News tagged with power system
It Takes a Solar Village
(PhysOrg.com) -- Rain didn't ruin the 2009 Solar Decathlon in Washington, D.C. University teams successfully operated 20 net-zero, grid-connected solar power homes for a week on the National Mall. Some used ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Oct 19, 2009 |
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Early warning system could keep lights on
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at The University of Manchester are developing 'early warning systems' that could prevent power blackouts in the UK.
Oct 12, 2009 |
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Free PC widgets save energy
I shaved 0.86 pounds of emissions from my carbon footprint and saved 0.646 kilowatt hours yesterday, and if the little widget on my PC can be believed, more than 22,000 people in 128 countries did roughly the same.
Sep 23, 2009 |
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Scientists discover surprise in Earth's upper atmosphere
(PhysOrg.com) -- UCLA atmospheric scientists have discovered a previously unknown basic mode of energy transfer from the solar wind to the Earth's magnetosphere. The research, federally funded by the National ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Sep 10, 2009 |
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Elpida Completes Development of Cu-TSV (Through Silicon Via) Multi-Layer 8-Gigabit DRAM
Elpida Memory today announced that it has completed development of a Cu-TSV (Through Silicon Via) multi-layer 8-Gigabit DRAM.
Aug 31, 2009 |
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Hitachi Ships First Two Terabyte 7200 RPM Desktop Hard Disk Drive
Hitachi today announced that it is now shipping the world's first, two terabyte (2TB), 7200 RPM hard disk drive (HDD). The new 2TB Deskstar 7K2000 blends high performance and high capacity with low power and ...
Aug 10, 2009 |
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NRL's XFC UAS achieves flight endurance milestone
(PhysOrg.com) -- The Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) has completed a successful flight test of the fuel cell powered XFC (eXperimental Fuel Cell) unmanned aerial system (UAS). During the June 2 flight test, ...
Aug 06, 2009 |
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'Virtual' computers span the digital divide
NComputing is out to span the digital divide with a version of cloud computing called "virtualization," which essentially turns one machine into many.
Aug 06, 2009 |
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Toshiba eyes new businesses for recovery
Toshiba Corp. said Wednesday it aimed to expand its energy, healthcare and environment-related businesses as it targets a strong recovery in earnings within the next three years.
Aug 05, 2009 |
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Technology on way to forecasting humanity's needs
Much as meteorologists predict the path and intensity of hurricanes, Indiana University's Alessandro Vespignani believes we will one day predict with unprecedented foresight, specificity and scale such things as the economic ...
Jul 23, 2009 |
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Newest system mechanic adds energy boost, more
Walk into any convenience store these days and you'll see those little energy booster bottles next to the register, containing a drink that gives you a jolt of power when you really need it and gets you firing on all cylinders. ...
Jul 23, 2009 |
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Toward cheap underwater sensor nets
UC San Diego computer scientists are one step closer to building low cost networks of underwater sensors for real time underwater environmental monitoring. At the IEEE Reconfigurable Architectures Workshop ...
May 27, 2009 |
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Warning: Sunspot cycle beginning to rise
(AP) -- When the sun sneezes it's Earth that gets sick. It's time for the sun to move into a busier period for sunspots, and while forecasters expect a relatively mild outbreak by historical standards, one ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 08, 2009 |
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IBM Developing Computing System to Challenge Humans on America's Favorite Quiz Show, Jeopardy! (w/Video)
For nearly two years, IBM scientists have been working on a highly advanced Question Answering (QA) system, codenamed "Watson." The scientists believe that the computing system will be able to understand complex questions ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
Apr 27, 2009 |
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'Sleep talking' PCs save energy and money
Personal computers may soon save large amounts of energy by "sleep talking." Computer scientists at UC San Diego and Microsoft Research have created a plug-and-play hardware prototype for personal computers ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
Apr 24, 2009 |
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