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Smart Energy International 2011
The Smart Energy International Conference & Technology Expo is the smart energy industry’s platform to the future. Building on the success of Spintelligent’s Smart Energy East & West Coast Conferences over the last four years, Smart Energy International pulls together the best-of-breed from the smart energy conference series from across the US and pulls in [...]
BiPod : The Hybrid Raodable Aircraft by Scaled Composites
Realizing the decade-long dream of the company’s founder and former CTO, Burt Rutan, Scaled Composites, the Californian aerospace and specialty composites development company, unveiled the BiPod, a two-seat, hybrid-electric roadable aircraft. Scaled Composites, founded in 1982, is well-known for air vehicle design, tooling and manufacturing, specialty composite structure design, analysis and fabrication, and developmental flights [...]
World’s biggest retailer, Walmart, tests online grocery delivery
Presenting itself as the newest competitor to the online retailing giant Amazon, Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world’s largest chain of retail outlets, has set up Walmart To Go – a service by way of which customers can visit the website of the store, Walmart.com, order groceries that are usually found in Walmart stores and get [...]
Google Goes Green; invests in solar power tower Ivanpah
Google has announced its green commitment to the world by investing $168 million in what will be the world’s largest solar power tower plant. The Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System, to be located in California’s Mojave Desert, is being developed by BrightSource Energy. Construction of this 450 ft tall tower began in October 2010 and [...]
Omni-present your ‘personal avatar’! Anybots robot lets you..
Want to ensure a certain amount of “face time” in office to oversee your team when you need to travel out of town to meet a potentially very big client? Or just craving desperately for a scone and can’t leave your desk? Enter Anybots new robot QB, your “personal avatar”. QB lets you be part [...]
California Desert Dreaming: Boom, much more than just a mirage
A community for gay retirees in the Californian desert, Boom is about “inclusion, not seclusion; … living, not retiring”. A $250 million project being financed by Los Angeles-based developer Boom Communities,Inc, the designs are being formulated by architect Matthias Hollwich of Hollwich Kushner in conjunction with ten architecture firms from across New York, Europe and California. [...]
