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• Busting hurricanes with ocean cooling pumps

  

  A climate scientist at Stanford University's Carnegie Institution is trying to cool the seas to weaken hurricanes and minimize the death and destruction they bring. In research funded by Bill Gates, Ken Caldeira is developing ocean cooling pumps to cool waters in areas where hurricanes occur. These powerful storms are fueled by warm water so cooling the surface of the ocean even by just a few degrees has the potential to radically diminish their power.

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• Cryptographers discuss wisdom of 'foolishness'

  

  At the RSA conference in San Francisco, a panel of leading cryptographers reveal some of the lessons they have learned while making seemingly imprudent decisions. By going against the grain, new objectives can be made and boundaries overcome.

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• How Coca-Cola is reducing its water consumption

  

  With over 900 bottling operations globally, how does Coca-Cola keep its water consumption in check? Jeff Seabright, vice president of the Environment for Coca-Cola, talks about how they're using new water filtering and recovery technologies to bring the company's water use down.

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• Smarter aerodynamics make big rigs more fuel efficient

  

  The scientists at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory are testing new drag reduction devices that could one day make large trucks more aerodynamic. The new truck designs will provide trucks more fuel efficiency, possibly saving the trucking industry as much as 10 billion dollars in fuel costs.

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• Was the Copenhagen Climate Conference a failure?

  

  At the Cleantech Forum in San Francisco, Bryan Walsh, environmental columnist with Time magazine, moderates a panel on international policy for tackling climate change. He asks Dickson Pinner, a partner with McKinsey and Marc Stuart and founder of Ecosecurities, whether the recent climate conference in Copenhagen produced any meaningful policy or regulations.

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• Bloom Energy unveils the Bloom Box

  

  KR Sridhar, CEO of Bloom Energy touts his new Bloom Box fuel cell at a press event in Sunnyvale, California. The technology is designed to be stacked into small blocks and housed in a unit about the size of a refrigerator.

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• Inside eco-friendly air travel

  

  You can reduce your carbon footprint when traveling through San Francisco International Airport. Purchase a carbon offset for your flight -- and help restore redwood forests in Northern California at the same time. SmartPlanet's Sumi Das explains how it works.

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• The future of...thermostats

  

  The household thermostat has always been difficult to program--wasting energy and driving up your utility bill. But SmartPlanet correspondent Sumi Das explains how new networking technologies will one day connect your thermostat and meter to your PC, so you are better able to track, monitor, and analyze the energy usage in your home.

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• Yahoo makes Web surfing easier for the disabled

  

  Web surfing for the disabled can be a daunting experience, but Yahoo's Alan Brightman, an expert in assistive technologies, is trying to make it more accessible. In his technology lab, Brightman creates simulation exercises for Yahoo's engineers so they can better understand what it's like to be disabled, thus making their Web interface more user-friendly for people with physical and visual impairments.

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• Controlling a telescope via the iPhone

  

  Tim DeBenedictis, product architect of Carina Software, unveils the company's SkyVoyager iPhone app, which enables users to find stars, clusters, and galaxies in the night sky. He also demos SkyFi, a device that offers users the ability to use their iPhone as a telescope controller.

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