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Archive for March, 2010
Video: Ideas For A Better City
Mar 31st
Live in a crowded city? Some big cities across the planet are making lives better by making small changes in the way things work. Watch the video for more insight. [via GOOD]
One Low Cost Innovation, One Smoked Up Car
Mar 31st
Remember the cheapest car in the world – the Tata Nano? The Nano is a prime example of low cost innovation, from the drawing board to the consumer. Delivered at a very inexpensive $2500 – $3500 a piece. That said, there are problem with this model of innovation. While you are trying to get the
New Electric Car Company On The Block
Mar 31st
How often do you see a company scoring $394 million on funding? Coda Automotive has just scored that much in funding! Coda will be using these funds to ramp up battery production for their new car.
Solar Energy Scoring Big Bucks. Enphase Energy scores $40 mil.
Mar 31st
Solar Energy companies are commanding a large piece of the money going into clean energy startups. We had reported Spectra Watt’s $41 million round some time back. Now its Enphase energy’s turn. Enphase energy, a solar energy inverter manufacturing company has scored a cool $40 million in financing. It is important to note that money is flowing into the solar energy market both on the energy generation and the energy storage and distribution ends. This brings a lot of strength into this sector as we go into an of oil free future. Bay Partners led the equity financing. This round of financing also included participation from Horizon Technology Finance, Bridge Bank (NASDAQ: BBNK) and existing investors Third Point Ventures, RockPort Capital Partners, Madrone Capital Partners and Applied Ventures LLC. Full PR text after the break.
Idea 291: Know Japan, Well
Mar 30th
Don’t know about the most technologically advanced nation in the world? A 12 minute video from Kenici, a graphic designer from Japan might be able to enlighten you. I think I can head off to Japan right away and have absolutely no problems living there, after watching this video. Video after the break. UPDATE: The author
Idea 290: Smash Microscopic Particles Together.
Mar 30th
We are not really looking for life “out there” very actively but hey, we ARE seeking bigger answers – like how this universe was formed. The CERN Large Hadron Collider has taken one step forward in realizing answers to that question. The LHC struck particles at a record 7TeV today in search for the “God Particle”. What LHC calls the first high energy collision sets the ground for new discoveries in Physics. Are we looking at a new golden age of Physics? We will know in 2 years time. Apparently 2000 graduate students are in line to access full data from these experiments. Full PR text after the break.
Idea 289: Award An Outstanding Engineer
Mar 30th
Do you know an outstanding engineer? Someone who has pushed the boundaries of technology and created something amazing? Then go ahead and nominate them for an SME award. The Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME), the world’s leading professional society serving the manufacturing industry, is issuing its annual call for nominations for the 2011 International Honor Awards, the Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer Award and the Award of Merit.
Chevy Equinox + Amp = All Electric Chevy Equinox
Mar 30th
Tired of waiting for that much talked about all-electric car (read Nissan Leaf)? If you cannot wait, the check this out. A little known company from Ohio is taking regular road cars and converting them into all-electric versions.
Disruptive Innovation: GE’s Next Generation 4MW Windmill
Mar 29th
An interesting article is out on PopSci – a break up view of GE’s brand new next gen windmill. The new windmill generates a massive 4 MW of electricity! This beats GE’s best wind turbine with a rating of 2.5 MW. Although this energy output is about 75% of Enercon’s E126, which sports a 6MW rating, the GE windmill will be unique in its own right.
Infographic: Who is coming to the USA
Mar 29th
We recently wrote about Xerox heading to India looking for Innovation. Today let us look at who is headed to the US. This graphic – a representation of the 2008 statistic of who got to the US is a beautiful way of putting the message across. While Mexico tops the list of countries from which immigrants came to the US, China and India take up the second and third spots respectively. Infograhic after the break.
