3:06 PM
China is building more of the new nuclear reactors in the world, spending *$511 billion* on up to 245 reactors. China has just 13 nuclear reactors today and was only building 1 or 2 nuclear reactors each decade, so this is a huge increase:
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-12-02/china-nuclear-boom-sees-reactor-builders-risk-know-how-for-cash.html
The US was #1 in renewable energy until May 2010 when China passed the US. One out of every 2 wind turbines put into operation this year are in China. A Norwegian company is complete the construction of a 10 Megawatt wind turbine next year and 11 Spanish companies are working together ot build a 14 Megawatt offshore wind turbine using 100% Spanish technology:
http://nextbigfuture.com/2010/12/10-megawatt-wind-turbines-2011-2013-and.html
Tata Motors introduced an electric car and electric truck that they will have on the market in India in a few months that can carry 4 people, performs well, runs 150 miles per charge, and costs just *$10k*! The electric car can go from 0 to 60 mph in just 10 seconds and may be a driving factor for making it feasible for India and China to have only electrical vehicles by 2020:
http://nextbigfuture.com/2010/12/tata-reveals-indica-vista-electric-car.html
NASA engineers are developing a material that is darker than pitch black, which will help scientists gather hard-to-obtain scientific measurements or observe currently invisible astronomical objects such as planets in orbit around other stars. Blacker than black! The are using nanotechnology to suppress light in their ultra-dark material:
http://www.nasa.gov/topics/technology/features/new-nano.html
Stanford students have created software that allows users to opt out of 3rd-party web tracking and tell advertisers to stop following them online:
http://news.stanford.edu/news/2010/december/do-not-track-120210.html
Angry Birds is a popular free game on the Android platform that is projected to make *$1 million per month* via in-game advertising! Angry Birds is a popular game on the iPhone, iPad, and iTouch, but Apple users have to pay for the game while Android users get the game for free...with that amount of ad revenue available on Android, no wonder they made the game free for Android users!
http://techcrunch.com/2010/12/03/angry-birds-android-1-million-advertising/
RivePoint offers a free app on the iPhone, iPad, BlackBerry, and Android platforms that eliminates the need for printable coupons. Consumers can get coupons for restaurants and retail stores and show the coupon on the mobile device at the cash register:
http://www.wirelessdesignmag.com/ShowPR.aspx?PUBCODE=055&ACCT=0000100&ISSUE=1012&RELTYPE=IN&PRODCODE=00000&PRODLETT=S&CommonCount=0
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-12-02/china-nuclear-boom-sees-reactor-builders-risk-know-how-for-cash.html
The US was #1 in renewable energy until May 2010 when China passed the US. One out of every 2 wind turbines put into operation this year are in China. A Norwegian company is complete the construction of a 10 Megawatt wind turbine next year and 11 Spanish companies are working together ot build a 14 Megawatt offshore wind turbine using 100% Spanish technology:
http://nextbigfuture.com/2010/12/10-megawatt-wind-turbines-2011-2013-and.html
Tata Motors introduced an electric car and electric truck that they will have on the market in India in a few months that can carry 4 people, performs well, runs 150 miles per charge, and costs just *$10k*! The electric car can go from 0 to 60 mph in just 10 seconds and may be a driving factor for making it feasible for India and China to have only electrical vehicles by 2020:
http://nextbigfuture.com/2010/12/tata-reveals-indica-vista-electric-car.html
NASA engineers are developing a material that is darker than pitch black, which will help scientists gather hard-to-obtain scientific measurements or observe currently invisible astronomical objects such as planets in orbit around other stars. Blacker than black! The are using nanotechnology to suppress light in their ultra-dark material:
http://www.nasa.gov/topics/technology/features/new-nano.html
Stanford students have created software that allows users to opt out of 3rd-party web tracking and tell advertisers to stop following them online:
http://news.stanford.edu/news/2010/december/do-not-track-120210.html
Angry Birds is a popular free game on the Android platform that is projected to make *$1 million per month* via in-game advertising! Angry Birds is a popular game on the iPhone, iPad, and iTouch, but Apple users have to pay for the game while Android users get the game for free...with that amount of ad revenue available on Android, no wonder they made the game free for Android users!
http://techcrunch.com/2010/12/03/angry-birds-android-1-million-advertising/
RivePoint offers a free app on the iPhone, iPad, BlackBerry, and Android platforms that eliminates the need for printable coupons. Consumers can get coupons for restaurants and retail stores and show the coupon on the mobile device at the cash register:
http://www.wirelessdesignmag.com/ShowPR.aspx?PUBCODE=055&ACCT=0000100&ISSUE=1012&RELTYPE=IN&PRODCODE=00000&PRODLETT=S&CommonCount=0