which provide data center space as a service, are beginning to offer clean energy options, too. On Thursday Phoenix, Arizona-based data center service provider IO announced that customers purchasing data center space in the company Arizona facility can buy 100 percent clean energy, at an incremental cost increase
through a new deal with Arizona utility Arizona Public service. IO President Anthony Wanger said that the new offering came
I had the chance to see Ember in action at Autodesk Pier 9 manufacturing space in San francisco. It a digital light processing machine,
#Spire wants to improve weather forecasting with tiny satellites will need you a raincoat or shorts tomorrow?
Chances are the weather data you use to determine the answer comes from the roughly 20 satellites orbiting Earth that monitor weather systems.
Spire, a San francisco startup that is currently testing a small group of shoebox-sized satellites, will announce Thursday that it will put its soon-to-launch fleet of commercial satellites to work collecting an unprecedented amount of weather data.
Spire will have 20 satellites orbiting Earth by the end of this year, and at least 100 3. 5 years from now if all goes according to plan.
Together the satellites will eventually provide 100 times more information. e want to take advantage of technology that available,
technology that we have developed, and move weather forecasting into an entirely different realm, CEO Peter Platzer said in an interview.
With more satellites, the experience will be more akin to pulling up Google maps on a mobile device.
Spire satellites will measure the humidity temperature and pressure the three main ingredients of weather forecasting of Earth atmosphere.
The sensors are attached to satellites designed to only last a few years. There are so many that if one fails it doesn take down the entire system,
and replacements with even newer technology will be launched frequently. Spire is among a growing number of startups to be launching large constellations of satellites into space.
Many of the earliest entrants, such as Planet Labs, have been focusing on imaging. Big players like Spacex and Google are looking at satellite-based internet.
Spire is the first to name weather as a major part of its business plan. e are just unwilling to accept that the way people think about the weather is just the way it is said,
Platzer. e think it very un-Silicon valley
#Biolite low-emission camping stove creates its own electricity Consider the humble camping stove. It requires fuel-perhaps some unwieldy bottle that air carriers object strongly to.
to develop the world first forced air rocket stove. Biolite won top prize in the Vodafone Innovation Project recently,
leaving behind an empty space known as a vacancy. The displaced atoms are called interstitials and they,
#Humancar aims for a healthy planet with healthy drivers At first glance it might look a bit like an elongated pedal car for kids,
So not only is it healthy for the planet it is healthy for the occupants too.
Humancar aims for a healthy planet with healthy drivers History The Humancar is the brainchild of Chief Scientist/Engineer Charles Samuel Greenwood P. E.,who first hit upon the idea for a human
Humancar aims for a healthy planet with healthy drivers NEV The innovative vehicle is dubbed an NEV because it falls into the U s. Department of transportation Neighborhood Electric vehicle (NEV) classification for low speed vehicles.
reasonably priced alternative that not only helps the planet, but helps the health of its occupants too.
which is 50 million times weaker than the Earth's magnetic field.""By making an inexpensive system you could have one in every hospital to test for traumatic brain injuries
#Lely Astronaut A4 milking robot lets cows milk themselves If cow milking recalls a bucolic image of a farmer strolling out to the barn with a bucket and stool,
A case in point is the Astronaut 4 from Dutch agricultural firm Lely. With this robotic milker, the farmer needn't come any closer to the action than a readout on a smartphone,
The Astronaut 4 is one of a range of robotic farming systems made by Lely, including robotic cowshed cleaners and forage pushers.
The Astronaut 4 system is designed to be as easy as possible for the cow to use.
and the Astronaut 4 version is developed a more model. It looks formidable, but that because it designed to be stable
and pen of the Astronaut 4 are equipped also with sensors to detects signs of mastitis.
#NASA probe will reveal 3d architecture of forests from space NASA is developing a laser-based instrument for deployment on the International space station that will probe the depths of Earth's forests from space in a bid to reveal more about their role in the planet's carbon cycle.
After its completion in 2018, this Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation (GEDI) lidar will join the likes of the Soil Moisture Active Passive satellite in studying Earth's vegetation on a global scale."
