Harnessing heat for useful purposes isn’t really anything new. Um, that’s kind of what steam does and has been doing for more than 100 years. I actually wrote a few months ago about a data center in Helsinki that is using these principles to keep the city heated during the winter months
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Taking some heat … and turning it into electricity
Here’s a new term for you to wrap your head around: “osmotic.” If you, like me, have no idea what that term means even though it seems to be derived from the term “osmosis,” I’ll save you a trip to the dictionary: Merriam-Webster’s take on the word describes it as the “entry movement of a solvent
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Power from osmosis? New twist on water-generated electricity
This is going to be a blow by blow kit build of Will Aldridge’s 1:32 scale Goodyear F2G-1 Super Corsair. I am going to add enhancement details and will detail that when it takes place. If you have questions or want more detail in any area just post and I will try to accomadate.
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Model Of The Week: Kit Build Goodyear F2G-1 Super Corsair
Hi. Here’s a W.I.P to my build of Claudio Diaz original Batmobile. This is a great model to build {i made this quite a while ago now} I wish i had built her using the high gloss card, but i had problems with the coating de-laminating when cutting and folding, so i gave up with that… i went with standard card stock for this.
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Model Of The Week: Original Batmobile
Iain Thomson in San Francisco, V3.co.uk , Wednesday 19 May 2010 at 21:00:00 One standard to rule them all Google used the opening keynote of its I/O conference to announce the open sourcing the VP8 video standard, with the aim of making video online open to all developers….
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Google open sources VP8 online video standard
A new relationship between IBM and Hildebrand, an energy consulting firm, will combine the tech giant’s data management software with energy monitoring devices in five European cities: Birmingham, Bristol and Manchester in the United Kingdom, and Plovdiv and Ivanovo in Bulgaria.The deal was made possible by funding that Hildebrand received for a 30-month pilot into
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IBM software in your home? Pact enables five-city smart meter pilot in Europe
Phil Muncaster, V3.co.uk , Wednesday 19 May 2010 at 17:48:00 Long-awaited action plan aims to speed up Europe’s economic recovery The European Commission has set out its long-awaited Digital Agenda action plan, promising long-term investment and the removal of obstacles to maximising the potential of information and communication technologies (ICTs)…
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European Commission launches ambitious Digital Agenda
Rosalie Marshall, V3.co.uk , Wednesday 19 May 2010 at 17:46:00 Company admits settings are ‘too complex’ Facebook has acknowledged widespread criticism about its privacy policy and said it is working on a response, although it couldn’t provide a timeframe….
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Facebook privacy changes expected soon
Sharon Brennan, V3.co.uk , Wednesday 19 May 2010 at 17:24:00 Firm launches SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 SP1 and Identity Manager 4 Novell has released an update to its SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 designed to offer improved virtualisation, availability and support.
David Neal, V3.co.uk , Wednesday 19 May 2010 at 16:40:00 Memory producers fined a total of €331m The European Commission has fined a selection of DRAM memory firms a total of €331m as part of an anti-trust settlement in a pricing cartel investigation….
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European Commission comes down hard on DRAM cartel
Rosalie Marshall, V3.co.uk , Wednesday 19 May 2010 at 15:58:00 But privacy group insists evidence must not be destroyed UK privacy watchdog the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has asked Google to delete the private Wi-Fi data it has collected from homes and businesses….
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UK data watchdog calls on Google to delete Wi-Fi data
Dan Worth, V3.co.uk , Wednesday 19 May 2010 at 15:45:00 Big Blue uses Hadoop software to allow customers to manage data in all forms ROME: IBM has launched new software at its Information on Demand 2010 conference designed to help firms analyse and take advantage of the huge growth in data being generated by…
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IBM IOD 2010: IBM analytics tool targets data explosion
David Neal, V3.co.uk , Wednesday 19 May 2010 at 15:42:00 0.facebook.com involves no data charges, says firm Facebook is rolling out a new mobile site which it claims is much faster than its current m.facebook.com mobile application but still includes all the main features….
Dan Worth, V3.co.uk , Wednesday 19 May 2010 at 13:40:00 Decision Management software promises more effective business processes ROME: IBM has unveiled its latest software tool at the Information on Demand 2010 conference, designed to allow firms to quickly and accurately forecast any potential new business processes or…
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IBM IOD 2010: IBM launches ‘three-clicks’ analytics tool
Rosalie Marshall, V3.co.uk , Wednesday 19 May 2010 at 13:38:00 Web firm remains set on content strategy Yahoo has acquired a startup called Associated Content to continue its drive to become the web’s largest content portal. Associated Content allows users to create content and get paid according…
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Yahoo drives portal plans with Associated Content buy
David Neal, V3.co.uk , Wednesday 19 May 2010 at 13:35:00 Survey points to increased web use and changing surfing patterns British internet use has changed dramatically over the past three years, according to a survey into UK web habits by the UK Online Measurement Company (UKOM)….
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Brits spend a day a month online
David Neal, V3.co.uk , Wednesday 19 May 2010 at 13:07:00 Gartner reports strong quarterly figures for Q1 2010 Mobile phone shipments have grown by 17 per cent over the past year, according to the latest figures from Gartner….
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Global mobile phone sales up 17 per cent
Phil Muncaster, V3.co.uk , Wednesday 19 May 2010 at 12:45:00 Kelly Services study says IT has one of the highest concentrations of self-employed workers The recession has forced large numbers of IT professionals into self-employment, according to a global study by employment agency Kelly Services….
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Recession fuels self-employment in IT
Daniel Robinson, V3.co.uk , Wednesday 19 May 2010 at 12:10:00 UK datacentres to deliver public cloud to SMEs and hybrid offering for enterprises Hosting firm Rackspace is preparing to bring its cloud services into the UK with a Xen-based offering for the SMB market, and hybrid public-private services based on VMware for larger…
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Rackspace brings cloud services to the UK
Phil Muncaster, V3.co.uk , Wednesday 19 May 2010 at 12:03:00 Security firm said to be after VeriSign’s authentication business Symantec is closing in on a deal to acquire VeriSign’s authentication business in a deal which could be worth as much as $1.3bn (£912m) and give Symantec a market-leading technology…
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Symantec closes in on VeriSign