Month August 2009

Retrofitting dams to produce energy

Only 3% of US dams produce power. American Municipal Power in Ohio thinks that’s a waste and will retrofit five dams to produce 350 MW, a simple, great idea that in retrospect seems so obvious you wonder wht it wasn’t…

Energy-aware Internet routing coming soon

Researchers from MIT, Carnegie Mellon University, and the networking company Akamai recently published results from a study that suggest big Internet companies could save up to 40 percent on their electricity bills by using an algorithm to send Internet traffic…

NEETs: (They belong to the) blank generation

16% of those between 18-24 in Britain are NEETs, “Not in Education, Employment or Training,” a staggeringly high number. David Osler, who was an unemployed member of that last blank generation sees a bad moon rising here. It will also…