Norad has teamed up with Google to track Santa in real-time. My daughter loves it! Santa was last seen captured on video over the pyramids in Egypt. Check out the Norad Santa site for the latest information. Here’s a screenshot: HT: Laughing Squid
Photo Credit: Nanosolar Blog Last week, much ink (pun intended) was spilled regarding Nanosolar’s announcements regarding their new printed solar cell technology. The first 3 panels were presented one to stay at company HQ, one to the San Jose tech museum, and one to be auctioned by eBay (not!, read the blog on that story…) […]
If ever you wanted to understand why the industry continues to develop coal plants, even though the negative impact is clear for all to understand, look at the chart above. You’ll notice that coal produces the most energy per unit, at a low cost per unit, and is relatively cheap from a capital cost perspective […]
From time to time someone will ask me “what tools and techniques do you use for your blog?” and I rattle of a long, incomplete list of stuff which is a little different each time. So I thought I’d put pen to paper and start a comprehensive list that I’ll update periodically. Aside from this […]
Berkeley Lab geochemist Mack KennedyPhoto Credit: Roy Kaltschmidt Via Renewable Energy Access: In a survey of the northern Basin and Range province of the western United States, geochemists Mack Kennedy of the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and Matthijs van Soest of Arizona State University have discovered a new tool for identifying potential […]