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<pubDate>Wed, 13 Apr 2011 07:10:42 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[GE-led venture buys into ultracapacitor storage]]></title>
<link>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=ge-led-venture-buys-into-ultracapacitor-storage</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 13 Apr 2011 07:10:42 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Ultracapacitor maker Ioxus today said it has raised $21 million from a handful of large industrial companies, a vote of confidence in this relatively young energy-storage technology.The lead investor was Energy Technology Ventures, a joint venture of General Electric, utility NRG Energy, and fuel company ConocoPhillips. Another investment group involved was Aster Capital, which represents transportation and power companies Alstom, Schneider Electric, and Rhodia. Ultracapacitors are being evaluated for more energy storage applications, says Ioxus.(Credit:Ioxus)The series B round will be used for product development, for sales, and to ramp up the company's manufacturing facility in Oneonta, N.Y., Ioxus CEO Mark McGough said today. These &quot;strategic partner&quot; investors could become high-volume customers, he added.Like batteries, ultracapacitors store energy but they have different properties that make them well suited for certain applications, such as powering motors for electric windows in acar or to adjust the pitch of wind turbine blades.Ultracapacitors can discharge a lot of power in quick bursts, but can't store as much overall energy as batteries. They also can be charged very quickly and last for many charge cycles. Improvements in performance and more familiarity among industrial designers are nudging the technology into different areas, said McGough.&quot;In the last 10 years or so, it's gone from a technology that hardly anybody knows, to people understanding it, and finally to adopting it in design,&quot; he said. &quot;It fills an increasingly important place in the designer's toolkit. We're seeing a tipping point of adopting this technology in mainstream design.&quot;None of the new investors in Ioxus is now using its products, which look like cylindrical batteries, but the companies are evaluating ultracapacitors. GE, for example, is looking at using them in its locomotives, medical devices, wind turbines, and for hybrid electric cars, McGough said.One application that could become a boost to ultracapacitors is microhybrids, which use start-stop technology. When a hybrid car is idle, its engine will turn off and then rely on ultracapacitors to accelerate the car and to store braking energy.Ioxus, a 2008 spin-off from a capacitor company, plans next quarter to release its second-generation product, which will have more power than its current line, making it viable for transportation, McGough said.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Report: Amazon exploring mobile payments via NFC]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2011 07:10:26 +0000</pubDate>
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<category>Technology</category>
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<description><![CDATA[Yet another company looks to be testing the waters of near-field communication for mobile payments. This time it's Amazon.com, who in a report by Bloomberg today, is said to be exploring the possibility of enabling such a service for smartphones. The report cites sources who asked not to be named. The report goes on to say that Amazon will decide whether or not to pursue the project in the next three to five months.Amazon already has a business division that enables mobile payments. But incorporating near-field communications, or NFC, chips would allow users to wave their phone over a terminal or price tag to either pay for an item or find a different size or color of the item on Amazon's own store.If the online retailer does opt to go that route, they'll likely be joining some of the biggest names in tech. Google has already been selling a phone, the Nexus S, with NFC chips installed, and is reportedly testing a service in New York and San Francisco. Microsoft is also said to be planning to include NFC technology in a future phone withWindows Phone 7, and Apple has been rumored for almost a year to have something similar in the works.Samsung and Visa have also said they'll be facilitating mobile payments via NFC on smartphones during the summer Olympics in London next year.Amazon did not immediately respond to a request for comment.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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