Wind turbine makers are aiming ever higher to get more power from the giant machines, building turbines that pack more of an electricity generating punch, as well as towers and blades that are just, well, bigger. But how big can the turbines get? American Superconductor is going for a whopping 10 me...

Global Innovation, intellectual property, Invention Gregory T. Huang wrote: Why can’t big companies invent? How should inventors handle their intellectual property? And what are countries around the world doing on these fronts? I recently stopped by Intellectual Ventures in Bellevue, WA, to ge...

While I don't blog on it often, most of you know I was heavily involved in the founding of company called Zenergy Power plc (AIM:ZEN), one of the leading companies in high temperature superconductor technology. The origins of Zenergy began with the formation of SC Power Systems to commercialize a fa...

Roundup, deals, Robotics Rebecca Zacks wrote: Deal-making took New England tech firms all over the map last week. Let’s start with Beijing. —Akamai Technologies (NASDAQ: AKAM) of Cambridge, MA, announced it will partner with New York’s The NewsMarket to provide journalists covering...

Electric vehicles are pretty great as it is, but ones powered by superconduction and liquid nitrogen cooling are even better. That happens to be the case with Sumitomo Electric's car, which promises to be 10% more efficient that the typical electric vehicle. Built using an old Toyota Crown Comfort, ...

A hover board is on my most wanted list ever since I can remember. The ability to hover over anything without actually feeling the friction of the surface below will be a dream come true for all automobile manufacturers too. Now, Cornell University researchers propose that superconductors paired wit...

Anteriormente os comentaba acerca del concepto de un nuevo chip capaz de trabajar con tan sólo 0.3 voltios. El progreso y los avances de la tecnología no se detienen y la novedad que os traigo en esta ocasión es que científicos canadienses y alemanes han creado un material superconductor capaz d...

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Filed under: Misc. Gadgets While the temperature at which superconduction has occurred has been steadily rising throughout history, a potential breakthrough could open up a whole new world of possibilities in the computing realm. Reportedly, a pair of mad scientists from Canada and Germany have deve...

Slashdot carried an interesting story today about Alexey Pajitnov, the creator of Tetris, claiming that Free/Open Source Software (F/OSS) destroys free markets and eliminates companies' ability to "create wealth", a dubious proposition at best, but one which spawned the following insi...