BodyMedia CEO Christine Robins says the company has the world's largest living database of energy output, activity and behavior change.

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The researchers used a database of more than 16, 000 energy plants to determine which underused plants were likely to make up a power shortfall if specific nuclear plants were closed.

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The beauty of Kam's approach is that when a sector shift occurs--from tech to energy, say--Kam can consult his 70, 000-member database of investors for the new top 100.

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Dishwashers and water heaters that are programmed to do most of their high energy tasks at night, for instance, or Ford's Value charging system, which leverages a cloud database to charge electric vehicles when utility rates are at their lowest.

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