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Geek Trivia: Energetic pursuits
What single field of technical research is the impetus behind five new U.S. Department of Energy laboratories? This month marks the 28th anniversary of the establishment of the U.S. Department of Energy. On Aug. 4, 1977, President Jimmy Carter signed into law the Department of Energy Organization...
Tags: DOE, Jay Garmon, Department of Energy, Geek Trivia Newsletter, TechRepublic Inc., Nuclear Energy, U.S. Department Of Energy, Impetus, Center For Nanophase Materials Science, Center For Integrated Nanotechnology, Center For Functional Nanomaterial, Center For Nanoscale Material, National Nanotechnology Initiative, Nanotechnology, Semiconductors, Emerging Technologies, Hardware
Technical articles 2005-08-02

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Can nanotechnology solve our energy challenge?
This sample chapter, taken from Nanotechnology: Science, Innovation, and Opportunity, discusses how nanotechnology can help use solve our energy challenge. Energy is the single most important challenge facing humanity today.This sample chapter, taken from Nanotechnology: Science, Innovation, and Opportunity, discusses nanotechnology and how nanoengineered advances and the...
Tags: Prentice Hall Inc., Energy, Nanotechnology, Semiconductors, Emerging Technologies, Hardware
Book chapters 2006-05-05
Nanotechnology RSS Reader (widget)
Keithley Instruments, a leader in emerging test and measurement equipment needs for the nanotechnology industry, has partnered with WidgetWorld, a developer of applications, Websites, and widgets, to create this RSS reader widget. Nanotechnology RSS Reader widget, which is capable of displaying multiple RSS news feeds, provides quick access to the...
Tags: RSS Reader, Nanotechnology, RSS, Semiconductors, Emerging Technologies, Internet, Hardware
Software downloads 2007-07-31
Can nanotechnology solve our energy challenge?
Energy is the single most important challenge facing humanity today.This sample chapter, taken from Nanotechnology: Science, Innovation, and Opportunity, discusses nanotechnology and how nanoengineered advances and the use of nanoscale catalyst particles can help us with energy storage and transport.Title: Nanotechnology: Science, Innovation, and OpportunityISBN: 0131927566Published: December 2005Author: Lynn E....
Tags: Semiconductors, nanotechnology, Prentice Hall Inc., humanity, particle, storage
Download resources 2006-05-05
Pharmaceutical Client Seeks Assistance in Prioritizing Its Nanotechnology R&D Strategy
After surveying the shifting pharmaceutical technology landscape, the multinational pharmaceutical company sought a strategy and roadmap to help guide its future development efforts. In response, IBM proposed a two-part process. First, IBM Research, working together with GBS, leveraged IBM's existing nanotechnology research and extensive in-house expertise to provide a framework...
Tags: Pharmaceutical Company, IBM Corp., Nanotechnology, Semiconductors, Emerging Technologies, Hardware
Case studies 2008-01-01
Preparing America's Future: The High School Initiative and Career and Technical Education
This webcast gives an overview of the department's high school initiative called Preparing America's future. The Preparing America's Future initiative was launched in October 2003 at the first national high school leadership summit. The purpose of the initiative is to encourage leaders at both state and local levels and at...
Tags: Education, Initiative, High School, Preparing America, Professional Development, Leadership, Career, Management
Webcasts
Computacenter Case Study: National Grid UK
National Grid Trancso is committed to applying technology to help enhance its overall efficiency and service standards. As part of its 'Staying Ahead' initiative, National Grid recognised that it could not only make substantial savings but also improve productivity by reducing its estate of area offices. Before National Grid could...
Tags: Computacenter, National Grid Trancso, Business Structures, Business Services, Strategy, Finance, Management
Case studies
Nanotechnology: The Coming Revolution in Manufacturing
For centuries manufacturing methods have gotten more precise, less expensive, and more flexible. In the next few decades, we will approach the limits of these trends. The limit of precision is the ability to get every atom where we want it. The limit of low cost is set by the...
Tags: Limit, Nanotechnology, Semiconductors, Manufacturing, Emerging Technologies, Hardware
White papers
Nanotechnology had a rollicking past year
A look at the year-end review of nanotechnology developments at TechnologyReview showcases the mind-boggling developments in store for technology in the future. From Nano-power cells to invisibility cloaks, there's a lot in store for the future. From the immediate feasibility perspective, its flexible electronics and tiny...
Tags: Nanotechnology, Semiconductors, Emerging Technologies, Hardware, Arun Radhakrishnan
Blog posts 2008-01-06
Nanotech could be the answer to the coming energy crisis
Maybe it's because gas prices have shot to over $3/gallon in my area but I really got into reading a new book chapter that we're offering here on TechRepublic. The chapter is called "Nanotechnology and Our Energy Challenge" and it's from the book Nanotechnology: Science, Innovation, and Opportunity by Lynn...
