Blue Marble Ventures — Igniting Green/Clean Technologies and Bus. Redpoint Ventures Closes $400 Million Fund « Velocity - Forbes.c. Home - (Build 20090824085414) Why Cloud Computing Leaders Need to Demand Clean Power. The launch of Apple’s iPad this weekend represents a lot of firsts for the tech industry: a device with some of the most media attention of all time, and the start of an $8 billion tablet application market.
But the iPad also represents one of a wave of media-consuming mobile devices that increasingly depends on “the cloud” — basically the Internet and data centers — to deliver hosted services and digital content, and will help contribute to a massive growth in energy consumption and carbon emissions associated with so-called cloud-computing over the coming years. According to a report published Tuesday from the environmental researchers at Greenpeace , the energy consumption and carbon emissions of cloud computing are already significantly higher than previously thought.
This new, larger estimate of energy consumption associated with cloud computing emphasizes just how big the problem will be as the sector grows over the coming years. iPod Creator Ditches Apple for Greentech. Green technology will soon be getting a player with a pedigree born out of one of the most successful gadgets of all time.
Tony Fadell, one of the original developers of the iPod at Apple tells the New York Times that he will be leaving the company to pursue advising and investing in consumer-focused green technology companies. Welcome! The world of greentech sorely needs top-notch consumer-focused design, and more innovation to draw disinterested consumers into the fray. As Joel Makower put it in a blog post this week looking back on the 20-year anniversary of his book The Green Consumer, one thing that hasn’t changed over the last two decades has been the green consumer itself: “[T]here don’t seem to be that many more than today in 1990, in terms of people making significant changes to their shopping and consuming habits in ways that move markets toward greener products and services, never mind actually ‘saving the earth.’”
Exclusive: Google To Go Nuclear. Google has acquired a company that has created a new process for highly efficient isotope separation, we’ve confirmed from multiple sources.
The primary use of this technology, say experts we’ve spoken with, is uranium enrichment. Enriched uranium is a necessary ingredient in the creation of nuclear energy, and one source we’ve spoken with at Google says that this is part of the Google Green Initiative. The company will use the new technology to enable it to design and possibly build small, mobile and highly efficient nuclear power generators. “Google has already begun building an enrichment plant,” says a high ranking IAEA source. As GreenBeat points out, “Google finally decided to launch a dedicated unit of the company for designing and building its own solar panels, wind turbines, energy efficiency devices, etc. Ford taps Microsoft Hohm for electric-car charging. Ford Motor and Microsoft are collaborating on software for consumers to manage how and when to charge electric vehicles.
Executives from both companies at the New York Auto Show on Wednesday announced that drivers of Ford's electric cars will use Microsoft Hohm, a Web-based home energy management application. The 2011 electric Ford Focus will be the first car to use Hohm, which company executives said will let consumers take advantage of cheaper electricity rates.
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As part of its celebration of Earth Week, NASA unveiled the NASA Earth Exchange (NEX) at a “Green Earth” public forum held at the NASA Exploration Center, Moffett Field, Calif. By making NEX available, NASA expects to better enable scientists to collaboratively conduct research and address the impacts of changes in climate and land use patterns on ecosystems. NASA Announces A New Approach To Earth Science Data Analysis. When Iceland erupts, Europe shuts down. Jokes like: 'We want your cash, not your ash,' from wits in Europe aside, (a reference to bailout money) the eruption at Eyjafjallajokull, Iceland last week is wreaking havoc with EU air transport and putting paid to the attendance of some people at events like: Social Business Edge and Collaborate 2010.
In London, a cloud camp event was cancelled (sic) and as far as we know, the chaos is going to continue at least through the middle of this week. Some are saying it is worse then the aftermath of 9/11. The UK Met Office is providing continuous updates while Chris Lewis, Founder of Lewis PR aka @largeburrito provides a running commentary and links to articles on the topic alongside his political commentary links covering the British General Election. A useful, if eclectic mix. In and amongt the various Tweets, I saw a link to a note by Gartner analyst Jeff Man who talks to the different uses of social media by KLM and Air France. But it's not all bad news. Top 5 Recycled Plant Containers. For those looking to save money and recycle, there are plenty of materials in your home that can be converted for use in your garden.
Creating your own planters not only provides you with a hands-on project, but makes use of already produced materials by recycling objects you might otherwise discard. So if you put your old living room set out on the curb last week and no one’s taken it yet, reclaim that old end table. Its drawers will come in handy. Old Footwear: There are many unique ways to recycle and reuse your old kicks, such as turning them into a home for a plant. Old work boots or rain boots work really well, not only because they’re large in size, but also because they’re made soundly. Full list at HowStuffWorks.com.