"GEDI will be a tremendous new resource for studying Earth's vegetation, "said Piers Sellers, deputy director of the Sciences and Exploration Directorate at NASA'S GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER."
"In particular, the GEDI data will provide us with global-scale insights into how much carbon is being stored in the forest biomass.
when combined with the historical record of changes captured by the U s. longstanding program of Earth-orbiting satellites, such as Landsat and MODIS."
GEDI's 3d maps could be combined with maps from other satellites to examine the role forest architecture plays in biodiversity and land use,
The GEDI lidar will be built at NASA'S GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER, with the University of Maryland, College Park leading the project e
and the filters gradually degrade under exposure to sunlight. The Rice researchers stumbled upon the new technique while studying the hypothesis that cephalopods such as octopus and squid
#Nissan and NASA team up for autonomous drive vehicle development It may seem akin to an alliance between a railway and a submarine manufacturer,
but Japanese automaker Nissan has signed a pact with US space agency NASA to develop self-driving cars. The five-year agreement announced last week covers a partnership on research and development of autonomous vehicle systems and their commercial applications.
Nissan) View All the agreement involves scientists and engineers at Nissan's US Silicon valley Research center and NASA's Ames Research center,
NASA has, in fact, been in the car business for over forty years, ever since the first Lunar rover went for a spin during the Apollo 15 mission in 1971.
Since then, the space agency has been developing more sophisticated versions for lunar and planetary excursions, including the nuclear-powered Curiosity Mars rover,
which is essentially a semi-autonomous 4x4 with six wheels.""The work of NASA and Nissan with one directed to space
and the other directed to earth, is connected by similar challenges, "says Carlos Ghosn, president and CEO of Nissan motor company."
"The partnership will accelerate Nissan's development of safe, secure and reliable autonomous drive technology that we will progressively introduce to consumers beginning in 2016 up to 2020."
"Nissan says that the partnership will focus on the development of autonomous driving systems, human-machine interfaces, network-based applications,
and software analysis that could have uses both On earth and in space. The ultimate goal is to produce zero-emission proof-of-concept vehicles capable of self-navigation in difficult situations,
such as the mountains of Mars or driving cross town in the rush hour. Source: Nissa s
and sizes can safely operate in the US airspace.""Source: CN N
#8 ways the Oculus Rift could (eventually) transcend gaming Gamers have been buzzing about the Oculus Rift for a couple of years already
and miles of boring dirt during your road trip to Vegas you could battle aliens save Gotham City
however, the TAO Chair takes the seated workout out of the office and puts it in a more relaxing space.
#New Spanish streetlight powered by the sun and the wind The light is being developed through a collaboration between the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya and Spanish startup Eolgreen.
Spain University of Seville is also working on a solar wind-powered streetlight, while New york-based Urban Green energy already manufacturers one r
"Seventy-five percent of the universe is made out of hydrogen. Hydrogen is the most plentiful substance in the universe.
Contrast that now to oil, black gold, one of the rarest of substances on the Planet Earth.
Nations will kill to secure supplies of oil. Oil is found perhaps in the most dangerous, volatile, unstable areas of the Planet Earth."
"Toyota hopes to help jumpstart this future hydrogen society by sharing its intellectual property. This week's announcement represents the first time that it's sharing patents free of charge.
Professor Sun Xiaowei and colleagues at NTU have developed a self-powered smart window that is bi-functional.
"says Sun. The scientists also used a small section of their device to power a red LED,
Sun and team are now focusing on further improving the performance of their device and are looking into commercializing the technology,
and can be used easily outdoors, even in full sunlight. As a result, the new technology lends itself to applications such as 3d electronic billboards that could display different ads at the same time, dependent upon the angle of the viewer."
#Panasonic#s new technology purifies water with sunlight and photocatalysts Drinking clean water is something that many people in the world can't take for granted as they rely on polluted sources
In response to that problem Panasonic is developing a new technology that looks to the sun to clean water extracted from the ground.
