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PeaceTXT is a multidisciplinary project to explore the potential of mobile technology to amplify a proven approach to reducing violence. The program brings together several renowned partners including: CeaseFire,…
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Makani Power is developing an Airborne Wind Turbine to extract energy from the powerful, consistent winds at altitude.
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Micromidas, Inc. is a biotech company that uses an innovative microbial process to convert raw sewage into high-quality plastics.
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Energy disruptors: Johanna Wellington on clean energy technologies
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Johanna Wellington was inspired to go into a technology career because she loves math like other people enjoy doing crossword puzzles. She started off at GE as an intern, went on to be a Combustion…
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Otherlab explains a new approach to heliostats, the sun-tracking mirrors used to concentrate sunlight to generate electricity.
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MIT is developing a thermal energy storage device that captures energy from the sun; this energy can be stored and released at a later time when it is needed most. Within the device, the absorption…
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Quick takes: OPX Biotechnologies, Inc.
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Researchers at OPX Biotechnologies, will develop and optimize a unique, engineered microorganism that produces a biodieselequivalent fuel from renewable hydrogen and carbon dioxide, at costs of less…
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Energy disruptors: Jay Keasling on plant-based fuels
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Jay Keasling, a pioneer in the field of synthetic biology, grew up on a farm in Nebraska where his father raised corn. He decided to apply his past to what he'd been doing for years, engineering microbes…
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Energy disruptors: Arun Majumdar on disruptive energy innovation
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Arun Majumdar was a high school student during the global energy crisis of the 1970s and became interested in engineering because of energy. Currently he's the first director of ARPA-E, the country's…
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Shorts: The human touch of a robot's hand
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Patrick Tresset and Frederic Fol Leymarie direct the Aikon-II project, which uses computational modeling and robotics to replicate the sketching performed by a human hand.
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