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The view from the top of IT with TechWorld Editor Rohan Pearce
Australian soldiers could soon be using the sun to power their devices in the field.
By AAP | 12 August, 2011 09:11
Google has said it is investing $US280 million ($A265 million) to help finance home solar projects in the internet giant's largest effort yet to promote clean energy.
By AAP | 16 June, 2011 09:31
Developments in solar energy research, chicken chat analysis and the search for the perfect sunscreen are among the 19 winning entries in this year's Eureka Prizes for science held by the Australian Museum in Sydney.
By Rodney Gedda | 18 August, 2010 04:02
Experiments are under way to harvest free energy through motion and the environment, which could lead to devices such as mobile phones that can be recharged without electricity. One Laptop Per Child has experimented with charging XO laptops through solar power, foot pedal and pull-string. Nokia last week released a kit that draws energy from cycling to recharge phones.
By Agam Shah | 09 June, 2010 05:32
Samsung Electronics plans to invest a massive amount of money to develop new businesses ranging from green energy to healthcare, such as solar cells and biopharmaceuticals.
By Dan Nystedt | 11 May, 2010 15:51
Two Queensland-based researchers have just finished working on an animal management system prototype, developed over the past six years, which uses computer software to tell the farming livestock from wild animals.
By Kathryn Edwards | 28 April, 2009 10:42
Throw away your charger for good!
By Martyn Williams | 18 February, 2009 10:41
For years, the data centre industry has accepted that human operational error, not poor data centre design or engineering, is the number one cause of data centre downtime. Now is the time for companies to evaluate their data centre operations programs. They must be able to clearly articulate operational requirements and design an operations program based on the risk profile of the data centre. However, the road to creating an industry-best operations program will not be easy, especially for those companies whose core expertise is not in business critical facilities. Read on.
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