Yet, while we all enjoy reading articles about new gizmos, electric cars, space-age wind turbines, and of course, the latest advances in photovoltaics, these advancements represent only the surface of a much larger, systemic change in the way we will soon conduct business.
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Musk has outsized ambitions to create private sector space travel and electric sports cars.
Perhaps coal handlers employed on diesel-electric locomotives, mafia goons controlling space at the municipal convention center or Broadway musicians paid even if the show doesn't need them.
Pierre Omidyar, who started eBay, is more focused on philanthropy, while PayPal founder Elon Musk has put his money into electric cars (Tesla) and space travel (SpaceX).
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Unlike Google and Microsoft, most of the remaining companies in the smart-grid space have targeted large electric utilities like Duke Energy and Consolidated Edison of New York with services and products that most consumers have no idea exist.
The huge and splendid bath provided a walk-in shower, twin basins set in a black marble vanity, electric lighting and extravagant amounts of hanging space.
Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and CEO of SpaceX, held court on space travel, solar power and electric cars at South By Southwest Saturday.
Micro-CHP encompasses a spectrum of energy technologies that produce heat (which can be used for space heating and hot water) and electric power simultaneously.
Outfits operating in the smart-grid space like Accenture, IBM and General Electric would be reckless not to read the writing on the wall revealed by the report.
As for the NRG and GenOn proposal, it is in the merchant energy space that is unregulated and where the electric power plants sell their product at market rates.
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For example, similar technologies could be used to charge space vehicles, satellites and other assets with electric power .
Prime contractor for the AfriStar satellite was Alcatel Space with Marta Marconi Space, a joint venture of Britain's General Electric and France's Lagardere the major sub-contractor.
Mr Heatherwick's future projects include the world's first all-glass bridge, and a public square in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, which will take the dramatic and humorous appearance of a gigantic, electric-blue carpet landing, as it were, from outer space.
The company also is developing four-wheel-drive technology that powers two wheels with an internal combustion engine and two with an electric motor, eliminating the need for a drive train that takes up floor space, Ho said.
Weighing 3, 300 pounds (1.5 tons), Skynet was built in Britain by Matra Marconi Space (MMS), a joint venture of Britain's General Electric Co. and France's Lagardere Groupe.
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For its part, the electric energy utility NRG, is taking a dramatic and aggressive approach to move into this space.
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D. who never practiced, he has keen interests in space and ocean exploration, genomics and the Internet, telecom and artificial intelligence, hyperfast electric cars and epic environmental disasters.
The driver and passengers in this new electric Mercedes will enjoy the familiar comfort of a well designed, high-quality interior offering a generous amount of space.
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First he made the Tesla roadster, an eco-friendly electric car for the ultra-rich speed-freak, then he set to work as CEO of a private space company.
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Residing in hall space a fair distance away from the likes of the Toyota and Sony, the automotive division of Alps Electric was demonstrating a forward-looking vehicle interface at CEATEC 2012.
The move puts the Michigan company among a growing number of venture-backed American companies in the alternative vehicle space to land in China, where the government provides incentives for the development and purchases of all-electric and electric hybrid cars.
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