Refill app: This company will bring the gas pump to you
If you could use an app to send someone to fill your car's empty gas tank while you were at work, would you do it?
Software
Apr 6, 2018
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News tagged with gas tanks
Forest-destroying palm oil powers cars in EU: report
Palm oil produced on tropical plantations that drive deforestation has become a major biofuel for vehicles in the European Union, industry figures released Tuesday by an environmental group revealed.
Environment
May 31, 2016
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Insta-gas, for the ultimate couch potato
Even in an era where no errand is too small to outsource to a smartphone application, startup Purple, which dispatches a stranger to fill up customers' gas tanks, might smack as on-demand capitalism gone too far.
Software
Dec 3, 2015
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New device checks the amount of stationary gas in real time
Mexican startup Brain Fusion, which specializes in the Internet of Things (IoT),has designed a device for smartphones and tablets that monitors in real time the amount of gas from a stationary tank, communiating via Bluetooth ...
Energy & Green Tech
Jul 2, 2015
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Collaboration puts natural gas on the road
DOE's Savannah River National Laboratory, in partnership with Ford Motor Company, the University of California-Berkeley, and BASF, has research underway to explore an innovative low-pressure material-based natural gas fuel ...
Energy & Green Tech
Mar 18, 2013
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CWRU awarded grant to build battery for smart grid, renewables
A Department of Energy agency that funds high-risk, high-payoff research, has awarded engineers at Case Western Reserve University $567,805 to develop a "rustbelt" battery with unprecedented flexibility and utility.
Energy & Green Tech
Nov 30, 2012
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San Francisco area drivers 1st with algae biofuel
Drivers in the San Francisco Bay Area are the first in the nation to fill up their gas tanks with an algae-based biofuel.
Energy & Green Tech
Nov 14, 2012
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Queen's develops new environmentally friendly MOF production method
Chemists at Queen's University Belfast have devised a novel, environmentally friendly technique, which allows the rapid production of Metal-Organic Frameworks porous materials (MOFs).
Materials Science
Oct 11, 2012
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Sharing isn't always caring: Why don't consumers take care of their Zipcars?
Consumers who access products in the short-term instead of owning them show greater indifference toward these products and identify less with the brand and other consumers, according to a new study in the Journal of Consumer ...
Social Sciences
Jul 16, 2012
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A geyser of hot gas flowing from a star
(Phys.org) -- The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has captured a new image of Herbig-Haro 110, a geyser of hot gas flowing from a newborn star.
Astronomy
Jul 3, 2012
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