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Tata Nano: Meet the World's Cheapest Car

Tata, an Indian auto maker, is unveiling its Nano car today. The animating idea is that the Nano has been designed to bring road transportation to the masses in India, particularly people who'd never had access to a vehicle before. ...READ»

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Intel v. ARM: The Battle to Run Your Smartphone and Netbook

Intel and ARM used to live in peaceful coexistence. ARM designed small chips for a litany of inexpensive devices--mobile phones, disk drives, game systems, anti-lock brakes, washing machines--while Intel's forte was ...READ»

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Enerkem Plant to Turn Landfill Trash into Ethanol

The movie Idiocracy paints a bleak (yet hilarious) picture of a future overtaken by thousand-foot-high landfills that topple over into the streets. Fortunately, a Montreal-based biofuel and green chemical company called Enerkem ...READ»

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Philips Explores Fingertip Energy Harvesting

Rising energy prices are forcing us to look in all sorts of odd places for spare power--including ourselves. Philips subsidiary Ledalite Architectural Products' Airwave exploits fingertip energy with battery-free lighting ...READ»

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Largest Roof-Mounted Solar Array in US Powers Up

New Jersey gamblers can feel a little better about weekend excursions to Atlantic City now that the country's largest roof-mounted solar array is in town. Trina Solar's 13,400 module array is mounted on top of the Atlantic ...READ»

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Spain to Unleash Schools of Oceanic Pollution-Sniffing Robo Fish

Robotic fish developed by scientists at the University of Essex in the U.K. are soon to evolve from engineering curio to actual tool when they go on a world-first mission off the coast of Spain. As part of the larger European SHOAL ...READ»

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Obama to Electric Car Entrepreneurs: Show Us What You've Got

The electric car industry got a major boost yesterday when President Barack Obama visited the Southern California Edison electric car plant in Pomona, CA and announced $2.4 billion in funding for next generation electric vehicles, ...READ»

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More Foreign National Students Studying In the U.S. Are Heading Home After Graduation

Pressured by national sentiments to hire American, corporations like Bank of America are less likely to hire the talented foreign grads who got their degrees in this country, according to new findings by the Kauffman Foundation. ...READ»

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Is $2.4 Billion For Obama's Electric Cars Plan Enough?

During a visit to the Edison Electric Vehicle Technical Center in California yesterday, President Obama addressed how the $2.4 billion outlined in the stimulus fund to get more electric vehicles on the road is going to be spent. ...READ»

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Thriving in the 'Gig Economy'

More workers are making the W2-to-1099 shift, and not always because it's their first choice. Find out what can help make the transition successful.READ»