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Archive for November, 2007

The Cleantech Show #028 - Technology Transfer, Interview with Dr Shane Huntington, Melbourne University

Wednesday, November 14th, 2007

 
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The Cleantech Show #028 (MP3 - 12MB - 32min)
Interview with Dr Shane Huntington, CEO Quantum Communications Victoria & School of Physics, University of Melbourne

In a recent report by Australian Venture Capital firm Cleantech Ventures and the Cleantech Network LLC, the findings highlighted that one of the key successes in countries with active [...]

Focusing Light on Silicon Beads

Wednesday, November 14th, 2007

More downwards pressure on the cost of Solar. Again looking to drop cost by 50%. This time with possibly no significant increase in manufacturing cost, but 5 times reduction in silicon cost which makes up 20-30% of total cost. Still has an efficiency question mark - currently around 10%.

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The Cleantech Show #027: New Membrane Technology. Interview with Dr Anita Hill, CSIRO

Wednesday, November 7th, 2007

 
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The Cleantech Show #026 (MP3 - 10MB - 27min)
Interview with Dr Anita Hill, CSIRO Materials Science and Engineering

A few weeks ago I blogged briefly on a new membrane technology that mimics pores found in plants allowing more cost and energy effective separation of a range of gas, liquid and ion mixtures.
On this weeks show [...]

New car design from MIT group

Friday, November 2nd, 2007

The Smart Cities group at the MIT Media Lab is developing a foldable scooter and foldable car to revolutionise mass transit

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City car: The Smart Cities group at MIT’s Media Lab is developing a shared-use electric car (top) that folds and stacks like a shopping cart. A working prototype of the car [...]