Archive for February, 2008
February 29th, 2008 -- Posted in Environment |
Here’s a downer of a question: should food safety and livestock welfare be separate issues?
The “Green Patriarch,” the leader of 300 million Orthodox Christians, celebrated his 17th birthday this Leap Day.
For all the non-engineers among us who could use a little science reminder, refresh your memory about what a watt really is.
Starting a business takes a lot of time, effort, and planning. So why would any business owner want to add pr…
February 29th, 2008 -- Posted in Web 2.0 |
Google has financially backed a project from a Harvard University scientist to unlock the secrets of common diseases by decoding the DNA of 100,000 people.
The project will be the largest human genome sequencing project in the world, and may lead to new cures for disease.
According to Bloomberg, the project will begin in the U.S., [...]
February 29th, 2008 -- Posted in Web 2.0 |
Through a variety of sources we’ve confirmed that Technorati is making plans for a major shift in it’s going forward strategy, and is also considering a number of corporate development transactions.
First, they’ve been pitching venture capitalists on another round of financing. That’s not surprising – their last round, $10.5 million, was in June 2006. The [...]
February 29th, 2008 -- Posted in Web 2.0 |
After Google’s stock took a hit based on reports that Google ads are not being clicked on as much as they use to be, comScore is reporting today that the market may have got it wrong
the evidence suggests that the softness in Google
February 29th, 2008 -- Posted in Web 2.0 |
Looking for a job? We’re here to help.
Over 40 positions in technology have been posted to CrunchBoard since we wrote about it last week. Your dream job could be in there somewhere.
Here’s a sample of those posted:
Business Development ManagerMySpace, Beverly Hills CA
Software EngineerSugar Inc., San Francisco CA
Director of Business DevelopmentHowcast Media, New York [...]
February 29th, 2008 -- Posted in Environment |
When I recently attended a talk given by Will Steger, Sam Branson and Sigrid Ekran at the Explorers Club in NYC I was struck by the sense of calm and focus surrounding these folks who
February 29th, 2008 -- Posted in Environment |
Our commander-in-chief Graham Hill, who is currently schmoozing it up with the intelligentsia at TED, just sent us a mysterious missive from his BlackBerry: “Makes vending machines to give crows peanut in return for Crow makes hook with wire. Amazing vid.”
We were able to decrypt his message only with help from Boing Boing. The gist? A tech hacker named Joshua Klein has constructed a vending machine that teaches crows to deposit coins in exchange for some juicy peanuts. Klein discovered that the smart and adaptable avians would place the nuts on the road so that cars would run…
February 29th, 2008 -- Posted in Environment |
We recently covered the i-MiEV by Mitsubishi, a small urban electric car with a top speed of 130 kph (81 mph) and a range of 130 km (81 miles) or 160 km (99 miles), depending on the battery pack. TreeHugger readers who left comments seemed to like it, and we do too.
That’s why we’re excited to learn that Mitsubishi is planning to “bring its i MiEV electric vehicle to mature world markets,” which means Japan, North-America and Europe according to the company presentation. Emphasis will be put on Japan, as usual, but for once it won’t be the only market that gets a cool new…
February 29th, 2008 -- Posted in Web 2.0 |
Ask is rumored to be considering switching to Google for search and subsequently downsizing its engineering team.
According to Silicon Alley Insider, Ask may abandon or selling its Teoma search engine in favor of using Google for its search results. Teoma has powered Ask since it was acquired in September 2001. The decision will result in [...]
February 29th, 2008 -- Posted in Environment |
Project Earth Day, an event organized by the USGBC Emerging Green Builders NY, is looking for a few good eco-savvy students to enter its 2nd Annual Student Competition. The questions you’ll need to ask yourself: How green are you? And how does your built environment inspire your fashion?
The challenge is to use an image or photograph from your built environment as inspiration to create an innovative fashion garment to be showcased on the runway. Entrants will be judged on aesthetics, execution of design, and the incorporation of one or more “ecological design” principles, such as eco-labeling, or dyes and water consumption. The grand prize is …
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