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Off Grid Shelter's Architectural Design Competition Offers Professional Exposure

2013-04-30 23:00:09

Off Grid Shelters LLC is hosting an architectural design competition that offers a creative way for young architects and designers to earn money and gain professional exposure. Boston, MA (PRWEB) April 30, 2013 Students graduating with degrees in architecture, planning and design face a daunting job market. The slow down in construction over the past several years has stifled demand for these skills, leading to few opportunities for recent and soon to be grads. There are, however,...

Supermicro® Powers the Cloud with NVIDIA GRID(TM)

2013-03-18 08:36:41

Server Platforms Provide Virtualized GPU Clusters with NVIDIA GRID K1 and K2 SAN JOSE, Calif., March 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Super Micro Computer, Inc. (NASDAQ: SMCI), a global leader in high-performance, high-efficiency server, storage technology and green computing, is exhibiting its range of GPU optimized platforms at the 2013 NVIDIA GPU Technology Conference (GTC 2013) in San Jose, CA this week. At the show, Supermicro will exhibit its extensive line of FatTwin(TM)...

Cocoon’s Grid-it™ Available Now at Apple Stores

2012-06-17 23:03:42

Cocoon Innovations is proud to announce that Grid-It™, the world’s most intelligent organization device, will be available in Apple stores in the USA and Canada. Cocoon has designed a special line of Grid-It™ for Apple customers, replete with unique color patterns and materials. New York, NY (PRWEB) June 16, 2012 Cocoon Innovations is proud to announce that Grid-It™, the world’s most intelligent organization device, will be available in Apple stores in the USA and Canada....

S&C Electric Company, EPB and the U.S. Dept. of Energy reach smart grid installation milestone

2012-04-24 02:23:38

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., April 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Today S&C Electric Company, a global leader in smart grid solutions, and EPB, one of the largest publicly-owned providers of electric power in the country, celebrate the final IntelliRupter® PulseCloser installation as part of Chattanooga's smart grid project. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120424/CG93083) During today's event, "Powering the 21st Century: The Role of the Smarter Grid," there will be a live onsite...

Report Finds Shorter Payback Periods on Home Solar in Ten U.S. States

2012-03-15 07:00:00

One Block Off the Grid publishes report based on over 45,000 real solar estimates, brings increased transparency to cost of residential solar. San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) March 15, 2012 Solar provider One Block Off the Grid today announced publication of a report that finds residential solar payback periods of ten years or less in ten U.S. states, based on over 45,000 solar estimates generated in the year 2011. The shortest solar payback periods were seen in Massachusetts (4.0 years) and...

Grids Interactive to Unveil A Brand New, Fully Digital Storybook App in January 2012

2011-12-30 11:00:00

Flip Digital Storybook iPad App Soon To Redefine All iPad Book Apps For Children Los Gatos, CA – December 30, 2011 (PRWEB) December 30, 2011 -- Grids Interactive, an independent digital publisher of original interactive storybooks for the iPad, announced today that they will be adding a new interactive storybook to the company’s digital storybook lineup. Flip, which will be released in late January 2012, will provide a unique interactive experience with amazing 3D graphics and full...

Grids Interactive Children’s Story App Named One of the Best iPad Apps for Kids by CNET

2011-12-29 11:00:00

CNET Recommends The Truly Great Noodle iPad App For Your Child This Holiday Season Los Gatos, CA (PRWEB) December 29, 2011 Grids Interactive, an independent digital publisher of original interactive storybook apps for the iPad, announced today that CNET has named their digital book The Truly Great Noodle one of the best apps for kids for 2011. This is quite a distinction, as there are a dizzying number of apps targeted to children. The Truly Great Noodle was Grids Interactive’s first...

New Solar Rebate Launches for Arizona Homeowners

2011-12-07 05:00:00

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 7, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Community solar pioneer One Block Off the Grid today announced the launch of a first-of-its-kind solar group rebate for Arizona homeowners. The program offers a rebate to participants based on the total number of Arizona households that go solar within a 90-day period. "There are already some strong solar rebates in Arizona, but we wanted to create a tipping point," said CEO Dave Llorens. "So, in addition solar rebates from APS, SRP, and TEP, now...

The Brain's Zoom Button

2011-11-18 03:05:43

Publication in Cell describes how the brain handles spatial resolution Everybody knows how to zoom in and out on an online map, to get the level of resolution you need to get you where you want to go. Now researchers have discovered a key mechanism that can act like a zoom button in the brain, by controlling the resolution of the brain's internal maps. In this week's edition of Cell, Lisa Giocomo and colleagues at the Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience at NTNU describe how they...

European Distribution System Operators Organization Joins the Global Smart Grid Federation

2011-10-06 07:00:00

WASHINGTON, Oct. 6, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Global Smart Grid Federation (GSGF), an international collaborative effort among national smart grid associations, today announced that The European Distribution System Operators (EDSO) for Smart Grids has joined the Federation. EDSO for Smart Grids promotes the reliability of electricity distribution grids representing European Distribution System Operators, structuring, leading and enhancing cooperation for the electricity network...