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It may sound like weird science, but small tech power is being pursued in some unusual places, including your liquor cabinet and toilet. What’s more, if you thought cold fusion was so 80s, it – and a new variant called sonofusion – has bubbled back into the news. [ more ]
Electro Energy Inc (EEEI) and In-Q-Tel, a private not-for-profit venture group funded by the Central Intelligence Agency, today announced the establishment of a strategic relationship, including a technology development agreement. [ more ]
In-Q-Tel's mission is to identify and invest in companies developing cutting-edge technologies that serve United States national security interests. This means that they like what they see with this next generation battery technology.
Arotech Corporation (ARTX) announced today that its Electric Vehicle unit has developed technology that will allow its zinc-air batteries to use commercially available zinc, eliminating the need for the special dendritic zinc used to date. Arotech's technological breakthrough for utilizing readily available zinc will boost commercialization plans for the zinc-air hybrid bus, which until now required heavy investments in zinc producing infrastructure. [ more ]
Keeping an eye on next generation energy technologies a pair of Aussies are now producing micro turbines that can be used to generate power for many MEMS systems. [ full story at theage.com.au ]
You can learn more about micromachines and microturbines at the following Economist.com link. [ Micromachines: The Engines of Lilliput ]
The US is halting its own national nuclear fusion energy project and is joining the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) project team to find a way to use neclear fusion as an inexhaustible and clean energy source. [ more ]
Arotech Corporation (ARTX) announced today that the BA-8180 Zinc Air battery -- developed by Arotech's Battery and Power Systems Division - has been designated as one of the "Greatest Army Inventions" of the past year. The ten winning teams will be recognized June 23 by the U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command. [ full story ]
Arotech is primarily a defense contractor. However, they are a lead contractor for the Military looking at Alternative Energy resources.
