Saturday, March 13, 2010

Another Great Ethiopian Scientist..................What can I say, I am proud!

Solomon AssefaIBM scientists, Dr Solomon Assefa, today unveiled a significant step towards replacing electrical signals that communicate via copper wires between computer chips with tiny silicon circuits that communicate using pulses of light. As reported in the recent issue of the scientific journal Nature, this is an important advancement in changing the way computer chips talk to each other. 


Source: Tadias, IBM, Nature 

The Bloom Box: An Energy Breakthrough?

In the world of energy, the Holy Grail is a power source that's inexpensive and clean, with no emissions. Well over 100 start-ups in Silicon Valley are working on it, and one of them, Bloom Energy, is about to make public its invention: a little power plant-in-a-box they want to put literally in your backyard. 


Source: CBS 60 Minutes.