Using today certified power-production data, Company engineers estimate that a Solarwindowt installation on a fifty (50) story commercial building located in Florida could generate enough electricity to power at least 100 homes
Based on this newly validated data from the high-performance modules unveiled on March 26, 2014, New Energy review of prevailing published literature and scientific reports confirmed that Solarwindowt modules outperform publicized devices of comparable architecture, size,
The federal government estimates that by catalyzing private sector investments in commercial and industrial building energy upgrades,
#IBM technology underpins project to make British columbia the martest coast on the planetmarkham ON & VICTORIA BC#14 april 2014:
IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced it is collaborating with Ocean Networks Canada (ONC) on a three-year multi-million dollar project to equip British columbia with a monitoring
and prediction system to respond to offshore accidents tsunamis and other natural disasters. The new mart Oceans BCPROGRAM will use marine sensors
IBM is investing $12 million in cloud computing infrastructure analytics software services and skills training to support this next phase of the system
NC has a world-leading marine sensor network and associated expertisesays IBM President Dan Fortin.
and skills-training to ensure ONC has the capacity to analyse data from the new sensors coming online
NC will use an IBM on-premise cloud to run simulations on earthquakes and tsunamis with a goal of predicting their behaviour and potential impact on coastal areas.
Researchers will also employ a suite of IBM visual analytics data streams processing machine learning and data exploration software to develop test
and run decision-support systems with commercial viability that could aid industrial and governmental agencies in sea state pollution monitoring spill response and other aspects of ocean management.
Part of IBM commitment will go toward internships for over a dozen students from BC universities to build subject matter expertise and practical experience in this emerging industry.
The students will represent a broad cross-section of disciplines including MBAS researchers programmers and biologists.
IBM and ONC will also establish a Virtual Compute Lab for remote First Nations communities.
and university curriculum in their own community via the Internet allowing them to attend university without having to physically relocate to a campus. hrough IBM contribution wee able to draw insights
and conduct analysis of a massive amount of new data that will be critical in the implementation of a world-class marine safety systemsays ONC president Dr. Kate Moran. he expertise wel
and First Nations priorities. ig data is quickly becoming the next big#natural resource #but there is a current shortage of data scientists.
Some global estimates put the gap at 4. 4 million jobs by the end of this year with only one third of those jobs filled.
Through a series of investments totaling more than $200 million in the past two years alone IBM has made it a mandate in Canada to collaborate with academia
IBM is currently working in collaboration with more than 16 Canadian post-secondary institutions coast to coast to help advance research curriculum
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#Green crowdfunding success: Solartab a new breed of solar charger is the latest hit on Kickstarter Three-Man London Tech Start-up Scores A major Hit On Kickstarter. com With OLARTAB A Solar
Charger for Tablets and Phones Combine Efficient Green energy with Appealing Design for Unique Product (Currentmess LLC;
The trio were hoping to raise 30 000 US dollars over the course of a month via the popular American crowdfunding website just enough to start production of their eco-friendly device.
and an efficient solar panel which lets it users charge smartphones, and even tablets, on the go. Featuring a solar panel the size of an ipad,
the Solartab lets its users charge any mobile device using green, sun-fueled energy. And even more impressively, ipad enthusiasts can charge their beloved touch-screen gadget even
while theye listening to their favorite summer tune, or browsing the Internet. e wanted to create a really powerful charger that people would actually want to use,
all the time says Einberger. olar power should never be a mere gimmick on the contrary, we believe it the future of power consumption!
The enthusiastic young team may very well be on to something. Forward-thinking corporations are currently investing heavily in green energy alternatives,
and Google alone have made recently wind and solar investments totaling more than $1 billion. Using Methi, Vestre and Einberger new breed of solar charger,
keeping energy-hungry smartphones or tablets going all day at the beach, music festivals or picnics in the park is easier than ever.
The smart-looking device is equipped also with a high capacity internal battery, which means you can store solar power for later
and give any tablet another full charge after sunset. According to the team as long as the sun is out,
which lets users angle the solar panel in three different positions. After adjusting the angle to the sun current position,
all that left to do is plug in any smartphone or tablet and let nature take care of the rest.
