New Zealand takes step toward oil and gas offerings
Wellington, New Zealand (UPI) Sep 3, 2015 -
The New Zealand government is consulting with local communities as a first step toward awarding oil and gas exploration permits, the energy minister said.
"Successive block offers have shown that operators are looking for long-term opportunities in a mix of mature and frontier acreage, which New Zealand has to offer," New Zealand Energy and Resources Minister Simon Bridges said in a sta ...
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Self-driving golf carts
Boston MA (SPX) Sep 03, 2015 -
At the International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems in September, members of the Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART) and their colleagues will describe an experiment conducted over six days at a large public garden in Singapore, in which self-driving golf carts ferried 500 tourists around winding paths trafficked by pedestrians, bicyclists, and the occasional ...
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Magnetic fields provide a new way to communicate wirelessly
San Diego CA (SPX) Sep 03, 2015 -
Electrical engineers at the University of California, San Diego demonstrated a new wireless communication technique that works by sending magnetic signals through the human body. The new technology could offer a lower power and more secure way to communicate information between wearable electronic devices, providing an improved alternative to existing wireless communication systems, researchers ...
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Corvus Energy powers the world's first electric commercial fishing vessel
Richmond, BC (SPX) Sep 03, 2015 -
Corvus Energy is pleased to announce a Corvus ESS with a Siemens BlueDrive PlusCmarine propulsion system will power the Selfa Elmax 1099 electric fishing boat. The 11 metre electric vessel will have a 195 kWh ESS consisting of 30 Corvus AT6500 lithium polymer battery modules.
The fishing boat, designed to operate entirely on Corvus battery power over a planned ten hour working day, will al ...
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Microsoft to buy startup focused on worker efficiency
San Francisco (AFP) Sept 3, 2015 -
Microsoft on Thursday said it was buying a startup that specializes in analyzing email, meeting schedules and other work data to increase people's efficiency on the job.
Microsoft did not disclose financial details regarding its acquisition of Seattle-based VoloMetrix.
"I am excited about this big step forward in our company ambition to reinvent productivity and business process, and how ...
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New technique lowers cost of energy-efficient embedded computer systems
Raleigh NC (SPX) Sep 03, 2015 -
Electrical and computer engineers at North Carolina State University have developed a new technique for creating less-expensive, low-power embedded systems - the computing devices found in everything from thermostats to automobiles.
"Using our techniques, we've been able to create prototype systems with power converters that have a combination of energy efficiency and low cost that - as fa ...
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France confirms wing part found on Reunion is from MH370
Paris (AFP) Sept 3, 2015 -
French prosecutors confirmed Thursday that a wing part found on a remote Indian Ocean island was from ill-fated Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, a month after tests on the flaperon began.
"It is possible today to say with certainty that the flaperon discovered on Reunion island on July 29 came from flight MH370," Paris prosecutors said in a statement, confirming claims made by Malaysia's prim ...
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