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    Science Daily: Electricity

  • Electric cars are going places

    7 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm
    Electric cars have many merits: They are quieter and require less maintenance than cars with internal combustion engines. A network of smartly located charging stations covering the entire Harz region in Germany is bound to make electric cars a regional feature.

  • Quantum computing leap forward: altering a lone electron without disturbing its neighbors

    6 Feb 2010 | 8:00 am
    A major hurdle in the ambitious quest to design and construct a radically new kind of quantum computer has been finding a way to manipulate the single electrons that very likely will constitute the new machines' processing components or "qubits." Now, a physicist has discovered how to do just that -- demonstrating a method that alters the properties of a lone electron without disturbing the trillions of electrons in its immediate surroundings. The feat is essential to the development of future varieties of superfast computers with near-limitless capacities for data.

  • New system provides hybrid electric autos with power to spare

    5 Feb 2010 | 5:00 pm
    An advancement in hybrid electric vehicle technology is providing powerful benefits beyond transportation.

  • Computers that use light instead of electricity? First germanium laser created

    5 Feb 2010 | 11:00 am
    Researchers have demonstrated the first laser built from germanium that can emit wavelengths of light useful for optical communications. It's also the first germanium laser to operate at room temperature. Unlike the materials typically used in lasers, germanium is easy to incorporate into existing processes for manufacturing silicon chips. So the result could prove an important step toward computers that move data -- and maybe even perform calculations -- using light instead of electricity.

  • Electrons on the brink: Fractal patterns may be key to semiconductor magnetism

    4 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm
    Scientists have observed electrons in a semiconductor on the brink of the metal-insulator transition for the first time. Caught in the act, the electrons formed complex patterns resembling those seen in turbulent fluids, confirming some long-held predictions and providing new insights into how semiconductors can be turned into magnets. The work also could lead to the production of smaller and more energy-efficient computers.
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  • Weather closes government offices a second day

    9 Feb 2010 | 7:46 am
    Federal government agencies in the capital region will remain closed for a second day on Tuesday as residents brace for another blizzard while trying to clean up from a weekend storm that paralyzed the area with two feet of snow.

  • Editorial | Lake Tapps, for cities, fish and recreation

    9 Feb 2010 | 7:41 am
    The Cascade Water Alliance signed an agreement with Auburn, Bonney Lake, Buckley and Sumner to provide access to drinking water at Lake Tapps as those cities receive state water permits.

  • Weather closes government offices a second day

    9 Feb 2010 | 7:40 am
    Federal government agencies in the capital region will remain closed for a second day on Tuesday as residents brace for another blizzard while trying to clean up from a weekend storm that paralyzed the area with two feet of snow.

  • Hope for Haiti

    9 Feb 2010 | 7:39 am
    Living Hope Church in Unity is gathering supplies to aid Haiti's relief effort. The Whitney parish is looking to fill a semi-trailer with medical and construction supplies needed after the devastating Jan.

  • Del. residents still without power

    9 Feb 2010 | 7:38 am
    DOVER, Del. -- Utility crews are making progress in restoring power to thousands of Delawareans left without electricity from the weekend blizzard.
 
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  • SMIC expected to announce capital injection

    9 Feb 2010 | 7:21 am
    Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp. (Shanghai, China) is expected to announce a capital injection from Datang Telecom Technology & Industry Holdings Co. Ltd., an existing investor, at a quarterly investor conference call on Wednesday (Feb. 9). Shanghai - China - Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation - People's Republic of China - Asia

  • ARM to detail power-efficient design technique

    9 Feb 2010 | 7:04 am
    Researchers from ARM and the University of Michigan have demonstrated a 52 percent reduction in power on a 65-nm ARM processor running at more than 1 GHz, using a hybrid technique for dynamic detection and correction of timing errors, according to a paper scheduled to be presented at the International Solid State Circuits Conference. University of Michigan - International Solid State Circuits Conference - ARM architecture - Hertz - United States

