This week, Blue Shield of California Foundation (BSCF) announced nearly $9 million in new grants for helping the state meet pressing health needs. The funds will be directed to supporting community health clinics at a time when public funding is shrinking and a growing number of uninsured Californians depend on their services.
Last year, California’s [...]
Filed under: News on March 12th, 2010 @ 8:00 am
Tagged with: Business, Community, effective, efficiency, funding, Technology
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. Together with some [...]
Filed under: News on March 11th, 2010 @ 9:00 am
Tagged with: Business, clean energy, economy, global, markets, Technology
Porsche revealed an ultra-efficient, low-emission, mid-engine super sports car that features hybrid and electronic drive technology at this month’s Geneva Motor Show.
The 918 Spyder combines high-tech racing features with electric-mobility to offer a wide range of innovative new qualities. For example, it comes with a fuel consumption rate of nearly 78 mpg, which is [...]
Filed under: News on March 8th, 2010 @ 10:56 am
Tagged with: clean energy, consumer, innovation, innovative, Technology
Hyundai and BASF are presenting their jointly developed i-flow concept car this month at the Geneva Motor Show. The innovations in the i-flow are the first included in any vehicle to date, and illustrate a great many possibilities for mobility in the future. For example, the interior of the i-flow offers a revolutionary seating concept, [...]
Filed under: News on March 5th, 2010 @ 8:00 am
Tagged with: brands, clean energy, efficiency, energy, Environment, global, innovation, Technology
The Society for Information Display (SID) announced this week its lineup of keynote presenters slated for Display Week 2010, May 23-28, 2010, at the Washington State Convention Center in Seattle. The 48th annual SID International Symposium, Seminar, and Exhibition returns to the Pacific Northwest this year amid growing commercialization and the first stirrings of an [...]
The Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) Summit started on Monday, attracting thousands of investors, entrepreneurs, and policymakers vying to reinvent the energy infrastructure to be cleaner and more efficient. At the conference, scientists and entrepreneurs will be showing off early stage clean tech ideas, such as kinetic energy storage systems and methods for low cost [...]
Filed under: News on March 3rd, 2010 @ 11:15 am
Tagged with: Business, economy, entrepreneur, Environment, innovation, investment, markets, sustainability, Technology
If the high-tech development of a California-made fuel cell that produces electricity is a genuine clean-energy breakthrough, then American ingenuity will have reached some important new milestones.
First, it could indicate a significant revival of the U.S. technological innovation that has largely slipped away into the hands of China, Germany, and other nations. China is currently [...]
Filed under: News on March 1st, 2010 @ 9:26 am
Tagged with: Business, clean energy, economy, effective, efficiency, energy, Environment, funding, global, government, innovation, sustainability, Technology, US
A near 10 percent drop in clean tech investments last year indicated that the U.S. might be losing its place as the world’s top investor and enabler of clean tech innovation.
Last year, U.S. clean tech investments dropped to a five year low, from 72 percent of the worldwide total in 2008 to 62 percent, [...]
Filed under: News on February 26th, 2010 @ 7:54 am
Tagged with: Business, clean energy, economy, government, growth, innovation, markets, networks, News, Technology
Funding from the UK Innovation Investment Fund (UKIIF) was announced by Prime Minister Gordon Brown, who claims it demonstrates a “commitment to the industries and the technologies.”
The UKIIF was announced by Brown last June and will target slow growing businesses, start-ups and spin-outs including those in the pre-profit and pre-revenue stages of development.
It was [...]
Filed under: News, Uncategorized on February 25th, 2010 @ 11:34 am
Tagged with: Business, economy, global, government, innovation, start-up, startup, strategy, sustainability, Technology
In the San Francisco Bay Area’s high-tech hub, the economic downturn caused jobs, patents, and venture capital investment to decline in 2009, according to the “2010 Index of Silicon Valley” study released this month. The survey also shows office vacancy at its highest rate since 1988, as the focus has shifted from software to green [...]
Filed under: News on February 24th, 2010 @ 11:10 am
Tagged with: Business, Community, economy, Environment, funding, growth, innovation, 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.