Tags: Chapter, Nanotechnology, Semiconductors, Emerging Technologies, Hardware, Jason Hiner
Blog posts 2006-05-09
E-Authentication Handbook for Federal Government Agencies
The E-Authentication Initiative Initiative will simplify secure interaction with Government Agencies through a trust network that links Agency Applications AAs and Credential Services CSs. The Initiative assists those who are E-Authentication-enabling AAs by providing a variety of resources, such as guidance, tools and technical information. This paper offers guidance to...
Tags: U.S. General Services Administration, Agency, Government, Initiative, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing
White papers 2005-05-04
THE Ansel Adams Project (exe)
The 250 photographs in THE Ansel Adams Project Screensaver are from Yellowstone National Park, Acoma Pueblo, NM, Boulder Dam, Canyon de Chelly National Monument, Death Valley National Monument, Glacier National Park, Grand Canyon National Park, Teton National Park, Mesa Verde National Park, Saguaro National Monument There are photos of Native...
Tags: Photograph
Software downloads 2007-02-27
Bracknell Forest Borough Council - Procurement Strategy 2005
Procurement in the wider sense encompasses the whole process of acquiring external goods and services, from determining and specifying the requirement, reviewing the market, sourcing suppliers, obtaining and evaluating bids, negotiating and awarding a contract, through to contract management. This paper represents the first full review of the Procurement Strategy...
Tags: Procurement, Purchasing & Procurement, Business Operations
White papers 2005-04-25
US Cities and National Parks Travel Guides (zip)
US Cities and National Parks - illustrated guides and maps. Indulge yourself with a personal tour guide. City Guides included in the collection: New York City, Boston, Chicago, Hawaii - including: Honolulu, Hilo, National Parks, Lahaina; Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Miami and Miami Beach, San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle, Washington,...
Tags: Phone, Guide, Productivity, Telecom & Utilities
Software downloads 2007-11-29
Images: 'NanoMetro' mashup
Map illustrates country's biggest hubs for nanotechnology and its rising role in the global economy, says nonprofit.
Tags: nanotechnology, mashup
Image galleries 2007-05-17
Nanotechnology comes with a health risk
Technology gains all come with some risk. That shouldn't be news to anyone, uncharted waters always come with some risk. But once the risk is identified, it can be managed. Fortunately, scientists saw this risk coming long ago and started down the path of identifying it. ...
Tags: Risk, Nanotube, Asbestos, Carbon Nanotube, Health Care, Nanotechnology, Emerging Technologies, Tricia Liebert
Blog posts 2008-05-21
Technology-Enabled National Health Reform Focused on Patient Self-Care Promises US$150 Million in Benefits
Ministry of Health, Chile wanted to reduce lengthy delays in access to healthcare and rising healthcare costs, driven mainly by the growing burden of chronic disease. The challenge was the urban and rural disparities in access to appropriate, timely care. As a solution ambitious transformational targets was underpinned by explicit...
Tags: Patient, Chile, Health Care, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources
Case studies 2007-01-01
Semiautomatic Improvements of System-Initiative Spoken Dialog Applications Using Interactive Clustering
While many successful spoken dialog systems have been deployed over telephone networks, the high cost of developing such applications has led to limited adoption. Despite large research efforts in user-initiative and mixed-initiative systems, most commercial applications follow a system initiative approach because they are simpler to design and are found...
Tags: Application, Clustering, IEEE, Telecom & Utilities, Productivity, Telecommunications
White papers 2005-09-01
Northumbria Healthcare Chooses Hornbill for Helpdesk Support System
Northumbria Healthcare NHS Trust is one of the largest geographical trusts in the country providing healthcare to over half a million people. The National Programme aims to ensure that every individual's medical history is accessible at any of the NHS organisations throughout the UK. With such an initiative, having the...
Tags: Northumbria Healthcare, Northumbria Healthcare NHS Trust, Help Desk, Call Centers, Business Services, It Operations
Case studies
Energy Sciences Network Enriches Scientific Collaboration With Integrated Voice, Video, and Web Conferencing
Behind some of the world's most important scientific projects - the Human Genome, fusion energy research, nanotechnology and research on climate change ? one will find ESnet, a high-speed network serving thousands of scientists and collaborators conducting research for the U.S. Department of Energy's DOE Office of Science at more...
Tags: Web, Collaboration, Network, Web Conferencing, Video, Cisco Systems Inc., Groupware, Enterprise Software, Software
Case studies 2005-09-01
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