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A New Wildfire Watchdog

Cars That Think

In our always-on, sensor-laden, Internet-connected world, shouldn't technology have done better? And then, with transmission complete and the triggering stimulus gone, the system would shut down and return to a sleep or fully powered-off state. Too many did not make it out of their beds, let alone their homes.

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Electric Cars and a Smarter Grid - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

“Electric vehicles could be connected to the grid and could store energy at times when too much is produced ? Unfortunately, there is very little specific funding for wireless transmission in the stimulus bill that was just signed by the USA President. — Mark - Dallas 21. — Mark - Dallas 25.

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