University of California at Santa Barbara UCSB researchers have developed new nanoscale structures that will help to speed up computers. This research project was funded by IBM, Intel and other partners including the U.S. National Science Foundation. This new manufacturing process is called block co-polymer lithography or BCP. The scientists…
SAN JOSE, Calif.–The West Coast Green 2008 building show kicked off on Thursday, for the first time in this city with one of the nation’s most ambitious “greening” plans.
During our sneak peek at some of the 400 exhibits, products that caught our attention included a device that seemed to make water out of thin air, a solar-powered table, home energy automation systems, and better concrete blocks. Check out the video below for more.
Element Four
Element Four claims to extract water from the air. Its Watermill appliance is supposed to supply enough water daily to quench the needs of a six-person family. It costs around 35 cents to produce more than 3 gallons of drinking water each day, according to the British Columbia-based company. The Watermill is set to become available next February for around $1,300.
CEO Rick Howard said he’d like to create different versions of the 300-watt Watermill, perhaps powered by the sun or wind. He sees the technology as ideal for household use during emergencies, as well as for people in the developing world. It could even customize flavored water, Howard added.
As air enters the Watermill, humidity condenses on a patented coil, and passes into a reservoir. Water passes through a carbon filter and past a germ-killing UV light. The product could be hooked up to a kitchen faucet.
Most drinking water technologies, by contrast, take dirty or salty water, or even sludge, then purify it.
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Originally posted at Green Tech
A Calif. bill calls for interoperable records and a full, hospital-running health care IT system that’s open source. That’s music to provider Medsphere, which backs OpenVista.
With Parity 4.1, Bit9 offers an application whitelisting product that could challenge conventional anti-virus security tools. Bit9 Parity 4.1 joins other app whitelisting security tools from such vendors as CA, CoreTrace and Lumension.
- Bit9’s Parity 4.1 is effective host-based intrusion prevention for Windows
systems that works by whitelisting applications, allowing only approved
applications to run, and blocking anything else, including malware. IT managers
at any size organization should immediately consider using application…
Stewart Meagher , Tuesday 15 July 2008. 17:12:00
Psystar suit finally filed
THE MIGHTY APPLE will bring the full force of its dogs of law down upon cheeky cloning minnow Psystar according to The Gray Blog, a lawyerly web site specialising in copyright law. The blog claims, “Apple, Inc, manufacturer of the well known line of computers and software, filed suit on July 3 in the federal district court for the northern district of California against Florida company Psystar, Inc. The suit alleges counts for violation of its shrink wrap license, trademark and copyright infringement.” Psystar has maintained that it is doing nothing wrong and that Apple’s EULA may well be contrary to US monopolies legislation….
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