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Restoring Hearing With Beams of Light

Cars That Think

466 million people worldwide suffer from disabling hearing loss that requires intervention, according to the World Health Organization. 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. optogenetics.

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Electric-Car Fans Rally Around the Volt - 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. Bob Lutz’s Latest Volt Test Drive Sprinting for Green Stimulus Dollars New Subsidies for Electric Cars in Britain Electric Car Makers: Oregon Wants You G.M. Supporters of the car say that’s shortsighted.

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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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Chrysler unveils new electric minivan for the US Postal Service

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Department of Energys Transportation Electrification stimulus program for a federal grant that would enable a nationwide demonstration fleet with the United States Postal Service (USPS) * Potential partnership with USPS to include infrastructure support from ConEd, Duke Energy, DTE Energy and Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) Washington, D.C.,

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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. 12:47 PM joe said.

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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. … Phone Companies Heart Smart Grid: SmartSynch, AT&T Sign Up Texas Utility PermieWriter : Improving urban schools, like growing our food locally and raising livestock humanely, is a good idea for many reasons.

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Superstars of AB 811 Rock Palm Desert @ EcoMotion Conference

Creative Greenius

What an exhilarating difference a well organized and smartly thought-out lineup can make. 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. Just ask Los Angeles Lakers Basketball fans. Ted’s got it.