Tuesday 2011-01-18
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The Roadster showed Tesla Motors can design a top-notch electric drivetrain. The Model S showed it can design a gorgeous car. Building the S is another story, of course, so now the Silicon Valley upstart wants to show it knows a little something about engineering.
Tesla Wants Some Engineering Cred | Autopia | Wired.com
Top 10 Social Media Blogs: The 2011 Winners! | Social Media Examiner
Social media is a big subject. If you’re looking for some reliable places to go for the best tips and social media tactics, look no further! Our second-annual contest generated more than 300 nominations. Our panel of social media experts carefully reviewed the nominees and finalists, analyzing the quality of their content, the frequency of posts and reader involvement (among other things). Brian Solis : The grand master of social media, Brian is one of the web’s leading social media evangelists and his blog is required reading for businesses. TopRank : This popular blog, the brainchild of Lee Odden, provides exceptional social media advice and should be one of your daily destinations.Report: Mobile App Market Will Be Worth $25 Billion By 2015 – Apple’s Share: 20%
We all know mobile app stores are booming worldwide, and a new market research report by MarketsandMarkets acknowledges that trend. According to the research firm’s ‘World Mobile Applications Market (2010 – 2015)’ report, the total global mobile applications market is expected to be worth $25 billion by 2015 (up from about $6.8 billion in 2010). MarketsandMarkets projects Apple’s App Store to hold nearly 20.5 percent of that particular cake, while the global market is forecast to record a CAGR (compound annual growth rate) of 29.6 percent from 2009 to 2014. The research firm reiterates the various factors that will be contributing to that growth, from advancements in network technologies to the lowering of mobile data usage cost, growing adoption of smartphones around the world, and a continuous increase in application usability.
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Waviimania Continues As Investors Flock To Parade
This is how to milk a stealth startup for all it’s worth.Technology Review has a look at one component of the smart grid that should be moving slower than the others: smart appliances - CES: Smart Grid, Smarter Home . It's been quite a while since appliances had any prominence at a high tech show: images of women immaculately dressed in evening gowns while demonstrating the magic of microwave oven technology at the 1964 World's Fair spring to mind. When LG discussed its new technology for fridges and washing machines alongside its smartphones and Internet-enabled TVs at its press conference on Wednesday, there were actually some sniggers from the audience. But after many years of producing essentially commodity products, appliance manufacturers are gearing up for a rejuvenated market as electrical utilities begin to roll out smart meters and homeowners are encouraged to install or upgrade to appliances that can communicate with these meters.
Smart Appliances On The Horizon ?
Floating tidal power plant opened in Norway
Renewable Energy Focus has an article on the launch of Hydra Tidal’s floating tidal power plant, Morild II, in Lofoten, Northern Norway - Floating tidal power plant opened in Norway . The opening of the 1.5 MW tidal power plant marks the start of the planned two-year trial period for testing and verification of Morild II and the technology. The tidal turbine blades are made of laminated wood with a diameter of 23 m. “We know of no comparable floating tidal power plants in the world.(NaturalNews) Like a medical house of cards in an earthquake, the seasonal flu vaccine mythology is collapsing right before our eyes. After months of urging everyone to get vaccinated (and blaming non-vaccinated people for skipping out on their "public health obligation"), UK health authorities announced last week that "healthy people" were to blame for causing a vaccine shortage that they claim now threatens the lives of sick children ( http://www.naturalnews.com/030977_vaccine_shortage.html ). As part of this ruse, they even suggested that pharmacies should be banned from selling flu vaccines to healthy people, explaining that healthy people didn't really need them anyway . So much for the big flu vaccine delusion that "everybody needs a vaccine."
Seasonal flu vaccine fairy tale rapidly collapsing as the truth comes out
Breast cancer breakthrough: vitamin D in combination with sun exposure is key to prevention
(NaturalNews) As NaturalNews has covered for years, researchers have found a profound link between breast cancer and low levels of vitamin D ( http://www.naturalnews.com/023264_Vitamin_D_cancer_brst.html ). Women with the lowest blood levels have the highest breast cancer risk and those dying of metastasized disease are the most vitamin D deficient of all. Scientists have theorized vitamin D has anti-cancer properties that influence cell growth, healthy cell differentiation and programmed cell death (apoptosis).Updated timeline of mysterious animal deaths
(NaturalNews) Here's an updated timeline of the mysterious animal deaths now happening around the world. Conventional explanations for these deaths now border on the outlandish: A bird die-off event in Romania is now being blamed on "drunkenness," for example. 01.11.11 - Thousands of gizzard shad fish float to the top of Lake Michigan and wash up on the shores near Chicago, blamed on cold weather ( http://www.hispanicallyspeakingnews.com/has-oido/details/bizarre-anim... )
Mannen som skall driva Apples dagliga åtaganden medan Steve Jobs är borta heter Timothy D. Cook. Tim Cook kom till Apple 1998 i samband med att Steve Jobs satte ihop det lag som kom att vända företaget på rekordtid.
Detta är Tim Cook - Allt om Mac
ScienceDaily (Jan. 17, 2011) — Do you want that in a pill or a shot? A pill, thank you, but most patients never have that choice. The problem with administering many medications orally is that a pill often will not dissolve at exactly the right site in the gastrointestinal tract where the medicine can be absorbed into the bloodstream.
Magnetically controlled pill could boost body's absorption of drugs
Vectrix launches urban electric VX-2 scooter — Autoblog Green
Vectrix LLC , a self-proclaimed world leader in personal electric vehicles, has kicked off the New Year with a bang by introducing its urban commuter; the VX-2 battery-powered scooter. The VX-2 is a slimmed down version of the company's VX-1 and is designed for low-speed travel. Whether that includes around town trips or traversing a college campus, troubled Vectrix insists that the VX-2 is the "perfect machine" for the task. The VX-2 can hit speeds of up to 30 miles per hour and has a usable range of 40 to 55 miles (depending on terrain, weight of rider, speed, etc.). The VX-2 features a rudimentary regenerative braking system and low-speed reverse operation.Toyota Prius C Concept – Click above for high-res image gallery Earlier this month, we reported that China is expected to slash its first batch of rare earth exports by 11 percent for 2011, setting the limit at 14,446 tons. Automakers are concerned that a shortage in vital rare earths used to manufacture components for hybrid and battery-powered vehicles could hamper production levels of electric-drive models. To overcome this potential shortage, Toyota , the world's leading seller of hybrid vehicles, is actively developing an alternative type of electric motor that doesn't rely on rare earth metals.