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China's supply chain challenge: Mitigating supply risk

AMR Research, supply chain analyst firm recently published a report on countries' risk profile and interestingly, in a survey of 130 global companies China was the top contributing region for nine of 15 risks examined, including supplier and internal product quality failure, security breache...

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Supply chain video: The result of a new survey among 900 U.S. supply chain executives on this year's trends

Here comes another interesting video from Tom Murphy, RSM McGladrey's executive vice president of manufacturing and wholesale distribution. He discusses the results of the company's fourth annual Manufacturing and Wholesale Distribution (MWD) National Survey among more than 900 supply chain executiv...

Siemens becomes a recommended partner for F-35 supply chain

Siemens Energy & Automation, Inc. announced last week that after extensive testing and evaluation, Northrop Grumman Corporation Aerospace Systems is strongly encouraging its supply chain to explore the use of Siemens Sinumerik 840D solution line CNC for parts design and manufactuing in the F...

Have a look at the solar concept tent

If you are planning camping in the mountains then have a look at the concept solar tent from Orange. This solar tent seeks inspiration from flexible photovoltaics covered in semi photovoltaic fabric. It is woven in conventional threads and coated solar threads for forming solar shell which ad...

Climate change: the lawyers' picnic

By the narrowest of margins, Congress has passed the "cap and trade" energy bill which will bring in tough new greenhouse gas emissions standards for US companies. Given that it passed by the narrowest of margins and business opposition, we can expect to see it open up a spate of lit...

ChicTots' Chic & Cozy Blanket Bag

Sunny days are here again and it's time to hit the outdoors! Head to the park and let the little ones run around and burn out their energy. Pack some snacks, a blanket and you're done! If you're in the market for a blanket, check out ChicTots' Chic & Cozy Blanket Bag , a co...

WildCharge Evolves the iPhone to the Next Level

I have written about conductive chargers , the wireless charging technology, before; I am completely in love with the technology. WildCharge, the leader in wireless charging technology, has charging pads and adapters for all sorts of devices from cell phones to gaming controllers. Now, the iPh...

Can Wind Power Make a Profit?

© Tracy O Forbes took a look at that question this month. Forbes looks at one specific example... A windmill doesn't make economic sense, even though this poor entrepreneur is gouged 19 cents per kilowatt-hour from his utility. A 121-foot, 100-kilowatt turbine from Northern Power runs $...

iPod Touch 2代升级OS 3.0新系统完美破解/越狱（附图文教程）

• iPod Touch 2代升级OS 3.0新系统完美破解/越狱（附图文教程） • Embrace Your Femininity • Mozilla Firefox 3.5 RC2 for Windows • Mozilla Firefox 3.5 RC2 for Linux • Mozilla Firefox 3.5 RC2 for MacOS • Sony should beware - Activision chief is not simply playing games • That Was Quick: Veodia Acquires Screen C...

Philippines Announces 10-Year Nanotech Roadmap

...p will cover at least six industrial sectors, including the semiconductor, information technology, energy, agriculture, medicine and environment protection. The roadmap indicates that funding will be ...

Recession drawing to an end. So what?

So bankers forecast that the recession will end in the third quarter of 2009. Big deal!! Don't crack open the champagne yet. The next few years will be hard. If you expect it will be anything like the boom years, you're kidding yourself. First, the market will be a completely differen...

Climate change impacts

With the Waxman-Markey discussion draft, "The American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009" now going before Congress, the Obama Administration has released a timely report on climate change , designed to warn Americans about the dangers of not acting. It's politically loaded...

Other Money Saving Tips for Your Air Conditioning

© redjar Probably one of your biggest monthly expenses comes from either heating or cooling of your house. This also means that it is an area where a lot of money can be saved, too, if you follow some money tips. If you buy window air conditioning units, it is not a good idea to buy one that...

The Coming Solar Revival

Forbes had an article earlier this month on SunPower and the solar energy revival it expects to see soon... This guardedly optimistic outlook came Tuesday... and follows an abysmal period in which new commercial-scale solar business has stalled due to the lack of bank funding for projects. The...

