This Will Put A Hop In Your Step

The Temper Trap's new album Conditions is absolutely amazing, I recommend you buy it immediately!! Check out the band site http://www.thetempertrap.net/Home/. Here's the song that has put me in an amazing mood today...

Bloom Energy Releases 'Bloom Box' - Fuel Cells To Power Your Own Home

Bloom Energy, a Sunnyvale startup that has been working for years on a fuel cell that would allow homes and businesses to generate their own electricity, officially unveiled its so-called Bloom Box at a highly orchestrated media event Wednesday morning.

Tech journalists joined Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bloom cofounder and CEO K.R. Sridhar, venture capitalist John Doerr and former Secretary of State Colin Powell at eBay's San Jose headquarters to learn how Bloom, which has raised about $400 million from investors, plans to mass produce its solid oxide fuel cells.

Google, FedEx and Wal-Mart are among the companies beta-testing the technology; several Bloom Boxes are in use on the eBay campus.

EBay started using five Bloom Energy Servers in July. They produce electricity to power space for 2,000 to 3,000 employees and shaved $100,000 off eBay's power bill, says Amy Skoczlas Cole, director of eBay's Green Team. EBay uses natural gas in the boxes but will switch to methane gas from an Oklahoma landfill this spring.

The video on 60 Minutes is 13 minutes long, but worth every second to learn about this amazing technology.


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Heat Map Shows the Bing vs. Google Map is Raging On The iPad

Global Equities Research has published a report predicting that Apple will choose Microsoft Bing as the default search engine for the iPad.

Trip Chowdhry, managing director of equity research for the Global Equities Research, says Apple will choose Bing based on the search engine's technical merits, as well as the shape of the iPad touchscreen.

In the 8-page report published Tuesday, Chowdhry points to a heat map study of Microsoft Bing vs. Google Search. A side-by-side comparison reveals that the concentration of user activity on the Bing search page -- indicated by red, yellow and green colors -- fits more comfortably in the shape of the iPad screen.

The heat map study indicates that when people look at search results on Google they follow an inverted triangle. The widest part of the triangle remains at the top, from left to right, and tapers off at the bottom in the middle of the page.

The heat map study for Bing reveals that people tend to look at search results in a rectangle shape. The widest part of the page represents the top half of an 8-inch by 10-inch sheet of paper. This means people typically read the top half of search results.

A rectangular search layout for Apple's iPad, which requires people to use their fingers as the primary pointing device, would provide consumers with a better experience.

Chowdhry believes that Bing's search tools, such as Explore Pane, Best Match and Document Preview all lend to a better experience on an iPad, where interaction with the device requires humans to use their fingers, not by mouse.

People typically spend more time on Bing versus Google, view more pages, and bounce from one search to another, according to Chowdhry.

"Contacts tell us that Google Search will also be available, but will not be a default choice," Chowdhry writes. "Google will probably have more Map applications on iPad vs. Microsoft."

Chowdhry doesn't think Google's loss of not being the default search engine on the iPad will have a significant impact on the search engine's revenue. Google's Android Platform continues to grow in excess of 100% year-on-year, and can easily offset the loss.

Preorders for the iPad could begin as early as this week. The first wave of models with WiFi could debut in the United States as early as March.

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Hulu Adzone: Superbowl Commercials Live Here

How I didn't see this last year, I haven't the slightest idea. But the biggest day in advertising, the Superbowl, now has a place to house the players in the real competition; the commercials. Be sure to check back in to the Hulu Adzone to go back and watch the last 10 seconds of the commercial you missed because you were too busy laughing at the first 20 seconds. Or because you were elbow deep in guacamole, either one.

Nike's GreenXchange A Market For Sustainability Models

Why is that shoe so special? Well, it is the fact that they are constructed from 100% recyclable materials, including white leather, along with synthetic leathers, rubber from Nike Grind recycle material, polyester, and used EVA.

The need no introduction company Nike has partnered with a variety of companies to create an open forum for sharing IP on sustainable business models and techniques to build more conscious functionality. Nike has partnered with nine organizations, including Yahoo, Best Buy, Creative Commons, IDEO, Mountain Equipment Co-Op, nGenera, Outdoor Industry Association, salesforce.com, and 2degrees to form the GreenXchange, a Web-based marketplace that Nike claims will allow "companies [to] collaborate and share intellectual property (IP) which can lead to new sustainability business models and innovation." In other words, it's a giant think tank for corporate sustainability.

According to the Sustainable Responsibility section on Nike's corporate site, "Nike sees Sustainable Business and Innovation as an integral part of how we can use the power of our brand, the energy and passion of our people, and the scale of our business to create meaningful change."

Powerful words and moves from one of the leaders in environmentally friendly business. Hopefully this continues to shake off the sweat shop horrors the brand once faced.

Hospitals, Please Explain Them To Me

So my mom is in the hospital. She went through a badass spine surgery and is crushing it now...but that's not why I'm here.

All day, you can't get anyone to come into the room to come turn off the damn beeping. Yet, at night, you cant keep the fuckers out. Every 45 minutes someone comes in to play with a noise, check vitals, adjust this, squeeze that GET THE FUCK OUT. Literally they bother you all night, but can't show up at 2 pm to bring a bottle of water.

Where am I going with this...I don't get it. The branding of a hospital lives in it's patient care. Not the surgeries and procedures, but the care is where a hospital gets its reputation. And that is why people pick hospitals. The sparkly clean brand, like Clorox, is what entices someone to put their life in your hands. All in all, Cedars Sinai hospital in LA blows.