Besides leading to explosive sales for Microsoft, its Kinect add-on for the Xbox 360 has also turned into an impressive “innovation platform,” to quote Tim O’Reilly. One of those innovations comes from Nitrogen (aka Mike) who hacked a Kinect sensor bar to interface with a home automation control system. As you can see in the […]
Archives for March 2011
Today’s 10 – Thursday, March 10
Today: A new software-as-a-service building efficiency startup; data center energy sourcing is in the news; and HP bets big on energy monitoring and carbon accounting. Also, elastic clouds explained. Enjoy today’s links! Retroficiency: Software for Cutting the Fat Out of Retrofits – Greentech Media Retroficiency, a building efficiency SaaS startup, emerges with $800K in funding. […]
ecoSocial: What Chrysler’s F-bomb on Twitter can teach us about managing social media
Another day, another lesson in navigating the tricky waters of social media. Chrysler’s official Twitter stream let slip the mother of all dirty words, the F-bomb. Sure, the Internet may have desensitized many to racy language — especially those of us that have ever moderated online communities — but as a rule, such language in […]
Today’s 10 – Wednesday, March 9
Today: The Green Grid’s Mark Monroe explains how the group is incorporating more factors into green data center design; VMware brings its virtualization and cloud management tech under one umbrella; and Brigdelux blazes a trail toward cheaper, silicon-based LED lighting. Video: Green Grid’s Executive Director on New Data Center Maturity Model – Environmental Leader Watch […]
Funding flash: Fusion-io files for IPO
Fusion-io, a maker of flash memory modules for fast, energy efficient server storage, has filed for an initial public offering in the hopes to raising up to $150 million. And for those watching the flash storage and SSD markets, it’s a pretty big deal. The Salt Lake City-based startup has been a rising star in […]
Today’s 10 – Tuesday, March 8
Hello again! Back after a long weekend spent in the lovely Sunshine State. Today, Western Digital’s $4.3 billion acquisition of Hitachi’s hard drive unit still looms large, with not one, but two links devoted to the deal. Western Digital is feeling the pressure as energy efficient flash memory eats into its consumer hard drive business […]
NJ’s Bell Labs making cell towers a thing of the past
I love stories that spotlight local innovators. You’ve undoubtedly heard about lightRadio by now, those tiny, energy efficient cubes from Alcatel-Lucent (pictured above) that promise to one day replace those roadside eyesores, cell towers. What you probably haven’t heard is how Bell Labs in Murray Hill, NJ brought the concept to life. Sarah Portlock of […]
Today’s 10 – Tuesday, March 1
Though its image has to shake off some coal dust, Facebook’s data center in Prineville Ore. is loaded with energy efficiency features. Also, HP and IBM are advancing powerful, low-power computing in the run-up to exascale computing; tape comes to the rescue after Gmail’s cloud fail; and Honeywell leverages open source for the smart grid […]
