The Power Electronics team from Swansea University’s School of Engineering has developed one of the world’s most advanced Smart Electricity Meters. And the team is now supplying nearly 1.5MWh per year of free ‘Green electricity’ [...]

The rising interest in vehicles powered by electricity — either part-time, as in hybrids like the Toyota Prius, or in battery-only cars like the Tesla Roadster — has increased the pressure to develop more efficient [...]

photo credit: daniel.julia Technology users are failing to take adequate steps to protect their privacy in digital society. New research urges for positive guidelines for technology designers through ‘face-keeping.’ In the face of technology that [...]

photo credit: mujitra (´???) The world’s carmakers have mapped out their route to a greener future THERE is nothing like high oil prices, panic-selling of big cars and the prospect of swingeing new penalties on [...]

Tesla Motors, the automobile startup with backers that include Sergey Brin and Larry Page, held a party tonight to mark the launch of its Menlo Park storefront. The store, which is the company’s second, will [...]

photo credit: jurvetson A hydrogen refuelling station which could be installed in the home as an alternative to visiting a petrol station has been unveiled. Users will need a hydrogen-powered car to go with it [...]

photo credit: spike55151 “We get a ton of pitches at TechCrunch every single day. It is a deluge we can hardly keep up with. Some are amusing, some are horrible, and a select few rise [...]

Food, Food, Everywhere – And Not a Crumb to Eat According to recent reports, nearly a billion people are severely affected by the high cost of food. Yet the problem doesn’t have to do with [...]

photo credit: Shanghai Sky AS anyone who has ever received a virtual Jagerbomb or fought off intergalactic cyber chickens knows, social-networking sites are designed to be entertaining. If there wasn’t so much fun to be [...]

photo credit: Robert Whitlock Cod caught off Norway is shipped to China to be turned into filets, then shipped back to Norway for sale. Argentine lemons fill supermarket shelves on the Citrus Coast of Spain, [...]

Just ran across a great piece of software that lets Word Press bloggers insert creative commons photos from Flickr by keyword. We hope to use it regularly to add a little visual appeal In honour [...]

We are looking forward to another exciting exploration into the world of Innovation in Toronto tonight. Hope to see you. The last 2 Wednesdays were fantastic explorations that sometimes had a think tank feel and [...]