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Though it will cost just a few dollars, a new device may actually be the key to managing our aging power infrastructure and maximizing clean power. Recent rolling power outages and power failures over the past few years have highlighted just how vulnerable our power grid is to disaster. The White House just announced a $250 million loan bonanza for major smart grid deployment, but a 4-millimeter-thick chip that costs just a few dollars may actually be the key to ensuring that our aging power grid infrastructure doesn't die on us

It's not profits or the end of coal (they're pretty confident about both those things). Rather, it's a dwindling resource that you wouldn't expect. There are endless aspects of our energy economy to think about--including an aging power grid infrastructure, the lack of rare earth metals , the need to build more robust transmission lines, and so on

A trademark can be just as valuable as a large client, so it's of utmost importance that businesses find competent means for protection. Here are four tips for keeping your trademark safe from harm. Little icons have big implications

Google has poured hundreds of millions of bucks into clean power over the last few months. But their newest announcement isn't about utilities, it's about getting solar panels on as many houses as possible. Over the past few months, Google has become something of a clean energy superhero, making several investments, including a $168 million investment in California's Ivanpah solar farm and a $100 million investment in the world's biggest wind farm .

Flimmaker Amr Salama is working on a movie about the Egyptian Revolution.

Keeping a meeting interesting is something even the sharpest sales reps struggle with. Experts share a few tips on how to mix things up. The sales meeting for some is a dreaded hours-long absence from the queue of voicemail and e-mail piling up at their desks

The perfect data storage solution should offer fast access to data, maintain data in the absence of external power, and be able to withstand large numbers of read–write cycles. Phase-change random access memory (PCRAM), a type of non-volatile memory that uses the amorphous and crystalline states of phase-change materials for encoding data, can satisfy all of these criteria

A massive burst of solar wind that erupted from the sun Tuesday is expected to deliver only a "glancing blow" to the Earth's vulnerable magnetic field, NASA officials said yesterday. But it will preview what some experts call a potentially existential threat to the power grids of the United States and other nations, and the populations that depend on them.

At this week's Research@Intel event, Fast Company had the chance to see some of the tech giant's freshest research-stage projects--from cheap power for the developing world to simple plug-and-play home energy monitoring. When a computing giant like Intel decides to get into the energy management space, it's safe to assume that big things are coming. We've seen hints of it before--Intel announced in 2009 that it was working on energy management systems for buildings--and at this week's Research@Intel event, Fast Company had the chance to see some of the company's freshest research-stage projects that could soon be changing the way the world uses and generates electricity.

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TOKYO (Reuters) - The operator of a crippled Japanese nuclear plant said on Wednesday it had experienced power outages at two of its reactors but it was able to continue the cooling process to bring them under control. Tokyo Electric Power Co (Tepco) said it was investigating the power outages at its No. 1 and No

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Finding a professional translator who is truly skilled can be a daunting task. Here are five great tips to help you find a qualified linguist for the job

You’ve taken the plunge and invested in an iPad. Like millions of others, you love it. It's light and keeps a remarkable 10-hour charge

We're not trying to exclude those who use smartphones not of the Apple variety—it's just that the iPhone clearly needs the battery bump the most. While there are myriad new choices of external iPhone battery packs—the Mili PowerSpring 4 comes to mind—none outshines the Mophie Juice Pack Air, which weights a mere 2.5 ounces and incorporates one of the more well-designed cases available