  • Texas Instruments samples quad-radio chip

    9 Feb 2010 | 5:58 am
    Texas Instruments Inc. (Dallas, Texas) has produced a wireless connectivity chip, intended to provide extra radios beside the main cellular channel needed on a mobile phone. The WiLink 7.0 (part numbers WL1281 and WL1283) offers wireless LAN 802.11n, GPS, Bluetooth and FM transmit and receive. Bluetooth - Texas Instruments - Mobile phone - Wireless LAN - Wireless

  • Nujira launches power-saving alliance at MWC

    9 Feb 2010 | 5:18 am
    Mobile phone power amplifier specialist Nujira Ltd. (Cambridge, England) has announced the formation of an OpenET Alliance to develop and publish open specifications for envelope-tracking interfaces for 3G and 4G platforms. Mobile phone - Amplifier - 3G - England - Business and Economy

  • Hynix, Samsung push NAND flash below 30-nm

    9 Feb 2010 | 4:24 am
    Competition is hotting up in NAND flash memory as South Korea's Hynix Semiconductor Inc. has claimed it has used a 26-nm manufacturing process technology to produce a device with a capacity of 64-Gbits, according to reports. And local rival Samsung has said it is aiming to have a 27-nm NAND flash memory in production in the second quarter of 2010, according to another report. South Korea - Hynix - Flash memory - Samsung Group - Manufacturing
 
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    About.com: Electrical

  • It Doesn't Smell Like Roses In Here!

    7 Feb 2010 | 3:32 am
    Proper ventilation in a home is essential for not only your family's good health, but for you home as well. You see, humidity, dust, smoke, carbon monoxide, mold, mildew, heat, and dry air can all do damage to your home and inflict health issues with you and your family members.By keeping up with your home's ventilation maintenance, you'll reduce heating and cooling costs and keep your home comfortable. Air flow allows fresh, clean air to enter your home and old, stale air to be removed. Heating equipment burns oxygen in the home and exhausts toxic gases. With proper ventilation, safety…

  • Is Your Home's Air Smelling Stale?

    5 Feb 2010 | 7:43 am
    If your home's air is smelling stale or moldy, maybe it is because you need an air exchanger to remove the old air and replace it with fresh, clean, outside air. These wonderful units have a unique way of brininging in cool air and warming it before it is emitted within your home. Are you ready for clean, fresh air? Is Your Home's Air Smelling Stale? originally appeared on About.com Electrical on Friday, February 5th, 2010 at 15:43:22.Permalink | Comment | Email this

  • Does Your Ceiling Fan Rattle or Squeak?

    3 Feb 2010 | 2:24 am
    Ceiling fans can contribute to energy savings both in the winter and summer months. They are adjustable from a downward air flow to an upper flow. Besides supplying air movement in many areas of your home, ceiling fans allow the addition of light kits to brighten your rooms. Some of these fans are quite attractive and come in many different colors, shapes, and sizes.As with any other mechanical devices, ceiling fans need a little maintenance once in a while. You may have noticed a wobbling fan blade, a squeaky sound as the blades turn around, or a distictive rubbing sound. These are all good…

  • Colors Of Cables

    1 Feb 2010 | 8:44 am
    Nonmetallic sheathed wire is made up of two or more insulated wires and a uninsulated wire, called a ground wire, along with a protective sheath that encompasses the wires for protection from the elements. This type wire, often called NM, NM-B, or Romex, is widely used as the wiring of choice in home construction. Since 2001, the standard for marking these cable sheaths has been to color code the sheath as a quick reference to which gauge wire is within it. The question to you is, Do you know wire sheath color codes? Colors Of Cables originally appeared on About.com Electrical on Monday,…

  • Interrupting A Circuit With A Switching Device

    29 Jan 2010 | 6:45 am
    Switching devices are a way of disconnecting power from a circuit for safety. It may be as simple as a low oil cutoff switch that kills the spark to a motor, making it die out if the oil gets too low. Then again, it may be a circuit breaker in your home that protects circuits from an overabundance of amperage. These are just a couple of examples of switchng devices. Do you know what the rest of them are? Interrupting A Circuit With A Switching Device originally appeared on About.com Electrical on Friday, January 29th, 2010 at 14:45:44.Permalink | Comment | Email this
 
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  • Design restraint

    1 Feb 2010 | 12:16 pm
    Much as been written of how much was left out of the iPad introduced last week. Why would anybody want to get something less than what it could be?

