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Restoring Hearing With Beams of Light

Cars That Think

At left, the hair cells [light blue spiral] connect to the cochlear nerve cells [blue filaments and dots]. The idea for a better way began back in 2005, when I started hearing about a new technique being pioneered in neuroscience called. This general idea had been taken up earlier by. Daniel Keppeler. How optogenetics works.

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Electric Cars and a Smarter Grid - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Home Page Todays Paper Video Most Popular Times Topics Search All NYTimes.com Energy & Environment World U.S. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission , which regulates interstate transmission of electricity, is on board with the idea. Analysts are sanguine about this kind of thing becoming more common — someday.

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Cleantech Blog: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Cleantech Blog Cleantechblog.com, the premier cleantech site for commentary on news and technology relating to clean tech, greentech, energy, climate change and carbon, and the environment. The Three Prongs of the “Green&# Energy Stimulus Pa. The Appraisal 2010 Prius Delivers Record Mileage and Accelerates. SZ (1) 6753.T

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Rapid Charging Electric Cars: How Fast, How Soon?

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

For on-the-go juice ups, the idea is to exchange your dead battery for a fresh one owned by Better Place. 99.99% of the infrastructure is already there connected to every building and running down every steet. The company says its charge spots would have voltage on par with standard household outlets. Earth2Tech EcoTech, EcoTech [.]…

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Superstars of AB 811 Rock Palm Desert @ EcoMotion Conference

Creative Greenius

And I felt a kindred connection with him after reading about his experiences putting solar PV on his roof. You need more than just great ideas, policy and planning – you also have to have the motivational chops to not just talk about change, but to actually effect it. Ted’s got it.