
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AU Optronics, SunPower set plans for solar cell plant venture
AU Optronics and SunPower will launch a joint venture to build a solar cell manufacturing plant in Malaysia.
May 27, 2010 3:52am |
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Microsoft debuts Hohm Score; guilts you into energy efficiency
Microsoft hopes to guilt some 60 million American homeowners into energy efficiency with its new "Hohm Score" metric. It's looking grim, too: the average citizen is failing.
2 | May 26, 2010 12:18pm |
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Top 10 innovative U.S. cities: creativity, livability and smart ideas
Which American cities will lead the nation into the next decade? Here's a list of the top 10.
May 26, 2010 9:15am |
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GE lands Lake Erie wind development project
General Electric and the Lake Erie Energy Development Corp. plan to develop offshore wind farms in the Ohio waters of Lake Erie.
1 | May 24, 2010 3:35am |
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A smart grid does not have to be wicked smart
Pick the low-hanging fruit first. You can computerize the local grid later. Simple coordination will do for now. Then invest the profits.
May 21, 2010 9:11am |
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China, No. 1 in high-speed rail, seeks to export to U.S. and world
China is now the world's leader in high-speed rail. Now the nation has set its sights on the United States and the rest of the world to expand.
20 | May 20, 2010 10:24am |
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Evergreen Solar debuts rugged 'String Ribbon' solar panels for coastal installations
Evergreen Solar on Wednesday introduced a new, rugged kind of "String Ribbon" ES-A solar panel at the Genera Solar Show in Madrid, Spain.
May 19, 2010 6:16am |
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BP plugs oil leak with a tube, but it's not a solution
BP sticks a tube in the oil leak, but the company is still under pressure to find a permanent solution.
9 | May 17, 2010 3:45am |
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Wipro, SAP collaborate on sustainability performance, energy management
Indian IT services company Wipro and German enterprise software firm SAP will collaborate on sustainability performance and energy management products.
1 | May 14, 2010 7:23am |
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Sylvania introduces 60-watt equivalent LED light bulb; latest salvo in energy race
Osram Sylvania has introduced an LED light bulb designed to replace a conventional 60-watt incandescent model, echoing an announcement made by rival Philips on the very same day.
4 | May 14, 2010 6:42am |
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Philips rolls out 12-watt EnduraLED: world's first 60-watt equivalent LED light bulb
Philips has unveiled its 12-watt EnduraLED light bulb, the industry's first LED replacement for a 60-watt incandescent light bulb.
2 | May 13, 2010 8:30am |
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Samsung invests $20 billion in cleantech: solar, LED, pharma, healthcare, hybrid batteries
Electronics giant Samsung said it will invest $20.6 billion in solar cells, batteries, LEDs and medical tech over the next 10 years.
May 11, 2010 12:02pm |
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SAP joins Sustainability Consortium
SAP will join the Sustainability Consortium, a group that aims to put science behind the sustainability of consumer products.
1 | May 11, 2010 5:41am |


