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Watts are free at new McDonald’s

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CARY, N.C.  — When it opens Tuesday, the McDonald’s at 1299 Kildaire Farm Road will be the country’s first McDonald’s with an electric vehicle charging station.

The station will allow drivers of electric cars to plug them in and charge them while they eat.
McDonald’s is one of several chains exploring green store design. Wal-Mart [...]

Selling Innovation: How you can improve your skills?

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Chances are you are required, on a regular basis, to sell ideas. Time and again in my work as an innovation coach, I see that the ability to build the buy-in for our ideas is a key determinant of success. Here are six suggestions on how you can improve your skills:
1. Realise that [...]

‘The Amazing Race,’ as Played in the Lab

WHAT do reality TV shows like “Survivor” and “America’s Next Top Model” have in common with an insurgent method of stimulating useful innovations around the world?

Commuter Cars

The Tango, an entry in the automotive X Prize contest for vehicles that can get 100 miles a gallon.
It may be hard to believe that watching [...]

Turning Glare Into Watts

BOULDER CITY, Nev. — At first, as he adjusted pumps and checked temperatures, Aaron Boucher looked like any technician in the control room of an electrical plant. Then he rushed to the window and scanned the sky, to check his fuel supply.
Mr. Boucher was battling clouds, timing the operations of his power plant to get [...]

A New, Global Oil Quandary: Costly Fuel Means Costly Calories

KUANTAN, Malaysia — Rising prices for cooking oil are forcing residents of Asia’s largest slum, in Mumbai, India, to ration every drop. Bakeries in the United States are fretting over higher shortening costs. And here in Malaysia, brand-new factories built to convert vegetable oil into diesel sit idle, their owners unable to afford the raw [...]