News tagged with transmission towers

For some, prominent power lines dim enthusiasm for green power

In the summer heat, Rockney Compton's spring-fed koi pond doubles as a swimming hole for his three kids, and in the spring it is a water bowl for his dogs.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created May 19, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (3) | comments 4




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Discovery of Indian artifacts complicates Genesis solar project

The Feb. 27 letter from the chairman of the Colorado River Indian Tribes was pleading and tough. It asked President Barack Obama to slow the federal government's "frantic pursuit" of massive solar energy projects in the Mojave ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Apr 26, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 5

Thermal storage gets more solar on the grid

(PhysOrg.com) -- It's 4:45 on a sweltering August afternoon, and the rooftop solar panels are starting to lose juice. The sun's lower angles and that huge cottonwood tree are interfering with the efficient ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Feb 15, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (7) | comments 6 | with audio podcast

Darpa to develop mobile millimeter-wave backhaul networks

Providing high-bandwidth communications for troops in remote forward operating locations is not only critical but also challenging because a reliable infrastructure optimized for remote geographic areas does ...

Technology / Telecom

created Feb 13, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Jointly utilizing LTE networks

Data-intensive Internet applications on smartphones, tablets and laptops are more popular than ever before. The result: Traffic on the mobile network is increasing at a blinding speed. Intelligent technologies ...

Technology / Telecom

created Feb 03, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers determine how Legionnaires' bacteria proliferate, cause disease

A University of Louisville scientist has determined for the first time how the bacterium that causes Legionnaires' disease manipulates our cells to generate the amino acids it needs to grow and cause infection and inflammation ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Nov 17, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A cut above the Eiffel Tower

Vladimir G. Shukhov, one of the most ingenious engineers of the 19th and early 20th centuries, developed revolutionary construction techniques. The Russian engineer built lattice towers up to 150 meters high ...

Technology / Engineering

created Sep 14, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Breakthrough could double wireless capacity with no new towers

The days of waiting for smartphones to upload video may be numbered. Rice University engineering researchers have made a breakthrough that could allow wireless phone companies to double throughput on their ...

Technology / Telecom

created Sep 06, 2011 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (23) | comments 19 | with audio podcast

Simple security for wireless: no password required

In early August, at the Def Con conference — a major annual gathering of computer hackers — someone apparently hacked into many of the attendees’ cell phones, in what may have been the first successful breach ...

Technology / Telecom

created Aug 22, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

NTT DoCoMo plans green-energy cellphone masts

Japan's largest mobile phone operator, NTT DoCoMo, plans to start powering its cellphone tower network with renewable energy such as solar, wind or biomass, the company said Friday.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Jul 08, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Final version of industrial control systems security guide published

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has issued the final version of its Guide to Industrial Control Systems (ICS) Security (SP 800-82),* intended to help pipeline operators, power produc ...

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created Jun 22, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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