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<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jun 2011 07:11:03 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA['WindMade' label proposed for U.S.]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jun 2011 07:11:03 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[(Credit:WindMade.org)Call it a &quot;wind-win&quot; opportunity: there's a new push on for a &quot;WindMade&quot; certification label for U.S. companies, services, and products.The announcement yesterday (on Global Wind Day) in New York by a group of organizations marks the start of a two-month development period. But the first draft of the standard allowing the use of the WindMade label requires that a company source at least 25 percent of its electricity from wind in order to qualify.The idea for a WindMade label was originally proposed in January at the World Economic Forum in Davos with the creation of WindMade.org, a nongovernmental organization whose purpose is to promote the use of wind energy via the free market rather than via government regulation.A standard proposal for products will be announced later this year, according to WindMade.org.Founders of the WindMade.org NGO include the Danish wind energy giant Vestas, the World Wildlife Fund, the Lego Group, the U.N. Global Compact, Bloomberg, and PricewaterhouseCoopers.Its newly appointed CEO is Henrik Kuffner, formerly director general of the International Wool Textile Organization (IWTO), best known for its global wool campaign.The NGO also has the backing of the American Wind Energy Association and the Wind Energy Foundation which jointly hosted the U.S. label launch on Wednesday in New York City.WindMade.org has also set up a clever Twitter campaign to promote its label. Using a widget on its Web site the public can weigh in with &quot;I want my (fill in the blank) WindMade.&quot; So far, wishes include &quot;Apple computer,&quot; &quot;Smiths LPs,&quot; &quot;Kindle,&quot; and &quot;Johnson &amp;amp' Johnson products.&quot;<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[A $55 million atlas of the human brain]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 13 Apr 2011 07:10:46 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[This thin section of brain has been treated with a pink neuropathological stain to show fine anatomic detail.(Credit:Allen Institute for Brain Science)Any time someone concatenates the words &quot;Paul Allen,&quot; &quot;brain,&quot; and &quot;science&quot; in one sentence, two assumptions can safely be made: What's being described will be expensive' what's being described will be newsworthy.And so it comes as little surprise that the Seattle-based Allen Institute for Brain Science announced this week a world first: a highly detailed guide to both the anatomy and the genes of the human brain that includes 1,000 anatomical landmarks backed by 100 million data points measuring the strength of gene activity at each landmark. The cost of its creation $55 million.&quot;Until now, a definitive map of the human brain at this level of detail simply hasn't existed,&quot; the nonprofit's chief executive, Allan Jones says in a news release. &quot;Understanding how our genes are used in our brains will help scientists and the medical community better understand and discover new treatments for the full spectrum of brain diseases and disorders, from mental illness and drug addiction to Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases, multiple sclerosis, autism and more.&quot;Funded in part by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, the Allen Human Brain Atlas project spanned four years as a team of researchers sliced thin layers from two normal adult male brains donated to science. They then assembled the imaging of those slices into an interactive atlas that is already being used in its preliminary version--with free public access online to the entire archive--by more than 4,000 scientists.As these things go, the project is by no means finished. What began as a mapping of the mouse brain in 2006 has moved on to the human brain, but the current online archives include only those two brains, which have been found to be 94 percent similar.Next step: add eight more brains to the archives by year's end, at least one of which researchers say will be female.The institute describes the mapping as &quot;a previously unthinkable feat&quot; that behaves much like a &quot;high-powered, multifunctional GPS navigation system.&quot; And with at least 82 percent of all human genes expressed in the brain, the archives should provide &quot;an essential genetic blueprint to understand brain functionality better and propel research in neurologic disease and other brain disorders.&quot;With the mouse brain atlas spawning hundreds of research projects, only time will tell what this burgeoning brain imaging vault will reveal to us about ourselves.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[AltoBridge lands $12 million to bring mobile to emerging markets]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Altobridge makes it cheaper to provide mobile coverage to communities in emerging countries, from an African village to a remote oil drilling site. The company just closed a $12 million third round of funding with Intel Capital and the International Finance Corporation (an offshoot of the World Bank).The most expensive part of making a mobile call from a remote area is generally the backhaul, i.e. the connection between the local mobile base station and the mobile carrier&amp;'s central core network. Backhaul is often done over an expensivesatelliteconnection. Altobridge&amp;'s Data-at-the-Edge technology reduces the backhaul requirements by at least 50 percent by providing more functionality locally, especially when the call is being placed to someone else in the local network.Reducing backhaul communications can also ease data congestion, which can become a problem in high growth, emerging markets. The new investment will be used to scale up the business and develop the technology to further reduce backhaul costs. Altobridge also recently demonstrated a low-cost mobile broadband solution.Altobridge&amp;'s main markets are emerging countries, in particular in Africa and Asia. A mobile base station was traditionally an expensive piece of kit. Altobridgebase stations often run in remote areas that have no access to power. As a result, the company also offers a cheap, solar-powered base station that can be carried on the back of a truck to the target location. The Altobridge lite-site install has lower power consumption than other products and can serve 100 to 1,500 people.The company&amp;'s main competitors are traditional wireless network vendors such as Huawei, some of which also license Altobridge&amp;'s technology.Altobridge was founded in 2002 and employs 130 people globally at its headquarters in Kerry, Ireland and in Malaysia, Indonesia, China and the US. The company has previously received funding from Enterprise Ireland and various private investors.Next Story: Solar power shines amid Japan&amp;'s nuclear woes Previous Story: Kayak to compete with Expedia for direct hotel reservationsPrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Tags: backhaul, base station, emerging markets, mobileCompanies: Altobridge, Ifc, Intel Capital          Tags: backhaul, base station, emerging markets, mobileCompanies: Altobridge, Ifc, Intel CapitalCiara Byrne is a full time techie and part-time writer. She has worked as a software developer, team lead, engineering manager and mobile standards expert. Ciara is based in Amsterdam and her interests include creative companies, useful technology, torture by piano and cycling in high heels. Follow her on Twitter at @deciara.  Have news to share Launching a startup Email: tips@venturebeat.comVentureBeat has new weekly email newsletters.  Stay on top of the news, and don't miss a beat.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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