BP may not know where oil from the Gulf gusher will go next, but Intel does. The Xeon-powered Encanto supercomputer, located at Intel's Rio Rancho campus, is one of the fastest supercomputers in the world. And all of its 3,500 ...READ»
BP has been toying with the idea of using actor Kevin Costner's Ocean Therapy technology to clean up the Gulf oil disaster for the past month. Once we got over the Waterworld jokes, we realized that the centrifuge-like device is ...READ»
As Little Italy drowned its sorrows with buckets of grappa and espresso chasers, innovation was poking fun at oil giants, skittering around on its bionic paws and playing Hunt the New Facebook Employee in the corridors of the White ...READ»
Last week we asked you to try to top BP's ridiculous in-house "reporting" filled with overstuffed similes and flowery phrases. Here are some of the finest contributions.READ»
The Internet is swirling with rumors today that a gloppy mixture of oil and Corexit (the primary dispersant used in the BP disaster) is raining down on Louisiana. Evidence is thin, and based almost entirely on the video below, but ...READ»
The crowdsourcing community launched a challenge soliciting hundreds of ideas for how to stop the leak and clean up the Gulf. But BP doesn't want them.READ»
While you were sleeping, innovation was punching a British guy who looks like Frodo in the chops, pulling on his Bayou-sourced alligator cowboy boots and getting down to business. Thwack!1. "Stay calm, get organized quickly." This is ...READ»
We've covered BP's unsavory attempts at blocking journalists from filming the Gulf oil disaster before. And while we were surprised to learn that the oil giant hired mercenaries to strongarm private citizens, it now appears ...READ»
“He’ll sit [in the
Oval Office], and he’ll say, ‘Do this! Do that!’ And nothing will happen. Poor Ike—it won’t be a bit like the
Army. He’ll find it very frustrating.”
That sentiment expressed by Harry ...READ»
While you were putting your dreams of a World Cup final to bed, innovation was smashing particles together at an amazing rate, ruminating over the fallout of the BP oil spill, and fiddling with its new smartphone.1. It's been 69 days ...READ»
Have an innovative solution to clean up the BP oil disaster in the Gulf? Now's your chance to be heard--and make some money in the process. At the TEDxOilSpill conference this morning, Francis Beland, VP, Prize Development at the X ...READ»
While you were sleeping, innovation was using a Mac laptop to send classified information to its paymasters halfway across the world and then snapping glowsticks to go raving all night long.1. BP is discussing a backup strategy for ...READ»
BP is nothing like the rest of the fossil fuel industry. At least, that's what other oil companies would like us to believe. The American Energy Alliance (AEA) came out swinging this week against BP with Save U.S. Energy Jobs, an ...READ»
BP has shown no shame over the past few months in keeping reporters away from oil disaster sites with both local police and hired mercenaries. But up until now, the Coast Guard has made a pointed effort to separate itself from BP's ...READ»
While you were sleeping, innovation was whisking its love away for a cruise on its private yacht, and then erecting a paywall around her so that no one could see her. Strange, that.1. The Los Angeles Times has documented what life is ...READ»
There's no question that BP has lied extensively over the past few months about the growing Gulf oil disaster. The company has bullied journalists, fudged numbers, and even deployed fake journalists to the Gulf to write about ...READ»
"The government's policy on energy in the United States is the most stupid, idiotic, inconsistent, crazy policy you could imagine," said Michael Garland, CEO of wind-powerhouse Pattern Energy Group. Garland spoke at the Renewable ...READ»
While you were sleeping, innovation was being held to ransom on Capitol Hill. Ah, frack it, it said, before shrugging on a suit and smoking a cigarette--all in the name of art.1. Barack Obama's attempts to push his clean energy agenda ...READ»
Government contractors aren't always the best corporate citizens. That shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone who has witnessed the public meltdowns of energy companies, defense contractors, and financial institutions. But, as in ...READ»
While you were sleeping, innovation was limbering up for a competitive game of tennis, lobbing balls over the net, rather than into the back of it.1. So Tony Hayward went sailing into yet another PR storm. Meanwhile, an oil worker on ...READ»
In 2005, a Chevron ad offered us these prescient--and surprisingly honest--words: "Energy will be one of the defining issues
of this century. One thing is clear: the era of easy oil is over." And as we have seen over the past month ...READ»
