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Intel Makes US$10 Million Investment in Cleantech Companies

Santa Clara, California-based Intel, the world's leading chip maker, has recently announced that it has invested, through Intel Capital, its global investment organization, into 5 clean technology companies, reaffirming the chip maker's commitment towards the adoption and development of green energy efficie...

30 July 2009
05:08 GMT

Waste Heat to Be Used for Cooling Systems

The energy efficiency of diesel engines could soon be improved, thanks to a new heat-conversion technique devised by experts at the Oregon State University (OSU). They have discovered a way to tap into the large reserves of waste heat and to turn them into “fuel” for cooling systems, an innovation that co...

2 April 2009
04:55 GMT

The Global Financial Crisis Reduces 'Green' Expenses

The current global financial crisis seems to be affecting the way “green” Americans conduct their everyday lives, in that people who would otherwise invest in cleaner cars and more efficient technologies now find themselves caught up in mortgages and loan payments and simply cannot afford to shrink their ...

13 December 2008
04:30 GMT

Google Joins DRSG

Yesterday (Thursday, November 13), Google joined the Demand Response and Smart Grid Coalition (DRSG), an association that promotes the monitoring of electricity consumption in both the power grid and end users' homes. This step is the latest in a series of environment-friendly actions that Google.org engaged in ...

14 November 2008
03:28 GMT

IBM Spends on Incentives to Train Business Partners

IBM seems to defy the current financial crisis as its third quarter figures are expected to be better-than-expected. We already said a few words on the Big Blue's good state and more good news on the company emerges to the Web. Given its upwards direction, IBM decided that it was high time to spend some money on...

13 October 2008
05:55 GMT

New Seal Makes OLEDs Moisture-free

Organic light emitting diodes, or OLEDs for short, are now viewed as the future of solid state displays, mostly because they are easy to manufacture and much more efficient at converting electric energy into light. Nevertheless, the OLED design is flawed by the fact that they are very susceptible to moisture, which i...

23 April 2008
10:22 GMT

TI Creates Microchip Working on 0.3 Volts Only

The new microchip design is to be unveiled today at the International Solid-State Circuits Conference taking place in San Francisco, and may ultimately lead to the creation of ultra-efficient portable electronic devices that would be powered with energy levels 10 times lower than those created through present technol...

5 February 2008
04:28 GMT

Say Good Bye To The Light Bulb!

Since its invention more than 125 years ago, the light bulb has suffered relatively small changes in its design. It is probably the most inefficient device ever developed, since more than 90 to 95 percent of the energy it consumes during operation is spent on useless heat radiating from the tungsten filament, and onl...

20 December 2007
03:52 GMT


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