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The Rise and Fall of 3M’s Floppy Disk

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If you ask the average person what the company 3M does, odds are if they have a few gray hairs hanging out on their scalp, they might say that the company makes floppy disks. I bought them from a junk store, and maybe paid $2 for them. I admittedly have long had a fascination with these reel-to-reel tapes.

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Liquid Metal Battery Corp secures patent rights from MIT

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Earlier this year, the company announced it had received financing from France’s Total—which earlier had funded research on the technology at MIT ( earlier post )—and from a personal investment by Bill Gates. Patents for all liquid metal battery inventions were licensed from MIT.

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BMW, Ford and Honda to create new company focused on optimizing EV grid services: ChargeScape

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Electric vehicle customers will also eventually have the opportunity for even more significant impact by sharing the energy stored in their EV batteries with the grid during times of peak demand through vehicle-to-grid (V2G) applications. Additionally, ChargeScape will play a role in helping to decarbonize the grid.

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DOE ARPA-E awards $156M to projects to 60 projects to accelerate innovation in clean energy technologies

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production of oil, which is stored in seeds and is convertible to. is one of the most energy dense forms of stored energy in. engineer sugarcane and sorghum to produce and store oil, a. High Performance, Low Cost Superconducting Wires and Coils. has traditionally been too expensive to use in wind generators.

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The Day the U.S. TV Industry Died

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But at about $1000, the flat tube is not a consumer product and instead is benefiting Zenith’s latest focus of interest-its relatively new and highly profitable personal computer business. Zenith introduces first microprocessor-based tuning system and first cable-ready receiver; buys Heath to get into the personal computer business.

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Using the PHEV (Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle) to Transition Society Seamlessly and Profitably From Fossil Fuel to 100% Renewable Energy

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It offers the solution to several significant transitions we need: moving society from burning fossil fuels to substituting renewable resource fuels such as solar, wind and biofuels; and from using fossil materials as fuel to using them for other recyclable uses. Distributed Solar and Wind with the PHEV. It is much more than that.

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U.S. Commercial Drone Delivery Comes Closer

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One that I’m personally really excited about is supporting these genetic diversity campaigns. Your range and long range and low cost. And a fixed-wing aircraft over something that can hover has something like an 800% advantage in range and cost. It’s one of those things very unglamorous, but really impactful.