by Michael Belfiore | Nov 8, 2010 | Blog
Technology Review reports today on work at Georgia Tech that has finally let to an energy scavenging generator powerful enough to power an LED display. At 1.5 by 2 centimeters, it’s also small enough to power devices embedded in the human body. On a recent trip...
by Michael Belfiore | Nov 7, 2010 | Blog
ARPA-E, the new DOE agency charged with finding the next big energy breakthroughs, has announced its second annual Energy Innovation Summit. The event will be held, like last year, at the Gaylord Convention Center near Washington from Monday, February 28, 2011 to...
by Michael Belfiore | Nov 5, 2010 | Blog
I’ve rebuilt my website from the ground up using WordPress. Drupal was getting me down on my old site. And I’ve never been happy with the way Blogger interacts with outside websites. Now I can keep my blog and my website all under one roof. I aim to blog a...
by Michael Belfiore | Oct 4, 2010 | Blog, Uncategorized
Photo: Michael Rooks / SpaceXThe SpaceX Dragon capsule is being prepped for its maiden voyage at Cape Canaveral. I got a chance to climb inside a mockup (SpaceX CEO Elon Musk hates that term–call it an engineering qualification unit) at SpaceX headquarters in...
by Michael Belfiore | Sep 30, 2010 | Blog, Uncategorized
Hard to picture 7 crew here. Note sleeping alcove with porthole for scale. I got a press release yesterday from a new venture to build what’s being billed as the first commercial space station. What got my attention is who proposes to build the thing: RSC...