Oh and the cover will also protect the Solartab while it tucked away in bags, on the way between beaches and parks.
enabling travellers to check emails and browse the Internet whilst travelling. Collaborators for the project include engineering firm Arup,
reading emails, reading papers whilst they go to the city centre itselfo they don have to concentrate in the long term in how they drive these things Beasley further stated that the technology used to design
*In Texas, Nest Labs, acquired by Google on Feb 7, announced 140 technical support and customer service jobs.
Additional information, including detailed breakout data for clean jobs in leading states for Q4 2013,
including water quality projects, energy-efficiency upgrades for state buildings, river revitalization, and habitat restoration projects. In June 2013, the state sold $100 million worth of green bonds as part of a larger bond sale, attracting some new investors specifically because of the green label.
the same types of systems can be implemented in skin-mounted configurations for health/wellness monitors or nonbiomedical devices.
and Ram Truck 3. 0-liter Ecodiesel engine D
#New Sensor Easily Detects Greenhouse gases Scientists have created a highly sensitive portable sensor to test the air for the most damaging greenhouse gases.
and their collaborators, offers the possibility that such devices may soon be as small as a typical smartphone.
professor of electrical and computer engineering and a professor of bioengineering. ethane is emitted by natural sources, such as wetlands,
and that excites the quartz tuning fork. he tuning fork is a piezoelectric element, so when the wave causes it to vibrate,
We haven seen a bigger one than the 4400-panel-covered Blackfriars rail bridge that spans the Thames in central London.
The PV panels over the rail bridge have been in place for a while now but this week Britain rail infrastructure company Network Rail officially unveiled them in a fashion only The british could come up with:
Blackfriars Bridge London (image via Network Rail) The panels on the bridge which connects north and south London in the center of the city cover some 6000 square meters Network Rail said about 1. 5 acres.
and the 900000 kilowatt-hours of annual generation forecast for the bridge means that the array of Sanyo panels will deliver a modest 9. 3 percent capacity factor.
which is available for ios and Android devices. Once a driver locates and selects the Blink EV charging station on the Blink App,
The updated version of the Blink App is currently available on Google Play for Android device
In addition, we also plan to continue our efforts with other EV charging hardware and network providers to integrate their systems with the Blink Network.
Along with the Blink App, EV drivers will continue to have the ability to initiate charging sessions through the touch screen of the Blink EV charging stations or by contacting Blink Customer Support.
and on that count there are now 32 buildings and one istrict (a group of buildings) that meet the ZNE mark, according to the New Buildings Institute PDF.
My favorite fact from the NBI 2014 report PDF: ZNE buildings use only a quarter of the energy of average buildings.
and China regarding lessons learned. e have been working with China on air and climate issues under a unique MOU signed by Gov. Jerry brown
placing turbines safely covered at ground level allowing installation close to the end user. This could be the beginning of transforming wind power into the baseload power source that coal has been since the early 1900s.
In energy saving modes, display brightness adjusts automatically to the viewing environment. According to the Federal trade commission nergy Guidelabel, the LG 55ec9300 has estimated an yearly energy cost of only $17.*
Its gentle curved screen makes quite a design statement and thanks to its frameless, bezel-less inema Screendesign, the picture goes virtually from edge to edge.
In the United states, LG Electronics sells a range of stylish and innovative home entertainment products, mobile phones, home appliances, commercial displays, air conditioning systems and solar energy solutions, all under LG ife Goodmarketing theme.
Air conditioning & Energy solutions and Vehicle Components and is one of the world leading producers of flat panel TVS, mobile devices, air conditioners, washing machines and refrigerators.
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and entertainment. he vehicles with free wi-fi onboard arrive at stops frequently#from every 10-18 minutes depending on the
#Watch Bill gates Drink Water From Human waste We know that Bill gates made a lot of money from Microsoft
I have visited lots of similar sites, like power plants and paper mills, so when I heard about this onet part of the Gates Foundation effort to improve sanitation in poor countries was eager to check it out.
