I feel very concerned by the incoming climate changes, and when I hear that around 20,000,000 old computers will be thrown in the nature in 2008, that's just too much for me.
Hopefully, thanks to the increasing energy cost, companies begin to realise that saving energy is good for the budget and good for the planet. This environement is then propitious to new ideas, and new ideas lead to new businesses ! If google decided in february to invest several $ millions in green projects and startups, that is not just by chance... And it is not the only one, investment funds are putting billions in these green-tech startups, despite the current world economy situation.
Some years ago, California has decided to walk on the "green path" and a new contest, the Californa clean tech open is born (http://cacleantech.org/). Amongst the finalists, I have noticed one of them called "Power assure" that offers to save power for data centers, ISPs and government. According to its founders, it could enable companies to save up to 81% of their server's power consumption. How ??? The idea is pretty simple : the servers are dynamically switched on/off as the traffic increases/decreases, thanks to a software that monitors and restarts servers.
The company is currently carrying out some large scale tests with Facebook and Yahoo !, and if successful, it might lead them to some new juicy contracts with big blue or others huge power consumers.
A good business idea, that is at the same time good for the environment !
Want to know more about this company ?
Nationality : American (CA)
Status : Inc.
URL : http://www.powerassure.com
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Thursday, July 31, 2008
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Travel anywhere you want with the flying car !
When I found this link on the internet, I nearly felt down of my chair. Great idea, splendid idea ! A flying car !
For those like me who are born in the early 80s or before and have been watching the MASK cartoon on TV, this post will for sure raise up some nostalgy... !
This idea comes from Carl Dietrich, an MIT Graduate student who won the $30,000 Lemelson-MIT Student Prize for Inventiveness. He says that he is targeting more the amateur-pilot market than impatient commuters. This device will allow pilots to quickly fly from one point to another and then reach the final destination by road.
To my mind, this is the real beginning of massive private long range travels. Although the price is still high : $ 194,000 if you want to reserve right now your "transition" (that's the name given to this plane/car).
The POC (Proof Of Concept) will be shown this week in Oshkosh, WI :
Eager to apply for a flying license !?
To know more :
Terrafugia Incorporated
Nationality : American (Woburn, MA)
http://www.terrafugia.com/
For those like me who are born in the early 80s or before and have been watching the MASK cartoon on TV, this post will for sure raise up some nostalgy... !
This idea comes from Carl Dietrich, an MIT Graduate student who won the $30,000 Lemelson-MIT Student Prize for Inventiveness. He says that he is targeting more the amateur-pilot market than impatient commuters. This device will allow pilots to quickly fly from one point to another and then reach the final destination by road.
To my mind, this is the real beginning of massive private long range travels. Although the price is still high : $ 194,000 if you want to reserve right now your "transition" (that's the name given to this plane/car).
The POC (Proof Of Concept) will be shown this week in Oshkosh, WI :
Eager to apply for a flying license !?
To know more :
Terrafugia Incorporated
Nationality : American (Woburn, MA)
http://www.terrafugia.com/
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