It will be years before jobs return

So Barack Obama has declared that his stimulus package will create 600,000 jobs this summer. Don't hold your breath. According to this report from McClatchy Newspapers , most of the country won't get back to pre-recession employment levels until 2012, and there are parts that will s...

Another Way to Save Money on Air Conditioning Costs This Summer

© me and the sysop One condition in your home this summer that will make you feel like you want to turn on the air conditioner is humidity. We all know what sticky weather feels like and how that makes it feel muggy - and we want quick relief from it. The hotter it is the worse the high humid...

Is Algae the Real Future of Biofeul?

A piece at Renewable Energy World recently asked that question. Energy policy at the moment sets targets for biofuel use. Those targets are pretty high and only a certain amount (less than half, eventually) can come from ethanol. Where will the rest come from? Algae has emerged as a promising fe...

Save Money on Air Conditioning This Summer

© randyr.net As summer comes your way, you know that keeping your house cool will also become a concern. This year, however, you can take some steps before it gets here to save money on your air conditioning bill. Follow these five steps to keep you're A/C bills lower this year: 1. Mak...

Nokia Hopes Cell Phones will No Longer Require Chargers

Quick- what's the first thing that comes to mind when you think of charging your cell phone? If you said a cord, an electrical outlet or even a docking station, you may want to read on. Nokia researchers are working on development of cellular phone charging by simply capturing ambient rad...

Western Digital My Book Studio Edition is 4TB Worth of Peace

Speaking for someone who has a few computers and has had substantial data loss on everyone, 4TB (yes Terabytes) of data storage does not sound like overkill. I could run Time Machine for years on that sucker, and never lose anything. At the end of last semester, there was massive water damage i...

Will the Volt save GM?

With Toyota unveiling its third generation Prius, it's time to ask whether GM's Volt will be able to match the competition. Or for that matter, save GM. We read in the report here that the car comes with a new four cylinder engine with more horsepower and special braking, which recap...

Wind in Virginia Gains Support

Wind energy is gaining support in Virginia's far west, according to the Associated Press . I live in an area where the proposed construction of 400-foot high wind turbines has become a contentious issue. Supporters of the region's coal industry see wind as a competitive threat. Local resi...

Renewable energy and the recession

Will the clean energy sector emerge from the recession faster than other industries? That seems to be the suggestion in the latest REN21 Renewables Global Status Report . Despite the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression, grid-connected solar PV grew by an astonishing 70% and wind p...

Steckdosenleiste mit robustem Fußschalter und Kontroll-Leuchte

Heute erst (Schande über mich) ist mir aufgefallen, dass mein Beitrag vom 5.6. gar nicht auf dem Blog erschienen war - dies ist also eine Rekonstruktion der Gedanken, die in den Tiefen des Internets, das sonst ja nie vergisst - verschollen sind. In diesem Beitrag hatte ich meine ersten Erfahrunge...

What next for GM?

The big question now is how General Motors will emerge out of this bankruptcy? And what lies ahead for what was once the world's biggest car manufacturer? As Dennis Berman at The Wall Street Journal points out, the $65 billion in taxpayers' money is all part of the subterfuge. Instead...

Das Powergel - Liquid Energy

© Sponsor Heute möchte ich Euch Liquid Energy vorstellen. Liquid Energy ist hochkonzentrierte Energie in flüssiger Form mit neutralem Geschmack. Die 70 g Tube enthält 210 kcal Energie pur und ist ausgesprochen gut verträglich. Liquid Energy eignet sich für ausdauersportler, welche auf eine st...

Powerbrella from Sky Shades Blocks and Channels the Sun

I love working outside. I keep the range of my WiFi network just large enough that I can be online and somewhat productive while enjoying the summer sun. Unfortunately, I can work outside for just a bit over an hour thanks to my laptop battery crapping out. Running an extension cord out the the...

Western Digital Unleashes Quite and Smart WD AV-GP Hard Drives

The reality for hard drives is that if you are not going to be a SSD (Solid State Drive), then you have to fast, big, and do a few tricks to stay relevant. Western Digital knows that better than anyone right now, and that is why they have released the Western Digital AV-GP. Available in 1TB and ...

