Behind the scenes of Otherlab & its soft robots, exoskeletons & intestine tanks
An indy lab grows up
In the 1890s, a former gold miner and inventor set up shop in a building on 19th Street in San Francisco to…
Saul Griffith
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Live video talk: The power of storytelling for early stage energy tech
Tune in to a live discussion between Otherlab’s Saul Griffith, IDEO’s Dave Blakely and myself on why creating narratives and telling stories for early-stage energy technologies is important. The talk starts here at 1:30PM PST, 4:30PM EST (live streamed from Washington DC).
The importance of time for energy
This is Jonathan Koomey’s third essay in a series of four this week that highlights, and excerpts from, his upcoming book, “Cold Cash, Cool Climate,” which discusses how entrepreneurs and investors can profit from tackling climate change, one of this century’s greatest challenges.
The Human Cloud Is A Greener Workforce
The future of work is distributed, made up of employees scattered across the globe connected via broadband networks. My company calls this phenomenon “the human cloud,” but to me, the human cloud is another example of how broadband can make our systems more energy efficient.
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What Saul Griffith Has Been Up To: Other Lab
While it seemed like you couldn’t get away from speaking appearances and press mentions of inventor Saul Griffith in 2009, he’s been largely off the radar so far in 2010. So what has the MacArthur “genius grant” winner been up to?: Other Lab.
Why Google Should Add Carbon Emissions Data to Google Maps
There are two types of ideas out there. The baby-shaking-iPhone-game type (bad). And the add-cherry-syrup-to-Coca-Cola kind (good). Here’s a really good idea…
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Video: Saul Griffith Dishes On WattzOn, Makani Power
Saul Griffith, the president and chief scientist of Makani Power and founder of WattzOn, gave a fantastic presentation at our Green:Net conference.…
Cleantech Startups Take the Stage at TED
In addition to the new Aptera specs and the debut of the new Mission One electric motorcycle, the 2009 TED Conference has…
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Telenav Shotgun gets major upgrade- now tracks your mileage
The Telenav Shotgun GPS device impressed me when I first tried it out and it served me well on a trip to…
WattzOn Launches to Tell You Your Life's Energy Use
A visual representation of your life’s energy consumption will probably make you feel pretty guilty — or, at least cognizant enough to…
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5 Startups Putting Wireless To Work for Energy
GigaOM readers are well-versed in both the wireless broadband networks that carriers are building and the Wi-Fi gear that we use in…
