by Michael Belfiore | Mar 2, 2011 | Blog
I caught up with Scott Elrod, Director of the Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) Hardware Systems Lab, while we were both at the 2nd annual ARPA-E Energy Innovation Summit near Washington. In this era of government cutbacks, I think it’s important to underline the...
by Michael Belfiore | Mar 2, 2011 | Blog
Nth Degree chief scientist William J. Ray doesn’t think compact fluorescent light bulbs are any kind of solution for cheap efficient lighting. “Do you know what’s in those things?” he asked me when I stopped by his booth at the ARPA-E Energy...
by Michael Belfiore | Mar 1, 2011 | Blog
Schwarzenegger at ARPA-E 2011 brought to you by Livescribe Surprise, surprise, former California Governor and action star Arnold Schwarzenegger is so far the most dynamic speaker here at the ARPA-E Energy Innovation Summit. Introduced by U.S. Energy Secretary Steven...
by Michael Belfiore | Mar 1, 2011 | Blog
Here at the ARPA-E Energy Innovation Summit just outside Washington, some 2,000 technologists, policy makers, politicians, and venture capitalists are gathered to share ideas, get funding, and generally try to change the world. U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu was on...
by Michael Belfiore | Mar 1, 2011 | Blog
Professor Wim F. J. Vermaas has just explained to me how his algae “bugs,” as he calls them, can produce the raw constituents of jet fuel as a completely renewable resource. It’s part of Arizona State University’s Lightworks program, bringing...
by Michael Belfiore | Feb 28, 2011 | Blog
The ARPA-E Energy Innovation Summit launches today near Washington with a pre-conference meeting of energy innovators and managers from the country’s premier energy innovation agency. I’ll be at the Summit for the start of the main event tomorrow. Keynotes...
