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Classic Scoble : Editor’s Choice: Electric Rain’s Standout presentation application

Robert Scoble — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 04:06:00 +0000

What was Scoble up to one year ago today? Check out today’s video for a trip down memory lane.
And for more context, check out his blog, from one year ago today!

Don’t miss this one, Electric Rain has a killer presentation application called “Standout,” and here we present just the highlights.

Other posts from a year ago:
Inside scoop of Electric Rain’s Standout
Talking about Home Automation with Control4 executive
Monolithic domes: perfect shelter for struggling cultures and impoverished lands

Tags: Electric Rain, Standout

blueEnergy: Focused on Sustainable Development

editor — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 02:34:24 +0000

San Francisco-based blueEnergy provides sustainable energy services to isolated communities in Nicaragua. Mathias Craig, executive director and chairman of the board of the nonprofit corporation, was on-hand last year to receive the prestigious Accenture Economic Development Award at the Tech Museum Awards, presented by Aplied Materials. He spoke to PodTech for this video podcast, live at the Tech Museum.

blueEnergy brings electrification to remote regions by building power systems that convert energy from wind turbines to battery power. Their efforts have brought lighting and refrigeration to towns along the Caribbean coast on Nicaragua, where less than 20 percent of the population has ready access to electricity. Their systems are built from scratch, relying on local labor that ends up providing training of local laborers, increasing skills and local economic opportunities, while providing a critical necessity for continued economic development through electricity.

Long before his efforts in Nicaragua earned him and his growing company high-profile status as one of CNN’s “Community Crusader” 2007 Heroes, Craig and his brother were aware of the need for electricity in rural Nicaragua. Their mother, a linguist, spent time in the remote region, where only about 20 percent of the settlements have electrification.

Check out video of the award presentation at the Tech Awards, as well as links to lots of coverage of blueEnergy’s efforts. And of course, check out Mathias’s blog, on socialedge.org.

Full coverage of the 2007 Tech Awards

Tags: blueEnergy, sustainable energy, Nicaragua, Mathias Craig, Tech Museum Awards, socialedge.org, Tech Awards

150 MPG with AFS Trinity’s PHEV Technology

Matt Kelly — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 00:26:35 +0000

Prior to the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS), one news story getting a lot of traction was the conversion of a Saturn Hybrid into a Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV) capable of 150 miles per gallon. So I was quite excited to speak with Don Bender, chief technology officer for AFS Trinity, the company behind the conversion, about their soon-to-be patented Extreme Hybrid drivetrain.

Tags: AFS Trinity, Don Bender, Extreme Hybrid, hybrid, NAIAS, North American International Auto Show, PHEV, Saturn

Intel Ships New 45nm Penryn Chip

Paul Lancour — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 19:01:30 +0000

Gordon Moore’s Law will remain in effect for the foreseeable future. Intel Corporation’s new 45nm Penryn microprocessor relies on a new recipe that combines the element Hafnium and metal gate technology to increase performance and significantly reduce eco-unfriendly, wasteful electricity leaks. (more…)

Tags: Moore’s Law, 45nm, Penryn, microprocessor, new recipe, Hafnium, metal gate, eco-unfriendly, wasteful electricity leaks

Blogger Interview with GM’s Nick Zielinski & Dr. Gary Smyth

Matt Kelly — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 03:09:30 +0000

GM’s Nick Zielinski, Chief Engineer of the Volt and Gary Smyth, GM’s Director of Powertrain Systems, sat down to dinner with a group of bloggers including Sam Abuelsamid of AutoblogGreen, Todd Kaho of Green Car Journal, Lyle Dennis of GM-Volt.com, Philip Proefrock of Ecogeek and Green Options.com, and Matt Mayer of GroovyGreen. A wide range of topics were covered from the Volt to Li-Ion batteries, flex-fuel, V2G, CAFE standards and more. Pardon the audio–this was done at a very noisy restaurant, and while the conversation went for two hours, we stopped recording after 40 minutes due to the loud orchestra that started playing, and so we could enjoy our dinner. Lyle has a great write up from the event.

Tags: GM, Nick Zielinski, Volt, Gary Smyth, Powertrain Systems, Sam Abuelsamid, AutoblogGreen, Todd Kaho, Philip Proefrock, Ecogeek, Matt Mayer, GroovyGreen, flex-fuel

Kevin Bayuk: Urban Permaculture

Ryanne Hodson — Tue, 29 May 2007 19:56:17 +0000

Kevin Bayuk rents an apartment in the Haight Ashbury district of San Fransicso. He also grows a large amount of his own food, actively composts, raises ducks and captures rainwater - total urban permaculture. One might think you need to own a large plot of land in the country to create an abundant food-growing system, but Kevin proves this theory wrong on a number of counts. Often the density of an urban community is a hundred times greener than suburban areas because resources are so close together. You can walk to the store or take an electric bus over to work. Kevin shows us how he practices urban permaculture in all aspects of his life- from growing food to educating his community. Check out the Urban Alliance for Sustainability and Daily Acts for more info on getting hip to urban permaculture. Thanks Kevin!

Tags: Kevin Bayuk, Haight Ashbury, permaculture

Editor’s Choice: Electric Rain’s Standout presentation application

Robert Scoble — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 04:06:08 +0000

Don’t miss this one, Electric Rain has a killer presentation application called “Standout,” and here we present just the highlights.

Tags: Electric Rain, Standout

Inside scoop of Electric Rain’s Standout

Robert Scoble — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 04:00:25 +0000

Mike Soucie, president and CEO of Electric Rain, talks with me about their breakout application, Standout, which gives presentation professionals an innovative new way to bring their ideas to audiences. We start out by talking about his business, Electric Rain, which is a bleeding edge software design/development house that brings out killer applications. This video includes both the interview and a demo of Standout, which is an app I think you’ll agree really “stands out.”

Tags: Mike Soucie, Electric Rain, Standout

Utility Computing - Is It Real?

Paul Lancour — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 20:13:48 +0000

Utility computing is not a new concept, but the technologies that make it viable are finally maturing. Properly deployed, utility computing can increase server utilization rates, reduce the requirement to build overcapacity and lower operating costs. This podcast identifies key success factors for organizations hoping to capture the benefits of utility computing.

Moreover, utility computing is a dramatic departure from the ways IT departments have traditionally worked. Like providers of electricity, gas, water and other utilities, organizations can use the utility computing model to consolidate capacity and automatically allocate resources based upon the real-time requirements of users.

As a result, the utility computing model can contribute to achieving extremely high server utilization rates — and greatly save when it comes to the cost of adding and managing data center capacity in the traditional way.

Join BearingPoint technologist Frederic Veron to explore why, for these reasons and more, BearingPoint believes that the time is right to implement utility computing.