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Smart grid
The term "smart grid" refers to a conventional power grid with a layer of digital technology applied on top of it to monitor and control electrical transmission and distribution. Two-way digital communications equipment allows granular control of nodes on the grid, such as consumer appliances, to save energy, boost efficiency and increase reliability.
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How the smart grid build-out will affect EV deployment
Phil Davis, senior manager at Schneider Electric, and John LoPorto, president and CEO of Power Tagging, give their perspective at the Networked EV 2011 conference in San Francisco.
1 | October 21, 2011 11:57am
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Solar backpack doesn't just stash your devices, it powers them, too
When your smartphone is dead and there's no electrical outlet in sight, you're usually out of luck. But if the sun was shining and you were sporting the OffGrid Solar Backpack, you'd have plenty...
1 | July 8, 2011 1:07pm
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Networked Grid 2011: The advantages to a smart grid
At the Greentech Media Networked Grid conference in San Francisco, David Leeds, a senior manager with GTM Research, discusses the key characteristics that will give operators digital control over...
4 | May 5, 2011 8:29am
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PG&E: How EVs could impact the grid
At the Greentech Media Networked EV conference in San Francisco, Kevin Dasso, PG&E's senior director of the smart grid, talks about how plug-in electric vehicles could impact the grid once they...
2 | November 9, 2010 4:13pm
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The WattStation: GE's new vehicle charging device
Product designer Yves Behar talks about the design aesthetic behind a new vehicle charging station he created for General Electric. Behar explains how users will interact with the device and...
13 | July 13, 2010 12:32pm
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GE CEO announces new smart-grid initiatives
General Electric CEO Jeff Immelt unveils an electric vehicle charging station, a new home energy-management device, and a $200 million competition seeking innovative ideas from entrepreneurs for a...
2 | July 13, 2010 11:42am
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Who will pay for the smart grid?
At the Nordic Green conference in Menlo Park, Calif., Mark Duvall, director of the Electric Power Research Institute, talks to Sven Thesen of Better Place about the economic model associated with...
April 29, 2010 9:42am
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Schwarzenegger: Smart phones to track, control energy usage
California governor discusses new smart grid technologies aimed at helping to reduce energy consumption and fight global warming. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger recently previewed technologies that...
3 | October 15, 2009 12:19pm
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What a smart grid can do for you
When's the best time to run the dishwasher or do your laundry? With traditional power grids consumers can never be sure, but a smart grid can answer that question and more. SmartPlanet...
14 | August 10, 2009 11:10am
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New digital meters coming soon
Say goodbye to the utility man coming by your house and reading your meter to calculate your energy usage. Raj Vaswani, CTO of Silver Spring Networks and his team are developing new technologies...
2 | July 24, 2009 8:51am
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Who will manage the smart grid?
At Greentech Media's Green Building Summit at SRI International in Menlo Park, Calif., tech executives discuss the future management of smart-grid technology and whether the balance of power will...
2 | June 17, 2009 10:03am
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Do we need smart meters?
At the Churchill Club's 11th Annual Top Ten Tech Trends, venture capitalists discuss whether the smart grid and smart meter trends will continue to produce innovation and what the motivating...
1 | May 29, 2009 3:36pm
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MRI advances see inside tumor cells
Today’s Magnetic Resonance Image scans can confirm the presence of a tumor. What they cannot do is tell doctors what is going on inside the tumor. However, UCSF scientists recently developed new...
August 1, 2012 10:14am
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SRI's latest bot disposes of bombs
SRI International calls it Taurus. The 15-pound robot is being developed by researcher Tom Low to remove a roadside bomb in the middle of a war zone, or a suspicious package in the city....
3 | July 26, 2012 9:48am
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iPhone app and case makes sure your phone is never left behind
There are iPhone cases for the fashionable, the hip and the accident-prone. Now there's one for the absent-minded. Kensington has created an app & case combo that alerts you once you've strayed...
3 | July 19, 2012 4:21pm
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UC San Francisco tests new class of MS drugs
Advances in MRI technology and cellular engineering are giving new hope to people fighting Multiple scleroris. SmartPlanet visits the University of California at San Francisco and talks to Prof....
9 | July 12, 2012 9:09am
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Solar suitcase supplies electricity to developing-world hospitals
After witnessing women in desperate conditions delivering babies in African hospitals, Dr. Laura Stachel knew she needed to help. She and Hal Aronson have designed a solar kit that is portable and...
4 | July 5, 2012 12:03pm
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Bioelectric bandages speed up healing, reduce pain
We use bandages to protect our wounds, but what if they could accelerate our recovery? Or better yet, make our injuries hurt less. Procellera bandages accomplish that by creating a tiny electric...
3 | June 28, 2012 1:11pm
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How texting can solve unreliable water issues
In the hundreds of millions of Asian, Latin American, and African households where water is only available once every week or two weeks, families lose both time and potential income waiting to...
June 21, 2012 1:12pm
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Self-folding stroller will please both parents and Transformers fans
Parents of wee ones are always wishing they had a pair of free hands. The Origami stroller from 4Moms doesn't offer extra limbs, but it does make the dreaded chore of collapsing and unfolding a...
1 | June 14, 2012 12:44pm