Our goal is to make the processors cheap enough that entrepreneurs in low-and middle-income countries will want to invest in them and then start profitable waste treatment businesses.
a system of sensors and webcams that will let Janicki engineers control the processor remotely
and the reliability of climate information for the Mediterranean area and to communicate it in an effective way to local users.
Users then access the modelling results via CLIM-RUN web portal which relates the modelsresults to their specific industries and regions.
It aims to bridge the gap between users and climate services. To help users benefit as much as possible from the climate service,
the team also developed information sheets explaining how they produced their predictions and how to interpret the CLIM-RUN data.
The information sheets are available in English, French, Italian, Spanish and Greek. English versions are available on the CLIM-RUN website,
which will be online until at least 2017, while versions in other languages are available from ENEA,
He declares the team will continue to distribute information to users even after the project stops maintaining the website.
User-driven design CLIM-RUN was unique in that it designed its service around user demands,
Using face-to-face meetings, surveys, social networking and workshops, the CLIM-RUN team asked potential users to identify the main types of information that would be most useful to them.
The energy industry particularly wind and solar energy tourism and wildfire prediction services emerged as the areas of strongest demand.
Target users told the team they were interested in predictions by season and decade up to 2050, allowing them to plan for natural variations in weather as well as variations due to man-made climate change.
CLIM-RUN FP7 project Youtube-Video Project details Project acronym: CLIM-RUN Participants: Italy (Coordinator), Cyprus, France, Spain, Germany, UK, Belgium, Croatia, Tunisia, United states Proj.
But what if sensors could harness energy directly from their environment from the sun, from ambient heat, from radio waves or vibrations?
And that is precisely what a team of EU-funded researchers are achieving in the SWAP('Symbiotic Wireless Autonomous Powered system')project.
and expertise to develop the next generation of innovative, autonomously powered wireless sensors. n recent years,
vibrations and radio waves The SWAP team are studying, testing and deploying novel technologies that enable sensors to use solar
and thermal energy as well as radio waves and vibrations to power themselves. They are focusing on making energy harvesters more efficient
The researchers are also developing intelligent algorithms (small programs) to efficiently manage the energy obtained from the environment.
The algorithms are used then with advanced signal processing techniques to reduce the amount of data that has to be sent for a given monitoring application.
and the industrial partners are incorporating the algorithms and hardware innovations into commercial products. In the longer term, Nicola Bui, the former CEO of Patavina Technologies, a project partner based in Italy,
Known as TASS-it brings together different sources of data and offers security experts a single interface to see what is happening on the ground.
"The TASS system is a new way of taking data and feeds from existing airport systems bringing them all into one place.
It could deliver information to a single user, could have the opportunity to bring synergies across lots of systems,
and monitor these systems on an ongoing basis."The airport operator programmes the system to make connections between data sources and highlight potential threats in real time.
The other screens can show different information, for example there is a 3d visualisation, all the terminal, indoor and outdoor, is modelled by one of our technological partners."
#Putting the citizen at the centre of flood prevention Social media has broken down barriers between information providers and consumers.
So far the project team has tested successfully the concept of engaging citizens to monitor water levels.
And one of the project partners is seeking to market a social media analysis tool developed by the team in 2013.
The advent of mobile phones and social media means that citizens can be fully active in capturing,
often the cost of the communication infrastructure to transmit data dwarves the cost of the sensors themselves.
and sending information and images by phone. They can also help by reading existing sensors
and sending authorities the data via mobile apps. The collected data will be made available through the Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS.
New technologies and approaches to water management are being tested and validated in three EU countries: the UK, The netherlands and Italy. or example, we are developing mobile apps
which carries out large scale social media analysis to help emergency responders during large scale floods, found an application in monitoring large city wide events in England.
Peschl coordinated the XPRESS project-short for lexible Production Experts for Reconfigurable Assembly Technology. By designing assembly-line machines so they can perform on command not unlike robots that can follow verbal instructions factories can meet the rapidly changing needs of consumers and industrial customers
The XPRESS team has developed an intelligent machine called a anufactron. Peschl explains how the system works:
With XPRESS, the manufactrons receive information to drill a hole, and based on this information, the machine itself decides which kind of drill-bit to use and the speed of the drill.