The Solúcar Platform (PS20) Solar Power Tower - Now Operational in Spain

With all the focus on cars recently, solar energy seems to have moved to thirds place in the public mind, after wind energy. So when I saw this piece in Renewable Energy World I thought I'd use it to bring solar energy up front again for a moment... Abengoa Solar has started commercial operat...

Higher rents and sale prices for green buildings

Despite the recession, the push for green buildings continues. But is green a justifiable expense when companies are struggling to stay alive in the financial bloodbath? A fascinating study Doing Well by Doing Good? Green Office Buildings , from academics at the University of California and Ma...

No More Hydrogen Cars?

There's been a lot of nergy legislation news in the past couple of weeks. But TreeHugger pointed out one chunk of news that didn't get much coverage. Federal support funding for hydrogen cars seems to have collapsed for now: The money was stripped because the president and Steven Chu, his...

Mauri Pioppo Jewelry

Designer Fine Jewelry Mauri Pioppo is on a path of creative success. Her first career was as a professional dancer, which led her to tour with such legends as Twyla Tharp, Nina Wiener and Lar Lubovitch. To keep up with the physical demands of dancing, Mauri sought the restorative help of yoga a...

Jolie B. Ray Jewelry

Gold and Gemstone Jewelry Tanya Tochner and Marjorie Troob have found a calling and a true connection, designing jewelry. After having careers in the corporate world and raising young children, these two women decided they needed a creative outlet. Realizing they both had a passion for fine je...

President at the Pump

Imagine. In just seven years all new cars sold in America will be required to average 35 mpg. The auto industry (or what's left of it) will not go down without a lot of screaming and hair-tearing, for it hates being forced by politicians to do things it doesn't like or pretends to be tech...

US and China: the drug dealer-addict relationship

The relationship of co-dependency between the United States and China is worrying and dangerous. American consumers buy Chinese-made goods, China piles up billions of dollars from US trade and buys US debt. That has flooded the market with cheap money and contributed to today's financial blo...

How to introduce a carbon tax

...n lower emissions. Think of it as a matter of supply and demand. If people reduce their spending on energy, if they drive less or use less electricity, that means the price of permits will go down. Th...

Bixi: RFID Bike Sharing Program Reaches Montreal

I have earlier talked about the RFID bike sharing programs, check here and here . It seems the craze for RFID bike sharing programs has started to spread its wings and now we have another of it in the city of Montreal. The program has been dubbed as Bixi (the name resembles more of a bisc...

Military joins climate change battle

Talk about strange bedfellows. Environmentalists have now found a new and unexpected ally: the US military. The army, navy, air force and the marines have come out in support of the Green army with a bunch of retired generals and military types at the Center for Naval Analysis (CNA) putting out...

Energy Harvesting Batteries for RFID Chips

I just came across these energy harvesting batteries from FlexEl which derive energy from the environment such as existing radio waves and vibrations. These are millimeter thick high density rechargeable batteries which have been created from thin films. These are flexible batteries which can be...

Bioscience Education in America: A State by State Analysis

WHAT: "Taking the Pulse of Bioscience Education in America: A State by State Analysis" is a report prepared and supported by Battelle. BIO commissioned the report and had the input and support of the Biotechnology Institute. WHEN: Monday, May 18, 2009, 2 p.m. EDT WHERE: BIO 2009 ...

New Search Tool Aims at Answering Tough Queries, but Not at Taking on Google

• New Search Tool Aims at Answering Tough Queries, but Not at Taking on Google • Survey: one in five US households are cellphone only • NBC Invests In Video Search Startup EveryZing And Signs Up As Its Biggest Customer • 一季度金融业网络营销规模环比降11.8% • 微软推出"定位钟" • The New York Times, 31 ...

Konarka Develops Flexible Solar Cells for Windows

© RonAlmog There are probably few people that would install and utilize solar panels if they could. The problem is that they are large, expensive, and complicated. Konarka, a alternative energy company from Massachusetts has developed solar cells that are both flexible and transparent. These ...

