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The Baby Embrace

admin — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 01:13:53 +0000

Good news for premature babies born in developing countries: The Embrace, a $25 infant warmer that acts as an alternative to pricey incubators, just got its first clinical trial test subject in India. The lucky baby was Nisha, a 5-pound girl with a healthy twin brother.

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Google Mirrors

admin — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 21:50:42 +0000

Google continues to revolutionize the energy industry with a new type of mirror that would cut the cost of building a solar thermal plant in half. Google claims it could be ready in one to three years if all goes to plan.

Bloom Energy Fuel Cell

admin — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 23:04:28 +0000

The Bloom Energy fuel cell is basically a flat piece of sand made from a process dubbed – Powder to Power. The cell runs on a variety of fuels, including traditional fuel, natural gas, biomass gas, landfill gas, and ethanol, without the need to use chemical plants for processing. A single cell-filled Bloom Box provides 100 kW of power and has a 3 to 5 year payback period with fixed costs for 10 years. Any piece of the device that isn’t working can be swapped out without bringing down the whole machine.

Google Taps into Power

admin — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 01:25:47 +0000

Back in December, Google formed an energy subsidiary under the name Google Energy. Google recently put in a request to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to buy and sell electricity on wholesale markets. And now FERC has officially approved(PDF) the request for Google to buy and sell energy at market rates. So what does Google plan to do with its new power? The FERC grant says, “Google Energy states that it was formed to identify and develop opportunities to contain and manage the cost of energy for Google. Google Energy states that it intends to act as a power marketer, purchasing electricity and reselling it to wholesale customers.”