The company recently presented a system that uses sunlight and photocatalysts to purify polluted water at a high reaction rate to improve access to clean water where it's needed.
and it's essential for the future sustainability of the planet that these vehicles are able to cope with the increasing demands being put on them.
#ISAAC robot joins NASA to weave advanced composites The robot revolution continues at NASA this month as its Langley Research center in Hampton,
it will be formally commissioned on January 26 before being put to work making lighter, stronger composite components for aerospace vehicles.
NASA/David C. Bo...The idea is that the ribbons are made up of partially cured resins mixed with carbon fibers.
According to NASA, more conventional composite manufacturing requires these ribbons to be laid down at one of three angles 0 degrees, 45, or 90.
lighter material that can be tailored quickly to match precise aerospace specifications at lower costs. NASA says that this versatility will not only help in creating better composites
but it will also speed up the prototyping process As well as ISAAC begins work on the Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate Advanced Composites Project and the Space technology Mission Directoratecomposites for Exploration Upper Stage,
it will not only be able to create scale models for wind tunnel tests, but even fan blades for the wind tunnel itself.
Freedom of design increases the range of panel applications on the surfaces of interior and exterior building spaces.
organic photovoltaics) harvesting energy from interior lighting or sunlight for various small devices and sensors that gather information from the environment.
American Community Survey data, crunched by City Observatory, reveals that the number of college-educated young adults (ages 25 to 34) living within three miles of city centers has risen 37 percent since the millennium.
and storefronts that were once spaces of production (craftsmen, tailors and so on) become places to consume food,
said the soft-spoken inventor. emperature from the sun does not go beyond this level in terms of heating
Of course, with more startups, this is still a tough space, with VCS funding only one out of 400 requests they get,
##We need to get the entire universe here to accept how the sausage is made. But once you do that, the entire experience for inbound or outbound, it s better.##
what every other state is going to have to look at as they start reaching higher and higher levels of solar activity,
###An invisible button is simply an area in space that is##clicked##when a person or object##in this case,
a smartphone##moves into that physical space. It could be as small as a two-inch square on top of a conventional credit card reader,
or Android phone to#know its position in space with centimeter precision. You can think of ibeacon as a version of GPS that works indoors
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#Google s new robot army Wildcat Google has purchased Boston Dynamics, the#lab of scientists#behind some of the most awesomely scary robots you have seen ever.
He wanted to find a project in which the sun did more than just power a device.
With enough sun, a large lens and an ample supply of sand, he figured he might be able to produce glassware.
He knew the sun would move and the focal point would shift during the process, so he ordered a single 4. 5-foot-wide lens
and solar panels at the other, can pivot from straight overhead down to a 45-degree angle to chase the sun. directed by a CAD design from a connected laptop,
the printer uses the concentrated beam of sunlight to slowly trace an object into the sandbox layer by layer.
The sun melts the sand, which cools into glass. When the electronics began overheating, Kayser cut open a soup can,
The sun melted only the sand, and, after more than four hours, he printed a glass bowl,
Kayser digs the object out of the sandbox TRACKING Kayser attached a cylindrical sun tracker to the frame perpendicular to the lens.
When the sun is directly in line with the lens, it shines straight through an opening in the top of the cylinder.
As the sun shifts, the light comes in at an angle, creating shadows within the cylinder.
they also benefit from the sun tracking, which ensures that they always get direct light.
Considering observed concentrations of#carbon dioxide in the atmosphere passed an alarming threshold earlier this year,
and the primarily provider would be your solar system and your storage device.####For now, though, it s only a minor threat to utilities that levy high demand charges,
I think you ll see up to 50 percent of solar systems will have energy storage, ##says Rive.####The economics and scale that Tesla has achieved in the automotive market now make stationary energy storage more cost effective and reliable than it has ever been in the past,##JB Straubel,
Affectiva s clients include Unilever, Mars and Coca-cola. The advertising research agency Millward Brown#says it has used Affectiva s technology to test about 3, 000 ads for clients.
such as this#solar-powered one that flew cross-country using the power of the sun. But,
#Will 3d printing bring space-based solar power to reality? Spiderfab 3-D robotic printer Since the 1970##s, space-based solar power has been a futuristic fantasy
but the advent of 21st#century 3-D printing may bring it a step closer to reality.
and the ability to fabricate space system components on-orbit instead of building them on the ground,
Inc. TUI has won two rounds of funding for its Spiderfab 3-D robotic printer from the#NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts#(NIAC) program.