  • iBored, iSuckered by the iPad

    27 Jan 2010 | 1:57 pm
    Steve Jobs must be hallucinating. The iPad, he said, is the “most advanced technology in a magical and revolutionary device at an unbelievable price."

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  • Print on steroids

    26 Jan 2010 | 10:01 am
    Reports have been ricocheting against computer screens speculating about the technology and the content of Apple's "Kindle breaker", its version of the Amazon.com tablet PC.

  • A nano education

    22 Jan 2010 | 11:49 am
    Education in nanotechnologies at the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering of the University at Albany is more than on a nano scale.
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  • Concentrated Solar Thermal Power - Training course on Technology in 5 lessons

    Fernando Nuno
    7 Feb 2010 | 2:18 am
    Seville University holds a long tradition on Concentrated Solar Thermal Power (CSTP) research. Its students become key players at research centers and solar energy departments of companies. One of the "fathers" of CSTP in Spain, Manuel Silva, will be delivering 5 lessons about technology and assessment of solar resource. read more

  • Concluding the prediction group on low carbon electricity systems

    HDK
    3 Feb 2010 | 9:01 am
    Over the next few weeks, we will conclude the prediction group on low carbon electricity systems. There are 25 questions on the group which await your input. As an appreciation of your effort, we'll award the top 3 participants a 100$ Amazon gift card (view the current list of top traders). You can participate in 2 easy steps: read more

  • Voltage and current distortion (elearning course)

    Roman Targosz
    2 Feb 2010 | 7:21 am
    The second course in the comprehensive programme on power quality covers the subject of harmonics and interharmonics. The knowledge acquired during the course should be sufficient for: read more

  • Greenhouse gas emissions in the nuclear life cycle: A balanced appraisal

    Hans De Keulenaer
    2 Feb 2010 | 3:49 am
     In order to combat global warming,a detailed knowledge of the greenhouse gas(GHG)emissions associated with different energy conversion technologies is important. For nuclear energy, GHG emissions result from different process stages of the whole fuel cycle. A life-cycle assessment offers the possibility to properly calculate these emissions. In the past, both indirect energy use and GHG emissions were studied by many researchers. Most of the studies result in low indirect emissions comparable to windturbines. read more

  • Transmitted disturbances

    Stefan Fassbinder
    1 Feb 2010 | 1:25 am
    At a distance of about 30 cm from a fluorescent lighting tube with magnetic ballast and electronic starter, which is normally regarded as fairly electromagnetically compatible, this mains independent, battery powered thermometer was operated. It displayed the temperature flawlessly until – oops – somebody switched off the light at the wrong moment. It’s all no use – the battery has to be taken out and put back in: the only way to get the thermometer functioning again.
 
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  • The Research Meetings Continue

    annmucc
    7 Feb 2010 | 1:39 pm
    Around a year ago I had mentioned that we had started research meetings in the department. I haven’t mentioned them since, but this is not because they have been forgotten. Far from that! The research meetings are still being held once a month during the winter months (the June meeting is planned as a visit outside the department and then we stop for summer). The research group is constantly growing larger, with two PhD students and a researcher joining the group since the last time I wrote about these meetings, so the group is definitely growing. So what happens during these…

  • X-Ray Vision... Almost

    Fred
    3 Feb 2010 | 1:28 pm
    Device To Allow US Troops To See Through Walls. The Wired (2/2, Pierce) “Danger Room” blog reported, “Later this year, American troops fighting in Afghanistan will begin to get gadgets designed to peer inside buildings and detect the heartbeat of people buried under rubble.” The TiaLinx Eagle Scanner works “by sending out low-power, wideband radio-frequency signals toward a target, and measuring how the signals bounce back.” Popular Science (2/3, Fox) reports, “By measuring the various densities of the materials its radio waves pass through, these…

