Hawaii is one of the places where researchers are working on ocean thermal energy conversion. Never heard of it? You’re not alone. (GeekWire Photo / Brent Roraback) The race to replace fossil fuels with clean alternatives has triggered an explosion in climate tech innovation and funding. That includes a heightened interest in fields that have…
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How much solar and wind power is out there? A Microsoft effort using satellites, AI aims to find out
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Solar arrays in Lind, Wash., that will provide power for Avista Utilities’ customers. (Avista Utilities via Instagram) In the race to curb climate change, solar panels and wind turbines are being installed across the planet — but no one knows exactly where and how much renewable power is out there. So Microsoft is teaming up…
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Sound Life Sciences co-founders Shyam Gollakota (left) and Jacob Sunshine. (Univ. of Washington and Sound Life Sciences Photos) Google’s got a thing for Seattle health tech startups. The tech giant acquired Sound Life Sciences, a small University of Washington spinout that developed an app to monitor breathing, GeekWire has learned. A Google spokesperson confirmed the…
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Daily patterns of apartment electricity load at different times of day show a sustained elevation of consumption during working hours, with a maximum elevation of 26% observed in 2020. However, early morning “wake up time,” after shifting to a full hour later in 2020, has since reverted to 2019 behavior. Credit: State of the Planet…
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Researchers have discovered a new possible use for the dome shape that you would find on a to-go cup lid. Patterns of these invertible domes on a drone’s wings would give it a way to remember in microseconds what dangerous conditions feel like and react quickly. Credit: Purdue University/Jared Pike The oddly satisfying small domes…
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In a new study, researchers from TUS, Japan, proposed a fully connected scalable annealing processor that, when implemented in FPGA, can easily outperform a modern CPU in solving various combinatorial optimization problems in terms of speed and energy consumption. The proposed method achieves this using an “array calculator,” consisting of multiple coupled chips, and a…
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Dive Brief: As it expands, Fanatics has hired Orlando Ashford as its new chief people officer, according to a Thursday press release. In his new role, Ashford will be responsible for the company’s human resources operations across its commerce, collectibles, and betting and gaming arms. He will report to CEO Michael Rubin and CFO Glenn Schiffman…
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A big-scale phishing marketing campaign constructed on typosquatting is focusing on Home windows and Android customers with malware, in line with a menace intelligence agency and cybersecurity web site. The marketing campaign at the moment underway makes use of greater than 200 typosquatting domains that impersonate 27 manufacturers to hoodwink internet surfers to obtain malicious…
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There is a lot of work going into creating the next generation of the web. Most of it is focused on the concept that, rather than traditional web pages, we’ll have a very different experience that is far more immersive. Let’s call it “Web 3D.” I had a chance to talk with Nvidia’s CEO Jensen…
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First Mode built the power plant for the world’s largest zero-emission truck. (Anglo American Photo) First Mode is establishing a proving grounds between Seattle and Portland to test and optimize giant zero-emission hauling trucks and the hydrogen-based infrastructure they’ll depend on. The Seattle-based engineering venture says its leased facility at the TransAlta Centralia Mine, 85…