##Our analysis shows we can get orders of magnitude improvement in the stowed volume and mass of space systems,
##3-D printing and robotic construction of components on-orbit would allow a smaller, less expensive launch rocket that will##improve performance per cost by orders of magnitude,
Once#in space, TUI s Trusselator, the first step in the Spiderfab architecture, would use 3-D printing techniques
It would##enable construction of large support structures for systems such as multi-hundred-kilowatt solar arrays, large solar sails,
##For#space-based solar power (SBSP), there would be two basic steps, Hoyt explained. First, the 3-D printer would build a carbon fiber truss structure that would act as a frame for the system.
##We haven t yet looked in detail at space-based solar, ##Hoyt said. But a just-completed design analysis for a 300-kilowatt orbital solar array verified that Spiderfab can provide the projected tenfold decrease in stowed volume
##explained NASA Apollo 11 lunar landing vehicle manager Hubert Davis, a member of#the Solar High Study Group#of nine former NASA and Apollo program scientists and retired
The Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency has alsoworked on it. The delivered cost of power from SBSP
according to#August 2012 calculationsby NASA Apollo program engineer Philip Chapman, would be $0. 10 to $0. 11 per kilowatt-hour.
##But the maximum radio frequency intensity of the transmission##is only one-fourth that of sunlight,##according to former NASA wireless power transmission engineer Richard Dickinson.
if there was any interruption at the earth station.####Aircraft can safely traverse the beam and tests have demonstrated that even the sensitive honeybee is unaffected,
##Given the way#NASA#is funded, Spiderfab is three years to five years out, ##Hoyt said.##
##But##on-orbit fabrication with Spiderfab,##a TUI presentation#promises,##will enable NASA to accomplish ten times more science per dollar.##
It may think that the search term##pink##relates to the pop star rather than the color
while in sun-blasted Arizona the state s big utility tried to short-circuit a solar boom.
when the sun isn t shining. In Arizona, that credit is calculated at retail rates and APS argued that penalized homeowners who don t go solar as the utility will be forced to raise their rates to pay for the transmission system
##With the success of Nokia in the 90s, it grew our confidence that we could really make it in the tech space,
which Seymourpowell says increases a passenger s sense of independence and control over their own space.
This simple adjustment gives the father more lateral space than almost#any major airline would offer in economy
offering airlines and passengers a##premium##row for those would like to pay more for the space.
and we can build every product under the sun for those people. And we re going to try and do it.##
half the planet s population may be served best with pay-as-you-go solar technology, not grid services.
So she opts for a small home solar system to cover basic needs like mobile charging.
Due to a combination of new found purchasing power, declining solar system costs, increasing kerosene costs, and advances in solar services business models,
Right now, the space is cash-starved and entrepreneurs are spending the vast majority of their time cobbling together financing,
Ted Hesser believes the problem is a mislabeling of the space. He doesn t call it##impact investing##or##social entrepreneurial activity###instead,
Insects are small and nimble enough to get into almost any tight space, so it makes sense to create a#similarly sized drone#for stealth military missions.##
perhaps, depleting) planet.####Meat will become a luxury food and will become very expensive, ##Professor Post said.
When in the atmosphere, electricity exists as a magnetic field. The trick is to capture it safely to recharge devices.
Because electricity moves through the air as magnetic waves that are similar to the earth s magnetic waves,
We are seeing a fast growing trend towards harvesting water from the atmosphere, something our ancestors first began working on centuries ago.
The earth atmosphere is a far more elegant water distribution system than rivers, reservoirs, and underground waterways.
Using solar wind, and other forms of passive energy, our future water networks will be operate with far more efficiency and convenience than anything imaginable today.
