In a step that could lead to the establishment of a high tech center in Livermore, the California Business, Transportation and Housing Agency has selected i-GATE (Innovation for Green Advanced Transportation Excellence) as one of six applicants to be recognized as inaugural members of the California iHub demonstration program.
I-GATE was submitted to the state by [...]
Filed under: News on February 22nd, 2010 @ 8:38 am
Tagged with: Business, clean energy, Community, economy, efficiency, energy, entrepreneur, global, innovation, markets, opportunity, research, sustainability, Technology
Time To Know is an enigmatic Israeli startup that has somehow managed to remain under the radar of Israel’s tight knit startup community. What makes this little-known company so amazing is not just the daunting challenge it has chosen to meet, but that it has quietly ramped up 350 employees and no less than $60 [...]
Filed under: News on February 3rd, 2010 @ 8:00 am
Tagged with: Business, economy, entrepreneur, growth, infrastructure, innovation, research, Technology
According to the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP), developing nations are racing ahead of their richer counterparts in adopting eco-friendly transit solutions. Ahmedabad, India leads the pack, and was given the 2010 Sustainable Transport Award last week.
Since 2005, the award has been given out to cities that best use transport innovations to increase [...]
Filed under: News on January 21st, 2010 @ 8:00 am
Tagged with: clean energy, Community, economy, efficiency, energy, global, government, innovation, philanthropy, research, Technology
3M Co. has just announced plans to increase spending on research and development, product lines, and acquisitions in 2010 in an effort to emerge from the recession further ahead of weaker competitors.
3M spent approximately $1.2 billion on R&D in 2009, and plans to spend as much as $100 billion in the coming year to [...]
Filed under: News on December 29th, 2009 @ 8:24 am
Tagged with: 3M, competition, economy, innovation, R&D, research, research and development
It seems that just about every week nowadays there is an announcement about some breakthrough in battery technology. Whether that breakthrough applies to the battery technology within the next big hybrid/electric vehicle, or just improved efficiency for the industry staple lithium battery, it’s getting hard to keep up with the headlines.
Today’s news comes by way [...]
Filed under: News, Technology on October 16th, 2009 @ 11:25 am
Tagged with: battery, clean energy, efficiency, lithium, nanotechnology, research, Sweden, Technology
With advances in genetic research coming as fast as the papers or blogs can cover them, I’m not surprised to see the breakthrough announced today by researchers in Spain. According to Science Daily, researchers at the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona have identified certain strains of proteins within a [...]
Filed under: Healthcare, News on September 18th, 2009 @ 12:30 pm
Tagged with: biotechnology, collaboration, disease, DNA, gene, genetics, human genome, illness, innovation, mutation, research, science, sharing, Spain
BusinessWeek points to some compelling research published by the National Venture Capital Association that highlights the true impacts that Venture-backed startups are having on the US economy. The overall findings support the growing importance of the entrepreneurial system, which is exciting news for the industry as a whole and shoul help to provide insights into future [...]
Filed under: Business, News on September 18th, 2009 @ 9:15 am
Tagged with: Business, economy, entrepreneur, growth, industry, insights, jobs, National Venture Capital Association, NVCA, research, startup, success, sustainability, US, venture capital, venture-backed
Just when Microsoft seemed poised to recapture some of Apple’s market dominance with the release of its Zune HD – a worthy opponent to the iPod (mp3 player of choice and current industry leader) – I read press stating that the device won’t be an open platform for third party app developers. Instead, Microsoft has [...]
IBM announced yesterday that it planned to lend much of its “hardware and systems design expertise” towards research seeking to improve the efficiency of battery technology within the realm of the electric car market. The goal, according to an article in the New York Times, will be to achieve a “tenfold improvement in battery storage, with hopes [...]
Filed under: News, Technology on September 16th, 2009 @ 11:00 am
Tagged with: battery efficiency, CARS, consumer, efficiency, electric vehicle, IBM, innovation, Lithium-Air, Lithium-Ion, Lithium-Sulfur, markets, New York Times, research, sustainability, Technology, Tesla Roadster, vehicle
While I may not know the inner-workings of solar power technology on a scientific level, some advances don’t require expert analysis to forecast their future success. One such breakthrough will come in the form of polymer solar cells, which are essentially smaller, more cost-effective solar cells than their silicon counterparts.
The research, published yesterday by scientists [...]
Filed under: Environment, Technology on September 16th, 2009 @ 9:30 am
Tagged with: efficiency, Eindhoven University of Technology, energy efficiency, flexibility, gadgets, Hybrid Polymer Cells, innovation, photovoltaic technology, research, Solar energy research, Solar Power, sustainability, Technology
This week, Blue Shield of California Foundation (BSCF) announced nearly $9 million in new grants for helping the state meet pressing health needs.
This week industrial engineer James Dyson stressed the role of science and engineering with the release of a new report entitled “Making the UK the leading high-tech exporter in Europe”. Dyson – who is perhaps best known for his bagless vacuum cleaners – is calling for more investment and support for innovative engineering.