Smart-Grids, MPGs, and Fancy Mirrors | Think Resources Archives

Welcome back! It’s Monday and it’s time to bridge the gap between the R&R of weekend bliss and the daily grind of the work week with a few high tech headlines from last week. We’ll start with the forgotten alternative technology, fuel cells.

A hybrid Toyota SUV gets 26 mpg. The same SUV running a fuel cell gets 68 mpg. USA Today
Toyota will launch a fuel cell-powered car by 2015: Courier-Journal.com
ConEd is installing $6 million worth of smart grid technology in Queens as part of a pilot program: The Daily News
Pictures of a new Google-backed solar thermal plant and its 24,000 mirrors directing the sunlight at one high-tech tower: BusinessWire.com
Need to plug in your laptop at the airport, but all of the outlets are taken? Never fear, Sanyo’s portable solar panel-powered hand held charging system will do the trick: CrunchGear.com
Not a sunny day (in reference to the previous bullet)? Never fear again, Toshiba will have a fuel cell-powered charger available by year’s end. Trusted reviews.com
Volvo is building an electric station-wagon: NYTimes.com
A trashcan-sized nuclear reactor could power a Lunar space station: Space.com