Fuel Cells vs. the Grid
Before fuel cells take on the internal-combustion engine, they´ll offer clean electricity to offices and homes.
MIT News: Jan/Feb 2012
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Technology Review: January/February 2002
Getting Over Oil
Years of cheap oil have slowed energy innovation to a crawl. A new Middle East crisis could change that.
Solar on the Cheap
Turning sunshine into electricity makes environmental sense. Thanks to new plastics, it might even be affordable.
The Next Nuclear Plant
The first commercial "pebble bed" reactor-nearing approval in South Africa-may revive nuclear power.
Whose Nuclear Waste?
Yucca Mountain in Nevada looked like the perfect place to stash the byproducts of nuclear power. Fifteen years and billions of dollars later, it´s not even close to being operational. Is starting from scratch the only option?
Hitting the Natural-Gas Jackpot
There may be enough natural gas on earth to meet our energy needs for thousands of years. The trick is to ferry it across continents without blowing up.
Electricity Goes to Market
Building intelligence into the power grid would make electricity cheaper and more reliable. The technology-from self-monitoring power lines to giant transistors-is ready to go. But no one has an incentive to foot the bill.
Leading Edge
Energy Futures
From the editor in chief
Prototype
Prototype
Straight from the lab: technology´s first draft.
Innovation News
Insight
Cryptographic Abundance
Cryptography could give us data privacy today. Only no one´s asking for it.
Trailing Edge
Engineer´s Art
The black-sheep engineer in a family of artists contained carbonation in plastic.
Columns
Message in a Bottleneck
Why doesn´t the U.S. appreciate wireless text messaging? It has no standards.
Of Trek and TiVo
Modern gadgetry looks like something from Star Trek. But it usually works like something from Gilligan´s Island.
Why Weeds?
If you use new technology while it´s still buggy, you´re an innovator too.
Protecting People Above Patents
Even during its "war on terrorism," the U.S. government says it can´t suspend patents. Wrong: it´s done so before.
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Supercritical Carbon Dioxide
Carbon dioxide could make microchips smaller, faster and cleaner to build.
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Wave Power
How to get watts from ocean waves.
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