In addition to aerospace, the XPRESS technology has also been tested in electronics, for manufacturing industrial switches; and in automobiles, for making car bodies.
XPRESS has shown that the time for setting up production lines can be reduced by up to 50 percent,
and that the new XPRESS technology can be woven into existing factories and machines. e have managed, for the first time,
Pooling their expertise, the group developed materials, software and procedures for building custom-made, biocompatible prosthetics using small-scale manufacturing techniques.
Access to the software for the process is simple Dr Hurtos says. ou just need internet access to an online platform where algorithms anonymise the medical images for confidentiality,
she says. Innovative polymers and ceramics and novel image-processing software from the project are already being commercialised.
Several of the companies involved in the project have taken out patents on their results, while breakthroughs in automatic manufacturing are expected to benefit other industries.
Image of blue skyscraper kiko-Fotolia. com The manufacturing of solar energy panels is therefore likely to grow into a significant industry,
which would enhance the manufacturing of solar energy panels, making them more efficient and less expensive than anything currently available.
whether the panels are deployed terrestrially or in space. Their significantly reduced weight is one clear benefit.
is expected to enable construction workers and surveyors to test for the mineral's presence in building and demolition sites.
ALERT project coordinator Alan Archer says the tool is expected to instantly give potentially lifesaving information about the levels of asbestos to people working on building and demolition sites
emergency services, asbestos removal and hazardous waste sites. ith ALERT tool, we can give 30 million European workers a means of detecting asbestos the moment it is disturbed,
biotechnology and information technologies to develop an artificial hand that patients were able to experience, to some degree,
To that end a European research project has developed a huge interactive database of TBI-related physiology patterns to help doctors help their patients, with comprehensive and valuable information.
or what does the blood biomarkers (blood samples) tell us The database allows neurologists to compare their patientscases with similar ones.
The project biomedical engineers combined algorithms and statistical models to enable analysts to accurately predict the outcome of planned treatments for individual patients. here is quite often missing data.
and for end users, less maintenance, she concludes s
#Handy Robots Handy Robots The human hand, a masterpiece of evolution, has for a long time been impossible to recreate artificially.
scientists made a large database of various grips and movements that the robot uses to get the required results. he hand needs to be equipped with various sensors to collect as much information as possible about
From its database, it chooses the right actions to complete the task successfully. t uses a colour camera that collects distance data to detect the required object and any possible obstacles.
In response, the EU-funded project Cablebot is developing a new-generation robotic system made up of a network of cables and computer-controlled winches capable of performing different maintenance steps during the life-cycles
The robots are controlled by cutting-edge software tools. The key to their flexibility is the ad hoc connection of diverse winches to different tools where they are put to use
The Cablebot team are also developing control algorithms and systems to operate the cable robots, according to industrial requirements.
Demo park data indicate that savings ranging from 4 to 7. 5%could be achieved by re-roofing,
Quality first MUPROD team has developed new software and hardware solutions which introduce several levels of innovation technological,
These real-time, multi-data gathering techniques use state-of-the-art sensors and inspection equipment, with ntelligentactuators, or micro-machines, to automatically respond
persistent multi-modal interfaces to the Internet')moves on from traditional task-based interaction to social interaction.
COMPANIONS sought to bring to the internet a tailor-made, conversational interface that recognises its user. A key component of the research was machine learning developing software with the ability to learn without explicitly programming it to modify the way it behaves.
The technology will be particularly beneficial for those living alone. More than a third those living in advanced societies will live alone by the mid-to late-2020s
of which 50percent will be pensioners. It will be particularly important for this group to have access to a virtual interactive companion
and act as an alternative access point to resources on the internet. The team English Companion is able to listen to long statements
or remarks in English and respond appropriately to what the user is saying. The Companion can also engage the user by responding,
expressing interest and empathy something the users often need to receive. This ability to express interest and empathy is new and exciting.
The Companion does this by analysing a person voice and the content of his or her dialogue before responding.
automatic speech recognition; natural language understanding; natural language generation; and text to speech synthesis. The Companion can be combined with current dialogue management techniques so as to deliver natural-sounding dialogue.
