Monday, July 7th, 2008
The camera system sought by members of the Big Picture Summit will have 16 times greater data display capability than this graphic display from Sandia National Laboratories, which can visualize highly complex supercomputer algorithms.
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Thursday, June 12th, 2008
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The United States continues to be the leading source of newly patented inventions compared with the EU and Asia.
Despite the growing belief that it has lost its edge, the U.S. is still the 800-pound gorilla in science and technology worldwide, according to a new RAND Corporation report.
The United States accounts ...
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Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008
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The U.S. Air Force's research arm, the Office of Scientific Research, has pioneered a new visualization technology called "ghost-imaging," which uses light to create images of objects the light has never interacted with.
Ghost-imaging is similar to taking a flash-lit photo of an object using a normal camera. The image ...
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Thursday, May 29th, 2008
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We can't promise that you'll find the answer blowing there, but you'll definitely find the wind if you follow this map.
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Friday, May 2nd, 2008
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Thursday, May 1st, 2008
A123 Systems, an advanced battery start-up in Massachusetts, will likely announce plans for an IPO any day now, according to Scott Kirsner.
Although the company has been the subject of IPO rumors for months, a company spokesperson said the battery-maker had no IPO plans in the works. In ...
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Thursday, May 1st, 2008
Hollywood's hottest solar-energy start-up, SUNRGI, emerged from deep stealth yesterdat with the subtlety of a sledgehammer.
The company, which has a research facility in Silicon Valley, claims to have crossed a critical threshold long pursued in concentrated solar power companies. SUNRGI says that its 'Xtreme Concentrated Photovoltaics' solar system technology will ...
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Wednesday, April 30th, 2008
The UpWind wind-energy project, Europe's largest research effort to develop next generation wind technologies, will soon reach its half-way mark.
[singlepic=52,760,610,,center]UpWind is a 5-year wind-energy research project, which began in March 2006 and will end in February 2011. The project seeks to develop superior wind-turbine components needed for large-scale wind-power ...
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Sunday, April 27th, 2008
**Graphic Provided Courtesy of Dep't of Energy, EERE Office
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