Over the next two decades, the U.S. electric grid will face unprecedented technological challenges stemming from the growth of distributed and intermittent new energy sources such as solar and wind power, as well as an expected ...
Energy & Green Tech
Dec 5, 2011
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A team at Stanford's School of Engineering has demonstrated an ultrafast nanoscale light emitting diode (LED) that is orders of magnitude lower in power consumption than today's laser-based systems and able to transmit data ...
Optics & Photonics
Nov 15, 2011
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(PhysOrg.com) -- According to a recently submitted patent application by Apple, wireless charging may be a whole new boost. That patent, which is entitled "Wireless power utilization in a local computing environment" is a ...
Electrical engineers at Duke University have determined that unique man-made materials should theoretically make it possible to improve the power transfer to small devices, such as laptops or cell phones, or ultimately to ...
General Physics
May 23, 2011
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Electricity pylons across the British countryside may soon cease to be eyesores thanks to a government backed competition for a new design.
Energy & Green Tech
May 23, 2011
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Hitachi today announced the successful prototyping of a low-power CMOS gearbox LSI conforming with international standards, which was developed for optical transceivers as part of the effort to reduce power consumption in ...
Electronics & Semiconductors
May 19, 2011
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(AP) -- Wind power companies facing a springtime shutdown to accommodate a surge of hydropower in the Northwest said Tuesday the region's main power manager has a conflict of interest, using authority over transmission lines ...
Energy & Green Tech
May 18, 2011
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Siemens is building power converter stations for a high-voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission system with a record capacity of 2 x 1,000 megawatts. Beginning in 2013 the new HVDC PLUS technology will transmit 2,000 megawatts ...
Energy & Green Tech
May 3, 2011
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Steel walls are no match for Tristan Lawry. The doctoral student at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has developed and demonstrated an innovative new system that uses ultrasound to simultaneously transmit large quantities ...
Engineering
Mar 7, 2011
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Samsung Electronics announced the development of a 1-Gbit DRAM chip. It features a 512-pin wide I/O interface that is designed for a variety of mobile applications including smartphones and tablet PC's.