The Senior Companion is designed to engage users in dialogue on news, photos and funny stories. It can find tagged photos of users on the internet
and create a timeline bringing together life events and special memories. The Health and Fitness Companion focuses on improved wellbeing,
The Companion does not have to be accessed on a traditional computer. It can be used via a mobile phone
a computer shaped like a head or even a handbag, the team suggests. Project details-Project acronym:
COMPANIONS-Participants: United kingdom (Coordinator), Sweden, Spain, United states, France, Czech republic, Finland, Italy-Project FP6 34434-Total costs:#
#A machine which can read your mind e have developed so called brain-computer interfaces which allow the user to control different devices and programmes without hands, by means of the user thoughts.
That is how Christoph Hintermüller of the Project Management and Research team at g. tec Guger Technologies sums up a machine
which sit on the scalp translates user intentions into electronic commands. brain-computer interface captures various electrical impulses from the head of the user,
That allows the user to play an online computer game, hands-free. The user selects the commands by simply looking at the blinking arrows on the screen.
The frequency of the flashing is reproduced in the brain cortex and read by the electrodes. s soon as we have understood the electroencephalography patterns produced by the groups of neurons in the brain,
A user can navigate through various on-screen menus by simply focusing attention on the commands.
This way even severely disabled people can compose text messages to communicate with others in social networks on the Internet.
The underground sensors, developed within a European union research project, transmit measurements to data centres in several countries.
Boston, on the east coast of England, is one of the main test sites for the new technology.
These indications can be followed in real time using any internet-enabled device. A touch screen panel installed in a Boston café allows the public to see how the system works.
If the artificial intelligence anticipates a breach, it sends a warning to the responsible services that may otherwise be unaware of the weakening within the flood defences.
The software calculates how fast the site will be flooded if the dam fails, and even suggests the best ways to move citizens into safer areas.
'the biological catalysts that help it decompose. For Europe packaging industry, such a recyclable product is important
And when these data reflect a danger for floods, EFAS informs the partners. In 2011 EFAS issued 9 alerts.
they are at the core of the electric generators used in all wind generators. The project coordinated by The Chancellor, Masters and Scholars of the University of Cambridge, UK has 7 participants from 4 countries i
and motion control programming. The partners involved in the project (most of which are SMES) will benefit
Liaptsis says the prototype has improved also the accuracy of the monitoring it is 30%more precise than current probes-helping provide better data about the nozzle's life span and deterioration rate
it provides the user with a basic kit which allows specific biological elements to be switched in or out.
thus be adapted according to whatever specific test the user wishes to conduct. ll the biology is contained in magnetic particles that we put in the system at the moment of operation.
and distributed to a database of relevant stakeholders. Crucially, high level meetings between key European and Mediterranean innovation figures were organised these were vital for exchanging examples of best practice."
DEWS processes this data and provides authorities with all the relevant information needed for making a decision on the type of public warning messages that are required.
the system can send immediate and personalised messages via SMS, email, voice messages over digital radio and Facebook alerts.
The inventory itself is built upon an extensive database being supported by CNRS'French partner, the Institute of Research for Development.
This helps the drug hone in on tumour sites, control the release of therapeutic compounds and enhance the efficiency of the treatment. he decorating of nanoparticles very tiny particles with cyclodextrins allows us to play with the functionality,
A fibre-optic grid monitors any deformations in the bag (signs of tearing or folding) during its sea voyage.
thus be built directly from the design model (CAD) with no need for a prototype stage
However, products in these sectors such as innovative display solutions and light emitting panels require the integration of different functionalities and demand new mass manufacturing methods and technologies.
Other innovations associated with the project include new self-assembling methods and interconnection based on ink-jet printing technologies.
the first industrial users are identified already, but ew partners are always welcome These partnerships could see Light-Rolls being involved in a myriad of sectors including automotive and building lighting applications, flexible solar cells and batteries and even consumer products and games.
A third recruit under the Marie Curie scheme was a software development specialist Nathan Brown.
After supporting the development of informatics at Avantium he moved to Novartis in Switzerland to expand the company's expertise and now works with the Institute of Cancer Research in London.
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