Remove Articles Remove Commercial Remove Environment Remove Utah
article thumbnail

Researchers developing salt-tolerant enzymes tailored to ionic liquid processes for production of advanced cellulosic biofuels

Green Car Congress

The group plans to expand this research to develop a full complement of enzymes that is tailored for the ionic liquid process technology with the goal of demonstrating a complete biomass-to-sugar process, one they hope can enable the commercial viability of advanced biofuels. Advance Article doi: 10.1039/C1GC15193B. —Zhang et al.

article thumbnail

Inventing Postscript, the Tech That Took the Pain out of Printing

Cars That Think

This article was first published as "‘PostScript’ prints anything: a case history." from the University of Utah , joined the center in 1978, he immediately began work on a new printer protocol. from the University of Utah , joined the center in 1978, he immediately began work on a new printer protocol. 2, 1988, pp.

Design 109
article thumbnail

50 Years Later, We’re Still Living in the Xerox Alto’s World

Cars That Think

The people who developed the Alto came to Xerox PARC from universities, industrial labs, and commercial ventures, bringing with them diverse experiences and skills. By the late 1960s, Xerox executives had begun to see information technology make an impact in the office environment.

Personal 145
article thumbnail

Xerox Parc’s Engineers on How They Invented the Future—and How Xerox Lost It

Cars That Think

This article was first published as “Inside the PARC: the ‘information architects’.” The ideas developed at PARC found their way into a number of commercial products, companies, and publications, shown here as leafy branches. The Open Environment and How It Changed PARC started with a small nucleus—perhaps fewer than 20 people.

Future 145
article thumbnail

America’s lithium laws fail to keep pace with rapid development – ET Auto

Baua Electric

Nevada, which has the only commercial U.S. In Utah, the state legislature and governor approved a bill last year aimed at preventing water levels from dropping in the lithium-rich Great Salt Lake. Nevada, which has the only commercial U.S.

article thumbnail

Eavesdropping on the Brain with 10,000 Electrodes

Cars That Think

Different kinds of neural probes pick up activity from firing neurons: three tines of a Utah array with one electrode on each tine [left], a single slender tungsten wire electrode [center], and a Neuropixels shank that has electrodes all along its length [checkered pattern, right]. What regulates behaviors essential to survival?