Miles Per Acre: Is Electricity Better than Ethanol?

Science Daily recently looked at the question: How can we maximize our "miles per acre" from biomass? While it is possible to turn biomass into ethanol to burn in internal combustion engine cars, researchers writing in the online edition of the journal Science on May 7 said that conver...

Late Motherhood and Lifespans

© subactive_photo While there are many advantages to having children early in life (more energy for late nights, for example), having kids later in life also make a lot of sense (more prepared emotionally, financially etc). Most women know that getting pregnant is not something one can postpone...

WinRAR 3.90 beta 1

• WinRAR 3.90 beta 1 • Amazon Adds Word 2007 and RTF Format Support To The Kindle • Acer confirms Windows 7 available 23 October • Palm Eos: super-thin, 3G, and headed to AT&T? • Apple to introduce more affordable Macs, sources say • Windows 7 Release Candidate 1 impressions, insights...

USC Gets $12.5 Million from DOE for Nanotech Energy Research

The U.S. Department of Energy this week selected the University of South Carolina to house an alternative energy research center that's expected to receive $12.5 million in federal funding. "The grant was included in a White House announcement that the U.S. Department of Energy ...

Online Pregnancy Tracker Empowers Women to Take Control of Their Health

Hello Ladies. I bet you are all interested in TheCarrot.com 's new pregnancy tracker that goes beyond basic journaling and provides moms-to-be with a more proactive approach to managing their health during pregnancy. The pregnancy tracker is part of a new suite of Women's Health tra...

Georgia Tech Opens Marcus Nanotechnology Building

Georgia Tech today formally opened its 190,000 square foot Marcus Nanotechnology Building. "The invaluable research and activities taking place at our Nanotechnology Research Center (NRC) will affect the lives of every individual, from health care advances to green energy development...

Will Biofuel Make It?

BusinessWeek had a long but informative perspective piece on the future of biofuel earlier this month. Simply put, the outlook is bleak... Yet behind the very real innovations and investments, the brash claims and the breathless headlines, lies an inconvenient truth. Replacing petroleum with biofu...

E'mo 电动力车

• Lightweight three-seater electrically-driven car with Li-Ion batteries • Weight ready for the road: 325 kg • Working load: 275 kg • Range: 100km • Maximum speed: 80 km/h • Energy consumption: about 8kWh/100km, equates the energy equivalent of approx. 1 liter of petrol • Target selling pri...

Cardboard coffins and green funerals

... For the environmentalist who has everything. Back-to-Earth burials, low- energy, low-emission cremations, cardboard coffins and back-to-Earth burials and scattering cremated remains in state park...

chinaSMACK | Hot Internet Stories, Pictures, & Videos in China

• chinaSMACK | Hot Internet Stories, Pictures, & Videos in China • Ashton Kutcher Hits 1 Million Twitter Followers • Court jails Pirate Bay founders • MySpace员工因窃取个人机密信息被捕 • Facebook opens up vote on new terms of service • They're gone! After outcry, Time Warner uncaps the tubes ...

Climate change flood warning

Dire warnings from Energy Secretary Steven Chu that some islands in the Caribbean will disappear and that Louisiana and even northern California could be overrun with rising water as a result of global warming. Conservative commentators and so-called experts will no doubt attack Chu for being...

Save Money by Conserving Use of Electricity

© TheTruthAbout... As I have mentioned several times, there are many ways to save money. One way is to reduce your electric bill. Here are some money saving tips about how to do just that. 1. Become Energy Conscious If you think about it, there are already probably a few things that you...

Small Wind: GE Is Investing

CNET reported earlier this month that GE is sinking money into wind power. But it's not the big super-turbines, it's small personal wind turbines that GE is focusing on. Southwest Windpower, which makes residential wind turbines, said on Monday it has raised $10 million from existing inves...

