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Top 10 Tech Cars of 2009

Mon, 06 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0700

IEEE Spectrum - By John Voelcker - Apr. 06 (Review) - If necessity really is the mother of invention, then surely the auto industry is on the verge of an era of blinding brilliance. Times are that bad.

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Wind Power in Paradise

Tue, 04 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0800

IEEE Spectrum - By Erico Guizzo - Mar. 04 (Special Report) - Seven years ago, after a tanker ran aground and spilled more than half a million liters of fuel into San CristÃ³bal's harbor, the government of Ecuador, which governs the islands, intensified efforts to free the GalÃ¡pagos from fossil fuels. A like-minded group of United Nations officials, power engineers, and government representatives came together to devise an energy scheme for the islands, based on renewable energy.

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E-newspaper: Digital Deliverance?

Tue, 06 Feb 2007 09:08:14 -0800

IEEE Spectrum - By Marlowe Hood - Feb. 06 (News Analysis) - Bruno Rives, president of Tebaldo, a digital media consulting firm in Paris, predicts that 2007 will be a breakthrough year for e-readers. "The stakes are so high that all of the actors in the sector have accelerated development," says Rives, a leading expert on the commercial applications of electronic paper.

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Loser: Corn-o-copia

Mon, 01 Jan 2007 06:40:36 -0800

IEEE Spectrum - By William Sweet - Jan. 01 (Special Report) - Making ethanol from crops has considerable, and growing, allure. As an energy source, bioderived ethanol is renewable, and its by-products are biodegradable. And, most important, to the extent that the ethanol takes the place of gasoline, it economizes on imported oil and can reduce greenhouse gas emissions

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