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  • UCSF searches for multiple sclerosis cure

    UCSF searches for multiple sclerosis cure

    During a breakout session on the future of healthcare at the Dreamforce conference in San Francisco, UCSF Chancellor Susan Desmond-Hellmann discusses how the medical research organization is...

    September 2, 2011 1:39pm

  • EV execs offer solutions for range anxiety

    EV execs offer solutions for range anxiety

    At a press event held by Infineon Raceway in Sonoma, Calif., clean-tech executives from Tesla Motors, Panasonic, and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers discuss the challenges for electrified...

    2 | August 26, 2011 3:18pm

  • Turning algae into aviation fuel

    Turning algae into aviation fuel

    At TEDxNASA in San Francisco, Bilal Bomani, a senior scientist with NASA's biofuels program, discusses the space agency's study of algae and halophytes as the next generation of aviation fuel.

    3 | August 19, 2011 10:09am

  • How to protect Earth from an asteroid strike

    How to protect Earth from an asteroid strike

    At TEDxNASA in San Francisco, former astronaut and physicist Ed Lu discusses the need to develop an early-warning and precision tracking/guidance system to prevent asteroids from hitting the planet.

    1 | August 18, 2011 2:32pm

  • VC: How the 'hypernet' is changing the Internet

    VC: How the 'hypernet' is changing the Internet

    At the Always On Silicon Valley Innovation Summit, Elevation Partners' Roger McNamee says the devices we attach to our belts are changing the fundamental architecture of the Internet.

    1 | July 29, 2011 12:46pm

  • Intersolar 2011: How Germany will reach its 2020 energy goals

    Intersolar 2011: How Germany will reach its 2020 energy goals

    Extending and modernizing an electric grid with renewable energy sources is the key component of a low-carbon energy strategy, says Katharina Reiche, Germany's state secretary for the environment,...

    3 | July 13, 2011 12:06pm

  • OnMobile 2011: Targeting location to deliver smarter ads

    OnMobile 2011: Targeting location to deliver smarter ads

    At the OnMobile 2011 Summit in Redwood City, Calif., software developers explain how they are using the geographical location of mobile phones to deliver personalized ads to consumers.

    1 | June 16, 2011 1:05pm

  • At Singularity University, a futuristic look at medical robots

    At Singularity University, a futuristic look at medical robots

    At the FutureMed conference at Singularity University in Mountain View, Calif., former astronaut Dan Barry explains how robots are helping change the way we think about medicine. Barry shows...

    1 | May 13, 2011 12:18pm

  • Networked Grid 2011: The advantages to a smart grid

    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

  • Microsoft studying global warming in the Amazon Jungle

    Microsoft studying global warming in the Amazon Jungle

    At the Green Net conference in San Francisco, Microsoft's chief environmental strategist, Rob Bernard, talks about how the company is examining climate change by studying carbon cycles and the...

    4 | April 22, 2011 1:55pm

  • Silver Lake VCs: Time to anoint cleantech winners

    Silver Lake VCs: Time to anoint cleantech winners

    At the Green Net conference in San Francisco, Silver Lake venture capitalists Adam Grosser and Cathy Zoi talk about a new clean-tech fund they are starting backed by billionaire investor George...

    1 | April 22, 2011 9:58am

  • U.S. CTO: Does America need to 'out-innovate' China and India?

    U.S. CTO: Does America need to 'out-innovate' China and India?

    At Economist confab in Berkeley, Calif., U.S. CTO Aneesh Chopra contextualizes President Obama's remarks that America needs to "out-innovate" countries like India and China to remain competitive....

    5 | March 25, 2011 11:05am

  • Kleiner Perkins VC: Solar a $50 billion market in 2011

    Kleiner Perkins VC: Solar a $50 billion market in 2011

    At the Cleantech Forum in San Francisco, John Denniston, a partner for Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield, and Byers, talks about how innovation in clean tech has helped drive strong growth in both solar...

    9 | March 15, 2011 4:58pm

  • Apple's Steve Jobs unveils iPad 2

    Apple's Steve Jobs unveils iPad 2

    Despite being on medical leave, Apple CEO Steve Jobs steps back in the spotlight to show off the 2nd generation of the iPad tablet. Shipping on March 11, the thinner, lighter iPad 2 is also...

    2 | March 2, 2011 1:06pm

  • NASA building R&D campus for tech start-ups

    NASA building R&D campus for tech start-ups

    NASA Ames Research Park Director Michael Marlaire discusses plan to build a new research and development facility at NASA Ames in Silicon Valley. Marlaire says the space agency already has more...

    8 | February 7, 2011 3:08pm