Working toward the next battery breakthrough
BUFFALO, N.Y. If battery-making is an art, then University at Buffalo scientist Esther Takeuchi is among its most prolific masters,...

Thin Is In As The iPhone 4 Surpasses What The Human Retina Can See
Today at the WWDC keynote in San Francisco, Apple CEO Steve Jobs unveiled the newest iPhone the iPhone 4. Jobs didn t dance aroun...

Altairnano Awarded $100K DOE Grant for Electrode Coatings Research
Altair Nanotechnologies, Inc. has received a grant award of $100,000 from the US Department of Energy (DOE) under the Small Business Re...

South Africas Optimal Energy Considering Battery Swap with the Joule EV
Engineering News. South Africa-based Optimal Energy is considering using a battery-swap scheme with its Joule electric vehicle (earlier...

EEStor s latest patent: large-scale grid storage for renewables
Since it s been all-too-quiet on the EEStor front, I figured I d at least draw attention to the company s latest patent approval ...

Ford Terminates Mercury Brand, Expands Lincoln Lineup with Focus on Fuel Efficiency
Ford Motor Company said it will end production of Mercury vehicles in the fourth quarter of this year to fully devote its financial, pr...

The 5 Best Features Of The HTC EVO 4G
The EVO 4G is a great phone with the notable drawback of its short battery life. But apparently a lot of you don't care judging by the ...

Pike Research Forecasts 300,000 Medium- and Heavy-Duty Hybrid Trucks and Buses Worldwide by 2015; 63% CAGR
World markets for HEV/PHEV/BEV medium- and heavy-duty trucks 2010 2015. Source: Pike Research. Click to enlarge.Pike Research foreca...

Why Google TV As A Platform May Push Apple To Build Televisions
Apple CEO Steve Jobs had a lot of interesting things to say tonight at the D8 Conference. But to me, one of the most interesting topics...