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France is going after one of the key obstacles to getting electric cars on the road: the need for a charging infrastructure. The country is changing all that by spending $2.2 billion to build a network of charging stations.

Taxpayer money will go to fund the project that will install the initial nation-wide network, but beyond that, the country is putting t… Continue

The $150 Space Camera.

Bespoke is old hat. Off-the-shelf is in. Even Google runs the world’s biggest and scariest server farms on computers home-made from commodity parts. DIY is cheaper and often better, as Justin Lee and Oliver Yeh found out when they decided to send a camera into space.

The two… Continue

The basic idea: be more efficient, resilient, and able to use more renewable energy.
(Graphic Credit: Department of Energy)

Article from cnet.com July 10, 2009 by Martin LaMonica
FAQ: What the smart grid means to you

Yet again, the tech industry has a buzzword everyone seems… Continue

Posted from the Times Online - http://www.timesonline.co.uk, May 27, 2009
Article: Professor Steven Chu: paint the world white to fight global warming



Mark Henderson, Science Editor
As a weapon against global warming, it sounds so simple and low-tech that it could not possibly work. But the idea of using millions of buckets of whitewash to avert climate catastrophe has won the backing of one of the world’s most influential scientists.

Steven Chu, the Nobel prize-winning phys… Continue

Tata Motors received more than 203,000 fully paid bookings for its new Nano subcompact car in just two weeks, the company reported in a statement on Monday.

“Tata Motors places on record its gratitude to the people of India for according such a warm welcome to the Tata Nano,” said th… Continue