Recently added articles from InTech:
Keep your eye on the ball
Oct 01, 2009; ... It could be a scene from a Norman Rockwell painting: A father showing his son how to hit a baseball on a bright sunny spring day. The scene could show the father holding the ball, voicing some words of encouragement to his son standing in the batter's box waiting to swing his bat and send the ...
Smart grid, shabby security, fix first
Oct 01, 2009; ... In this year's economic stimulus package, the U.S. allocated $4.5 billion to developing technologies for the "smart grid," a revamped delivery system for electricity Sponsors envision a digital system that can make energy-saving adjustments to power flow. However, critics say ...
Switzerland tops competitive rankings, U.S. second
Oct 01, 2009; ... The World Economic Forum (WEF) put out its annual report in September, which uses a complex index to rank countries' economic competitiveness. The index considers what the WEF calls the 12 pillars of global competitiveness. They include institutions, infrastructure, macroeconomic ...
China set to dominate solar panel market
Oct 01, 2009; ... Chinese governments at the national, provincial, and even local levels have been competing with one another to offer solar companies ever more generous subsidies, including free land and cash for research and development, reported The New York Times. State-owned banks are flooding the ...
Automation by the Numbers
Oct 01, 2009; ... 40 Platinum remains the best material for speed- ing chemical reactions in hydrogen fuel cells. It is very expensive. Alternative approaches involve replacing the platinum in the electrodes. U.K. company ACAL Energy has overhauled fuel cell design to reduce the amount of platinum by 80% ...