Capsaicin-Green Tea Combo, Promotes Weight Loss

© peyri The combination of capsaicin and green tea could promote the feeling of fullness and sustain satiety, thereby indicating it could be successful for weight management. Such were the findings of researchers from Denmark and the Netherlands. "We conclude that thermogenic food in...

Varnish Alternative Derived from Glycerin

© Elsie esq. German researchers have developed a varnish alternative in which the majority of petrochemical components have been substituted by vegetable oils and sugars. It has identical properties to the conventional varnishes used today and is hard-wearing, scratch-proof and resistant to c...

Will Japan Subsidize Green Cars?

TreeHugger published a piece last week on the possibility rumor that Japan's government may start encouraging green cars ownership with a $3000 (300,000 yen) subsidy. The Japanese media has been reporting that the subsidies will be part of a big stimulus package that may include money for ene...

Banana Briquettes

© choyaw99 Researchers have developed a method of converting banana crop waste into briquettes as a source of fuel. First, the banana skins and leaves are mashed to a pulp in a hand-operated domestic meat mincer. This pulp is mixed with sawdust to create a mouldable material - in Rwanda it wo...

The American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009

The American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009 exists now in draft form in the U.S. House. The WWF is happy; groups like Shop Floor are unhappy. I had to laugh at one of Shop Floor's points. They agreed that the new law would create a lot of jobs, but said that so did Hurricane Katri...

Microbes Convert Carbon Dioxide and Electricity to Methane

Researchers have developed microbial electrolysis cells using Archaea species that could use the current to convert carbon dioxide and water to methane without any organic material, bacteria or hydrogen usually found in microbial electrolysis cells. The researchers created a two-chambered cel...

Do You Have a Jellyfish?

The commercial-industrial efforts to turn wind into energy for money seem to get a lot more attention than the smaller efforts to enable individual citizens to use wind energy as a means of opting out of the power grid altogether. So I found the Jellyfish Wind Appliance to be fascinating as a pe...

Sled Dogs, Diabetes and Obesity

© http2007 Sled dogs are among the the most energy-efficient creatures on Earth. They have the capacity to run hundreds of miles day after day without showing the normal signs of fatigue. Such characteristics of sled dogs could maybe help find ways to treat diabetes and obesity . Oklahoma St...

Three of Spain's Cities Getting Electric Car Infrastructure

TreeHugger had a piece last week on development in Spain's move to electric cars. The pretty southern Spanish town of Seville has been chosen along with the capital Madrid and the northern hub Barcelona to implement the Movele pilot electric car infrastructure project proposed by the Spani...

Umweltwärme, Maschinenwärme und natürliche Lüftung

  © mos Teilweise mit bewährter Technik und teilweise innovativ gingen die Fachplaner bei der Erweiterung der Fabrik Arburg in Loßburg vor. Geschäftsführer Michael Hehl : "Wir entnehmen nicht nur Wärme aus der Erde, sondern speisen auch die Produktionswärme der Maschinen ein." Di...

The Future of Electric Car Maker Th!nk

Norwegian car maker Th!nk is in the news at the moment. Treehugger describes Th!nk as having "a long and troubled history - gone bankrupt twice, changed hands a couple of times (including a short stormy marriage with Ford) and stopped its production line late last year when the economic cr...

The Most Powerful Hybrid

I guess everybody needs a little glamour and luxury from time to time. There's no reason that alternative energy shouldn't get some... BusinessWeek has a piece this week on the debut in Geneva of Nissan's Infiniti Essence - a 600 horsepower hybrid V6 sports car. To celebrate 20 years ...

The key themes in the supply chain of tomorrow

According to a Deloitte paper published recently, the one size fits all approaches of the past doesn't satisfy the needs of today's and tomorrow's supply chain. Some of the factors which in Deloitt's point of view are making a paradigm shift include (they are U.S. centric): ...

Granola Gourmet: Doctor Endorsed- Diabetec Friendly Snack

WHO: Granola Gourmet makes "Energy Bars for Athletes, Diabetics and YOU!" What makes these products stand out is its unique positioning; they are handmade locally, 100% Natural, great tasting and satisfying but without the blood sugar spike you get from the adult candy bars in the ener...