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Featured Articles » After Settling Community and Conservationist Litigation, SWEPCO Coal-Fired Plant to Open in 2012 » Down But Not Out: US Continues to Fight EU Court Ruling on Airline Emissions Scheme » Mercury Pollution Rules Will Result in Jobs, Fewer Lives in Jeopardy, Says EPA's Jackson » Dark Days in Congress, as Republicans Block Enforcement of Lighting Efficiency Bill   Sponsor: M2M Evolution Conference The M2M Evolution Conference will focus on the "value proposition" phase of M2M and how real life M2M technologies and applications are helping businesses fuel growth and productivity. This event will explore the role of the network platform and will define how the "cloud" plays a role in delivering M2M solutions. M2M Evolution will also explore the increasing variety of M2M enabled devices. This event is for all vertical industries but will have a particular emphasis on medical applications, including; remote monitoring and diagnostics, patient tracking, claims processing and more. Sessions include a series of analyst insight, real life case studies, and roundtable discussions designed to demonstrate how to exploit these new technologies.   Top Stories » Quantum and SB Electronics Form Technology Partnership » Six Degrees Group Receives 'Improved Data Center Energy Efficiency' Award » Corning Cable Systems Contributes to charity: water » CellEra Raises $9.2 Million from Vodafone, Carmel Ventures to Bring Affordable Fuel Cells to Market   From The Expert Corner December 27, 2011 A 'Lasting' Legacy: Apple Patents Fuel Cells That-Charge Mobile Devices for Days or Weeks By Cheryl Kaften TMCnet Contributor Following the untimely death of founder Steve Jobs just months ago, Apple (News - Alert) Inc. has once again sown the seeds of widespread technological change—this time, with U.S. patent applications for two types of miniature, lightweight hydrogen fuel cells that would charge mobile devices for days or even weeks. The documents, “Fuel Cell System to Power a Portable Computing Device” and “Fuel Cell System Coupled to a Portable Computing Device,”posted on the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office website on December 22, could answer the needs of millions of Apple fans worldwide, who would appreciate having the eco-friendly, long-lasting batteries in their iPhones ,iPads, and MacBooks—especially since the iPhone (News - Alert) 4S reportedly has been beleaguered by low-battery issues. The Cupertino, California-based computer giant will use a hydrogen fuel cell —the same clean technology now being touted to convert hydrogen and oxygen into water and energy in next-generation vehicles. Fuel cells are of interest to Apple because they “can potentially achieve high volumetric and gravimetric energy densities”— or in words of (mostly) one syllable, pack a lot of power into a tiny package... Read More I   From The Blogs Sun-Believable: a Solar Paint Advancement December 27, 2011 By: Rich Tehrani A team of researchers at the University of Notre Dame has made a major advance toward this vision by creating an inexpensive "solar paint" that uses semiconducting nanoparticles to produce energy. The advance was made with nano-sized particles of titanium dioxide, which were coated with either cadmium sulfide or cadmium selenide. The particles were then suspended in a water-alcohol mixture to create a paste. Perhaps the biggest challenge for researchers is to get the efficiency levels to be as great if not greater than typical solar cells which means around 10-15%. So far the paint is at 1% efficiency in the best-case scenario. The paint has been deemed Sun-Believable by its creators because it can be made cheaply in large quantities. Certainly one distinguishing character… Read More    Featured Videos Green Firewall Products    Featured Resources » Key to Agility and Business Alignment » go from 200 servers to 10, while approaching 100% uptime » Can you deploy a new application in days rather than months?   Featured Channels » Solar Power » Wind Power » Renewable Energy   Advertise With Us   General advertising Info: Click here      Contact Us   Company Directory    |    All Editors' Info   Become a TMCnet columnist! Become a TMCnet columnist! Want to contribute your expertise to a growing audience of technology professionals? Become a writer, blogger or columnist for the TMCnet Web site and this newsletter. Contact TMCnet Group Editorial Director, Erik Linask, at elinask@tmcnet.com for details.

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