Here are some of the true innovators in this space: Fogquest is a Canadian nonprofit that uses modern fog collectors to bring drinking water and water for irrigation and reforestation to rural communities in developing countries around the world.
It will generate between 1-3 Gallons Water/day depending on the humidity conditions and sun conditions.
so what if the containers automatically added the water directly from the atmosphere once we took it home?
Now measuring and application technologies from automatic sprayers to satellites are so cheap and effective,
Last month, Greenpeace released a short video that imagines a future in which swarms of robotic bees have been deployed to save our planet after the real insects go extinct.
A right to be forgotten would surely apply differently for public figures as compared with private citizens that are not active in the public space.
and satellites to provide internet connectivity to remote corners of the world where installing internet cables is especially difficult.
Public Market Not Ready for Iot Though still in its early stages, Iot remains a tough space for public investors to gain exposure, especially to
They re scattered throughout a constellation of 102 federal prisons, 1, 719 state prisons, 2, 259 juvenile facilities, 3, 283 local jails,
In time or in space, the warehousing of millions of Americans knows no parallels. In keeping with American history,
#New LED light technology sheds light on the future of food LED growing lights, delivering sunlight whatever the weather.
and can save space and energy and improve crop yield. It takes advantage of the vertical space of city buildings rather than turning over wide expanses of land to agriculture and uses advanced greenhouse technology:
hydroponics or aeroponics, and environmental controls that regulate temperature, humidity and light to produce vegetables, fruits and other crops year-round.
This increases efficiency, not just in terms of energy use but by allowing layers of growing plants to be packed more densely, making more efficient use of space.
and a meter is a meter anywhere on the planet because of the International Bureau of Weights and Measures.
a space where Torontonians can hang out with felines. I think with people who are independent,
2013, Elon musk, chief executive of Tesla motors TSLA+2. 28%and Spacex, revealed details of a new super fast mode of transportation called the Hyperloop.
However, a futuristic on-demand 500m monorail test loop being built at the#Israel Aerospace industry (IAI) campus#in Lod,
or if they really just hate the idea of sharing space with other people. Despite its futuristic ring
and with its NASA campus headquarters and#Space Act Agreement#funding, it could actually go places.
At that point, they step into the hologram space, which consists of walls with grids on them that the phone uses to track with technology similar to#Google s Tango.
and No. 2 complaints that people have about office space, says Lindsay Baker, vice president of research for Building Robotics,
By conditioning those spaces less we re saving an enormous amount of energy. As someone uses the app,
a company that specializes in photos taken by satellites, for $500 million.##Skybox#boasts that it built
and launched the world s smallest high-resolution imaging satellite, and the company provides data analytics
and video of Earth taken from afar. In announcing the deal Tuesday, Google#said#the buyout will help bolster Google maps by keeping the service accurate with up-to-date images.
and build its own fleet of satellites. Over time, we also hope that Skybox s team
The deal comes as big tech companies have become more interested in aerial technology including satellites
Google in April purchased drone maker Titan Aerospace to help further#Project Loon, the company s initiative to bring the Internet to less-connected places around the world using high-altitude Wi-fi balloons.
Facebook which was said also to be in acquisition talks#with Titan Aerospace has focused on developing drones and satellites as a means for beaming Internet connectivity to more people.
Skybox in November#launched#Skysat-1, a satellite capable of taking 90-second videos at 30 frames per second.
The satellite was to be the first of a fleet of 24 launched to capture views of Tokyo;
#he discovered#a new kind of geometric shape called an amplituhedron one that hints at a new way of seeing the universe.
This result, the volume, is a single term that fits on a space the size of a napkin.
the shape does not exist in space-time it does not rely on a conception of the universe that theoretical physicists suspect might be incorrect.
When they try to knit together large-scale and small-scale forces, such as gravity and those that hold atoms together, the assumption of space-time leads to mathematical inconsistencies, a clue that something s amiss with current assumptions
about the universe. We ve known for decades that space-time is doomed, says Arkani-Hamed. We know it is not there in the next version of physics.
the Luna Wash is like a miniature dirt-destroying Death Star that uses static electricity and steam to coax your clothes clean.
