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Students Use Their Tech Know-How to Protect the Environment

Cars That Think

“Being on a team with such a diverse collection of engineering disciplines really provides a well-rounded engineering experience,” says Mitzu Walkifucazaki, a junior studying computer science at Arizona State University and a member of the group working on the Project Hydration Station , one of the winning projects.

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Solar Smackdown in Torrance – Installer Sues City on Behalf of the Sun

Creative Greenius

The Torrance Hillside Overlay district , covers most of the historic Hollywood Riviera neighborhood where the Creative Greenius lives and I can tell you that it’s a zoning law that is pure politics. I went down to the Building Dept and they said, “It will be two weeks before we get back to you.” What happened?”.

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A Well Earned, Guilt Free #YearOfJoe

Creative Greenius

Ladies and gentlemen your friendly neighborhood Greenius has hit the wall. After she got a job at Mattel in 1985 she got me a shot at a temp job as an $8 an hour “board turner” in the Samples Department at the original Mattel building in Hawthorne. I am dog tired. I need a break, right now, before I snap. A year-long one.

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Coming Soon – The Electric City

Revenge of the Electric Car

From the article: “The San Francisco building code will soon be revised to require that new structures be wired for car chargers. And at the headquarters of Pacific Gas and Electric, utility executives are preparing “heat maps” of neighborhoods that they fear may overload the power grid in their exuberance for electric cars.&#.

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ARPA-E Awards $151M to 37 Projects for Transformative Energy Research

Green Car Congress

Building Efficiency (3 projects). Electronville: High-Amperage Energy Storage Device-Energy Storage for the Neighborhood. Arizona State University, in partnership with Fluidic Energy Inc., BUILDING EFFICIENCY. The projects selected are grouped into 10 areas: Energy Storage (6 projects). Biomass Energy (5 projects).

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