  • STRUCTURE OF GATE 2010

    KUSH
    30 Jan 2010 | 9:31 am
    Gate 2010 Paper Duration and Timing OFFLINE Examination for all papers except TF and MN Duration     Three Hours Timing     0930 hours to 1230 hours Date     Sunday, Februry 14, 2010 Online Examination for Textile Engineering and Fibre Science(TF) Duration     Three Hours Timing     0930 hours to 1230 hours Date     Sunday, Februry 7, 2010 Online Examination for Mining Engineering(MN) Duration     Three Hours Timing     1430 hours to 1730 hours Date     Sunday, Februry 7, 2010 Structure of GATE 2010 Examination The GATE 2010 examination consists of a single paper of 3 hours…

  • Squeezing Out More Power

    Fred
    29 Jan 2010 | 10:41 am
    Piezoelectric Material Harvests Record Amount Of Energy. Technology Review (1/29) reports, “Researchers at Princeton University have created” a piezoelectric material that “can harness 80 percent of the energy applied when it is flexed–four times more than existing flexible piezoelectric materials.” The researchers used PZT, “the most efficient piezoelectric material known, but its crystalline structure means that it must be grown at high temperatures, which normally melt a flexible substrate. The Princeton researchers, led by mechanical engineering…

  • Vacancies of Engineer in Indian Oil Corporation Limited

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    26 Jan 2010 | 6:47 am
    About the organization: Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) Job or Vacancy Description: IndianOil Corporation Limited is the largest commercial undertaking enterprise in India and also an Indian company in Fortune’s Global 500. Applications are invited from bright, young and energetic persons of Indian Nationality for the following posts : Boiler Operation Engineer  : 03 existing vacancy + future vacancies, Age : 30 years Qualification : B.E/ B.Tech/ B.Sc Engineering in Mechanical/ Electrical Engineering with Boiler Engineer’s Certificate (Ist Class Proficiency) issued by the State…
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  • Google Energy LLC files at FERC

    Michael Giberson
    9 Feb 2010 | 4:03 am
    Michael Giberson First Google PowerMeter, then Google.org invests in renewable power R&D and now a Google entity – Google Energy LLC – files at FERC to become a wholesale power marketer. What’s going on? At the EU Energy Policy Blog, Fereidoon Sioshansi examines “Power Marketer Google“: Google has a habit of surprising its competitors. The fast moving company is known for launching into new forays not always knowing where it may end up. In this sense, it is not only the competitors who are trying to read what the company’s latest move may entail. In early…

  • Earth Hour – 2010 :: 27 March 2010

    aanondo
    8 Feb 2010 | 11:52 pm

  • Reasons why I might be Amish:

    Bev
    8 Feb 2010 | 11:29 pm
    1. I make my own butter, using only cream and muscular fortitude. 2. I like to fashion wooden furniture out of old pieces of scrap wood. 3. I feel naughty when I show ankle. 4. I have a bonnet that I periodically wear around the house. 5. I look really cute in an apron. 6. I think electricity sucks. 7. Since childhood I have had a fascination with the Quaker Oats man, which may explain my disproportionate love for oatmeal. 8. I have a black and white outfit for every day of the week. 9. I have been considered an old maid since the tender age of 12. 10. I hate when my crinoline gets caught on…

  • Liberated Negative Space o' the Day: Bender Bending Rodriguez and Baum edition

    E.
    8 Feb 2010 | 8:02 pm
    Page @ Pierce, San Francisco. “Who knows? Our big world rolls over as smoothly as it did centuries ago, without a squeak to show it needs oiling after all these years of revolution. But times change because men change. The impossibilities of yesterday become the accepted facts of to-day. Here is a fairy tale founded upon the wonders of electricity and written for children of this generation. Dortman, Germany. Yet when my readers shall have become men and women my story may not seem to their children like a fairy tale at all. Perhaps one, perhaps two–perhaps several of the…

