Friday, September 11, 2015

Panasonic is Quietly Selling Grid Batteries in the U.S.

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As reported by Fortune :  In a remote Nevada desert, a cell phone tower is operating largely from electricity generated by solar panels a...

Two More Galileo GNSS/GPS Satellites Launched by the EU

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As reported by BBC News :  Europe has put up another two spacecraft in its Galileo sat-nav system. The satellites were launched on a So...
Thursday, September 10, 2015

UPS Purchases 125 Hybrid Electric Delivery Trucks

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As reported by Street Insider : UPS  announced it has purchased 125 new technology hybrid electric delivery trucks, as part of a broader ...
Wednesday, September 9, 2015

'True Size Map' Proves You've Been Picturing The Planet All Wrong

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As reported by Huffpost Travel :  Did you know that California is more than four times the size of Portugal? Or that you could fit China,...

The New Boss on Construction Sites Is a Drone

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Drones are being used to capture video footage that shows construction progress at the Sacramento Kings' new stadium in California. ...
Tuesday, September 8, 2015

Verizon’s 5G Tests Show it to be Faster than Google Fiber

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As reported by 9to5Mac :  Early tests of   Verizon ‘s 5G technology show that it can achieve connection speeds 30-50 times faster than   ...

Toyota Investing $50M Over 5 Years with Stanford, MIT for Autonomous-Vehicle Research

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As reported by MIT Technology Review : Toyota is investing $50 million with Stanford and MIT for autonomous-vehicle research that it says...