On a grander scale, the material could be used in aerospace applications where a crack or break could prove difficult to repair or deadly.
#The next Great Space Race Space-Based Power stations Futurist Thomas Frey: Earth appetite for power continues to grow.
Since the 1960s, power consumption has quadrupled around the globe, with many countries opting to build large oil
For this reason, the Japan aerospace exploration agency (JAXA) recently announced its 25-year plan to build the world first 1-gigawatt power plant in space.
and beaming it to earth has been around ever since Dr. Peter Glaser first proposed it in 1968.
and it would have required over 100 astronauts working with thousands of crude robots to create it.
What most people don realize is that solar panels in space are 10 times more efficient than those on earth
Many other countries won be comfortable with Japan having the world only expertise in building space-based power stations.
Here are thoughts a few on the massive implications of this JAXA announcement. Beam Me Down Scotty
neither the giant solar collectors in geosynchronous orbit nor the beaming microwaves, coming down to the island from 24,000 miles above Earth.
Space-based power stations have been the subject of research and a common theme among the sci-fi authors for decades.
system in space. This is about the same output as a typical nuclear power plant. Every year of technological advancement brings a drop in the cost of building it.
here is JAXA 25-year plan: BASIC RESEARCH PHASE (2014020) 2014 Demonstration on the ground 2017 1-kw satellite experiment DEVELOPMENT PHASE (2021030) 2021 100-kw satellite experiment 2024
Powering the Entire Solar system At first blush, most will imagine a space-based solar array powering our energy hungry businesses on earth,
but that only part of the equation. It can be used to power an entire solar-system of devices,
that will grow exponentially over the coming decades much like an Internet of things in space. It has the potential not only to continuously deliver limitless amounts of solar energy to markets On earth,
but also to power itself as well as a range of future space applications. Historically, space missions have been ower paupersconstrained in design by the limitations of power
and the high cost of getting that power. For this reason a wide range of R&d projects have been shelved simply because of their excessive power requirements.
Mastering Six Critical Disciplines The JAXA power station is estimated to weigh more than 10,000 metric tons and when fully deployed, stretch several miles across.
JAXA will have to demonstrate mastery of six critical disciplines: Wireless power transmission Space transportation Construction of large structures in orbit Satellite attitude and orbit control Space-based power generation Power management Of these six challenges,
the wireless power transmission remains the most formidable. So that precisely where JAXA has focused much of its research.
Wireless power transmission has been the subject of conspiracy theories and legends ever since Nikola Tesla experiments at the end of the 19th century.
The reason for converting energy to microwaves is because it impervious to weather condition and water in the upper atmosphere.
first from DC power to microwaves aboard the satellite, then back to DC again on the ground.
Optimal Satellite Design Two Approaches JAXA researchers are working on two different approaches. The first one involves a huge square panel (measuring over 1 mile per side) that is covered with photovoltaic receptors on the top and transmission antennas on the bottom.
which will be closer to Earth, will experience more gravitational pull down toward the planet and less centrifugal force away from it,
while the bus will be tugged upward by the opposite effects. This balancing of forces will keep the satellite in a stable orbit,
requiring a less-active control system, saving millions in fuel costs. However, this approach still has problems.
the amount of sunlight that hits it varies greatly as the geosynchronous satellite and Earth spin.
JAXA has come up with another more sophisticated approach that solves the solar collection problem by employing two huge reflective mirrors.
e already have the ability to perform docking maneuvers with large objects like docking the International space station,
Creating the first space-based power system will be no exception. With U s. influence eroding across Europe and Asia,
a space-based power station has the potential to reinvigorate NASA and give a needed dose of excitement to the thousands of space companies that support it.
China has proven that its aggressive posture can accomplish huge projects in short periods of time,
Russia existing space industry gives it a significant advantage over most newcomers. In addition to Japan obvious top 3 contenders are countries like South korea, Germany,
the new space race has begun just. By Futurist Thomas Fre
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