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 Design Engineer, and held several other positions before joining the Research Center in her current role as Advanced Technology Leader for Sustainabl... Read more
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- -: Energy disruptors: Johanna Wellington on clean energy technologies
March 6, 2012 (about 12 years ago)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 Design Engineer, and held several other positions before joining the Research Center in her current...
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- -: Quick takes: Otherlab
March 9, 2012 (about 12 years ago)Otherlab is developing novel technologies specifically focused on steering sunlight at extremely low cost through low cost actuators and novel concentrator designs. Otherlab's systems eliminate weight in solar concentration systems and hence capital cost. Otherlab's sunlight steering technologies...
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- -: Quick takes: Hybrisol
March 9, 2012 (about 12 years ago)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 of sunlight causes the solar thermal fuel's photoactive molecules to change shape, which allows ene...
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- -: Energy disruptors: Jay Keasling on plant-based fuels
February 9, 2012 (about 12 years ago)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 to produce chemicals. He's turned his attention to solving the world's energy crisis, using p...
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- -: Energy disruptors: Arun Majumdar on disruptive energy innovation
February 9, 2012 (about 12 years ago)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 only agency dedicated to technologies promising genuine transformation in the ways we generate, s...
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- -: Shorts: Parazit on the fine line between comedy and tragedy
December 12, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Saman Arbabi and Kambiz Hosseini describe their satirical Iranian TV show, Parazit, an international phenomenon drawing more than 700,000 followers.
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- -: Shorts: Food as Revolution
November 2, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Thoughts of Maine are often accompanied by thoughts of fresh, delicious food. From locally-harvested seafood to sweet summer blueberries and of course a certain bi-clawed crustacean, Maine has carved a delicious niche in the foodie hall of fame. Read more: http://poptech.org/blog/salt_water_farm...
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- -: Shorts: The human touch of a robot's hand
December 7, 2011 (over 12 years ago)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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- -: Ellen's Got the Best Web Videos
February 21, 2011 (about 13 years ago)This weekend, Ellen searched for the best web videos she could find. Cute cats, adorable dogs, and funny people -- she's got them all!
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- -: Chord Overstreet Flashes His Underwear!
March 21, 2011 (about 13 years ago)One of the sexy stars of "Glee," Chord Overstreet, made his talk show debut with Ellen -- and had the audience screaming in delight when he dropped his pants!
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