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Solar Energy at 3 cents per kW hour-> 1

Submitted by EEJD
EEJD writes "I am part of a solar energy start-up, Pulsar Energy (http://www.pulsarenergy.com/), that has recently come out of stealth mode. We exhibited at the Solar Power International (http://www.solarpowerinternational.com/sepa2010/public/enter.aspx) conference in LA in October and have started generating a buzz with our claim of 3 cents per kWhr solar power generation. Our solution relies on a lightweight, robust, inexpensive design and our proprietary solar thermal engine and is able to convert the sun's energy into electrical energy at ~30% efficiency, plus an additional 30-40% usable heat (apprx 200 degrees C). We were recently published in the San Francisco Examiner (http://www.examiner.com/internet-business-in-san-francisco/solar-innovations). Our goal was to create a solar energy solution that could be competitive with, or cheaper than, anything the fossil fuel industry has been able to manage- and to do it without any government incentives or subsidies. We have a proof of concept in the lab already and are looking to build prototypes that we can stick in fields all over the world to test this spring. We are confidently targeting $1 per watt installed."
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Comment: what is Google's strategic intent here? (Score 4, Insightful) 343

by museumpeace (#28635131) Attached to: Google Reveals Chrome Hardware Partners
all the press coverage yesterday characterized google's OS ambitions as an attack on MicroSoft or a counter attack in light of Bing. But to me, an open source OS enhanced for web-top uses sounds mighty like an attack on Intel/Moblin. After all, ARM processors are to be supported too from the little I have read of google's plans.
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Is MicroSoft the only target of Googles Chrome OS->

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museumpeace
museumpeace writes "The Google announcement of its new OS project which they somewhat confusingly also name after their browser offering, is described exclusively as an attack on Microsoft OS dominance. None of the tech news outlets that should know better mention other targets. But honestly, How is a web-top OS done on an Open source basis not a swipe at Intel/Moblin?"
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Patents

summer intern wanted: must like skewering patents

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museumpeace
museumpeace writes "John Quiggin, an Australian economist who writes at Crooked Timber is looking for some help this summer. This being slashdot, some of you might be interested in his regard for IP: " The intellectual debate has been running hard against strong IP for a long time, and changes in technology have ... revealed, on a scale much larger than before, the benefits that can be realised from free access to ideas. Meanwhile the extension of IP rights, and the expansion of powers to protect them has rolled on as if none of this was happening." [and the job is in NY ]"

Comment: great new market for PS3: (Score 1) 302

by museumpeace (#26278951) Attached to: Breaking Down the Dropping Parts Cost for Sony's PS3
Gamers may have trouble justifying the price of a play station but bot net mafias [a] can probably afford a few hundred of them and [b]now have a proven crack for the MD5 hash that underpins SSL certs employing the cell processors in PS3...the cost/reward analysis for hackers just got interesting.
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Whither MSFT: InfoWorld's crystal ball->

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museumpeace
museumpeace writes "InfoWorld executive editor Galen Gruman has brainstormed five different scenarios for MicroSoft in the coming decade and solicits the reader's vote on which is more likely. Does it tank? Does it go open source? Does it out-Google Google? Does Ballmer really fill Gate's shoes? Amusing to read...or maybe you have a more prescient scenario to share in the comments?"
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Vote anarchist.