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Agriculture (2) To keep up to date on the latest trends in agriculture take a look at these links and please add more. Health And Medicine (3) Health care and medical technology are rapidly changing. |
Security (3) As access to information, locations, government buildings, schools, etc., becomes more and more easy, it is even more important to be able to control such access with new technology. This section includes some examples of hi-tech security in use today. Many of the things we read about in Sci-Fi stories years ago, are actually being used right now. What new things are on the horizon? |
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- 10 Emerging Technologies That Will Change the World
- February 2003
In labs around the world, researchers are busy creating technologies that will change the way we conduct business and live our lives. These are not the latest crop of gadgets and gizmos: they are completely new technologies that could soon transform computing, medicine, manufacturing, transportation, and our energy infrastructure.
(Added: 4-Apr-2003 Hits: 97 Rating: 7.00 Votes: 1) Rate It - Advanced Automotive Batteries
- On the crest of the wave in next-generation automotive power source technology -- Advanced Automotive Batteries is a consulting firm providing up-to-date technical and marketing information on the rapidly growing advanced automotive battery market. Includes: The 2002 Advanced Automotive Industry Report
Second Edition (April 2002)
An in-depth analysis of upcoming changes in the battery industry sparked by the commercialization of 42V and Hybrid Electric Vehicles.
(Added: 3-Jun-2003 Hits: 125 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) Rate It - Centre for Hypersonics
- Hypersonic aerodynamics has been a major research activity at The University of Queensland over the last 20 years. On August 16, 2002 they claimed success for the world`s first flight test of supersonic combustion, the process used in an air-breathing supersonic ramjet engine, known as a scramjet.
(Added: 24-Feb-2003 Hits: 119 Rating: 9.00 Votes: 1) Rate It - EnviroMission Limited
- �Solar Mission� will adapt innovative Solar Tower technology to Australian conditions and construct the world�s first large-scale solar thermal power station. The 200MW power station will attract significant added value through tourism to the power station�s local region. Each 200MW solar thermal power station will provide enough electricity to power 200,000 homes and save 750,000 tonnes of greenhouse CO2 gases from entering the environment.
(Added: 24-Feb-2003 Hits: 103 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) Rate It - Flexible Transistors
- The spread of digital information throughout society will require electronics capable of bringing information technology off the desktop and out into the world. To digitize newspapers, product labels and clothing, integrated circuits must be cheap and flexible, a tough combination for today's silicon technology. A compromise: transistors made from materials that combine the charge-shuttling power and speed of inorganics with the affordability and flexibility of organics.
(Added: 4-Apr-2003 Hits: 91 Rating: 8.00 Votes: 1) Rate It - Harvesting Clean Energy
- This site was created to provide well-organized and streamlined information, and serve as a central clearinghouse for information on making energy projects happen in Washington, Oregon, Montana and Idaho. Includes programs already underway on wind, solar, geothermal, hydrogen, etc., energy uses and how rural areas are tapping into their use for economic sustainability.
(Added: 11-Apr-2003 Hits: 103 Rating: 9.00 Votes: 1) Rate It - Hydrogen Cell News Letter
- Our publication is the voice of the international hydrogen and fuel cell communities, covering events and developments in this emerging field as they occur. Every Month. Worldwide.
Subscribers include major international energy corporations, car makers, utilities, think tanks, environmental groups, universities, state, federal and national ministries and agencies such as the U.S. Energy Department, the Environmental Protection Agency and others.
(Added: 24-Feb-2003 Hits: 105 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) Rate It - Hydrogen, Fuel Cells and Infrastructure Technologies Program
- Hydrogen and fuel cells have the potential to solve several major challenges facing America today: dependence on petroleum imports, poor air quality, and greenhouse gas emissions. The Hydrogen, Fuel Cells & Infrastructure Technologies Program is working with partners to accelerate the development and successful market introduction of these technologies.
(Added: 24-Feb-2003 Hits: 120 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) Rate It - NREL Education Programs: Education Resources
- Links to materials developed or produced as part of education programs at National Renewable Energy Labs or materials in which NREL played a role in development or distribution. Represented is a mix of lessons, projects, and teaching and learning guides. These materials vary in duration, grade level, and topic.
(Added: 3-Jun-2003 Hits: 94 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) Rate It - Pods for Housing
- Inspired by the vision of R. Buckminster Fuller, IcosaVillage of Redmond Washington has developed The Pod. Only a few simple parts, and no math to figure, almost anyone can put one together. From wicked urban lot, to chill rural setting, the pod is a cosmic portal to personal freedom. And it's cheap!
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