On the Cusp of the Natural Gas Era
July 13, 2010
News about energy in the U.S. media has recently been dominated by stories about the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The spill has outraged most people and the environmental
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In this blog, we discuss cognitive computing and other technologies with a focus on supply chain management and innovation. Other topics of discussion include digital enterprise transformation, marketing, the Internet of Things, and smart cities. Our goal is to advance the public discussion about how cognitive computing and other advanced technologies affect the world in which we live.
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The Future of Lithium
June 11, 2010
You can hardly go anywhere without seeing someone with a mobile phone. Like so many other products, those phones are powered by lithium ion batteries. Lithium batteries can be extremely efficient, with
Updates on Alternative Energy Sources: Conclusion
March 22, 2010
The so-called green energy sector (i.e., alternative and renewable sources of energy) is one of the few areas that finds support from across the political spectrum. Liberals support green energy because it
Updates on Alternative Energy Sources, Part 7: Electric Vehicles
March 19, 2010
This post is a little different than the previous posts in this series about alternative energy sources. As with all of the other posts, my starting point is an article by Michael
Updates on Alternative Energy Sources, Part 5: Wind
March 17, 2010
This is the fifth in a series of posts on alternative energy sources using as a starting point an article by Michael Totty [“The Long Road to an Alternative-Energy Future,” Wall Street
Updates on Alternative Energy Sources, Part 4: Carbon Capture and Storage
March 16, 2010
This is the fourth in a series of posts on alternative energy sources that uses as a starting point an article by Michael Totty [“The Long Road to an Alternative-Energy Future,” Wall
Updates on Alternative Energy Sources, Part 3: Biofuels
March 15, 2010
For this series on alternative energy sources, I’m using an article by Michael Totty as the stepping off point for further discussion [“The Long Road to an Alternative-Energy Future,” Wall Street Journal,
Updates on Alternative Energy Sources, Part 2: Nuclear Power
March 12, 2010
I introduced this series on alternative energy sources with an article by Michael Totty [“The Long Road to an Alternative-Energy Future,” Wall Street Journal, 22 February 2010]. Totty concludes his article by
Updates on Alternative Energy Sources, Part 1
March 11, 2010
Over the past couple of months, there have been an increasing number of articles about advances in alternative energy research. New breakthroughs, coupled with the passage of stimulus packages around the world
Back to the Future Fuels
March 2, 2010
In the sequel to the popular 1985 movie Back to the Future, the DeLorean automobile that was converted into a time machine was powered by the Mr. Fusion model fusion generator, which