  • The Rape of Virgin Munchindun by Michael Gillespie

    michaelgillespieie
    8 Feb 2010 | 6:24 pm
    Welcome to the official blog for The Rape of Virgin Munchindun by Michael Gillespie. “ Right fellahs, Let’s finish off this fucking job right and proper. Bring in the petrol.” Three of the terrorists carried in a five-gallon drum of petrol. They drenched Pete’s dead body, the lounge, the kitchen, and the bedrooms liberally with the potent liquid. The four withdrew from the house and the leader tossed a lighted match back in through the door. The house exploded with a whoosh into an inferno of flames. “ Fellahs Let’s finish off the Lake House and rid Munchindun of all traces of the…
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  • SMIC expected to announce capital injection

    9 Feb 2010 | 7:21 am
    Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp. (Shanghai, China) is expected to announce a capital injection from Datang Telecom Technology & Industry Holdings Co. Ltd., an existing investor, at a quarterly investor conference call on Wednesday (Feb. 9).

  • ARM to detail power-efficient design technique

    9 Feb 2010 | 7:04 am
    Researchers from ARM and the University of Michigan have demonstrated a 52 percent reduction in power on a 65-nm ARM processor running at more than 1 GHz, using a hybrid technique for dynamic detection and correction of timing errors, according to a paper scheduled to be presented at the International Solid State Circuits Conference.

  • Texas Instruments samples quad-radio chip

    9 Feb 2010 | 5:58 am
    Texas Instruments Inc. (Dallas, Texas) has produced a wireless connectivity chip, intended to provide extra radios beside the main cellular channel needed on a mobile phone. The WiLink 7.0 (part numbers WL1281 and WL1283) offers wireless LAN 802.11n, GPS, Bluetooth and FM transmit and receive.

  • Nujira launches power-saving alliance at MWC

    9 Feb 2010 | 5:18 am
    Mobile phone power amplifier specialist Nujira Ltd. (Cambridge, England) has announced the formation of an OpenET Alliance to develop and publish open specifications for envelope-tracking interfaces for 3G and 4G platforms.

  • Hynix, Samsung push NAND flash below 30-nm

    9 Feb 2010 | 4:24 am
    Competition is hotting up in NAND flash memory as South Korea's Hynix Semiconductor Inc. has claimed it has used a 26-nm manufacturing process technology to produce a device with a capacity of 64-Gbits, according to reports. And local rival Samsung has said it is aiming to have a 27-nm NAND flash memory in production in the second quarter of 2010, according to another report.
 
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  • Helping Utilities Fulfill FERC and NERC Requirements

    8 Feb 2010 | 4:50 pm
    SAP BusinessObjects solutions for GRC can help, with integrated software that enables you to take a unified business-focused approach and automatically monitor risks and controls in heterogeneous IT environments.Request Free!

  • SAP for Utilities Solution Portfolio Asset & Work Mgmt White Paper

    8 Feb 2010 | 4:50 pm
    At the same time, those assets still must be managed to keep U.S. electrical and natural gas systems operational while everything from terrorists to massive hurricanes to economic and political forces seem bent on making that difficult. Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) has become a central concern for utilities. This Energy Central white paper explores EAM and SAP's solution to address these challenges.Request Free!

  • Serve Prepaid Customers Without Prepayment Meters

    8 Feb 2010 | 1:20 pm
    Prepayment for electric, gas, and water is a way of life for many countries - and for good reason. It helps customers budget their utility money and helps utilities avoid bad debt without the need to collect and track deposits. Prepayment has gained increased attention in the last several years. The primary reason is that customers switching from credit card billing to prepayment almost always reduce their electricity consumption.Request Free!

  • Smart Metering for Water Utilities

    8 Feb 2010 | 1:20 pm
    Utilities can appropriately value some aspects of conservation, such as the effects on chemical use and equipment at water treatment plants. Oracle's staff of utility experts can provide extensive advice and guidance on smart metering pilots and projects.Request Free!

  • Central Hudson Gas & Electricity Centralizes Dispatch Operations and Streamlines Service Routing and Scheduling

    8 Feb 2010 | 1:20 pm
    CHG&E - Burdened by a homegrown, mainframe-based system, CHG&E relied heavily on radio dispatchers and paperwork to capture information and manage service calls. With its most recent Oracle Utilities Mobile Workforce Management upgrade, CHG&E moved to a real-time work-order scheduling allowing it to immediately adjust schedules.Request Free!
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