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In the green room... an interesting piece of sustainable innovation was introduced this week. The New Jersey Institute of Technology unveiled a new polymer-based paint that can be applied to plastic sheets which will then function as solar panels. Here's the shake down on how it works- when sunlight hits a solar cell, the energy will create positive and negative charges. If separated and sent to different electrodes, it will produce a current. If the cells can be linked electronically, they will form a "panel". The cell developed by NJIT is 50,000 times smaller than a human hair, but conducts currents much more efficiently than electrical wires.
Though still in its beta stage, this solar paint has potential to eliminate enormous energy costs by allowing individuals to create their own power stations. In the future, hybrid cars could be operated by solar energy created from a panel on the roof of the vehicle. It brings a whole new meaning to the term "sunroof".
For more information check out Fullerene single wall carbon nanotube complex for polymer bulk heterojunction photovoltaic cells. We dare you to say that one three times out loud.
Tweets or microblogs, popularized by Twitter and its main competitor, Jaiku, are short, quick text updates about your current thoughts and activities. Part of the next level of the ultra-hot social networking movement, tweets are made via text messaging, instant messaging, and the web. In March, Twitter won the 2007 South by Southwest Web Award in the blog category, and recently was named as one of Time Magazine's Top 50 Websites for 2007.
In Good Company
With membership reportedly doubling every two to three weeks, companies and public figures are finding Twitter a useful tool to quickly get their message out. Amazon, the BBC and The New York Times all tweet, as does John Edwards, who gets credit as being the first presidential candidate to use Twitter, which was quickly followed by others. There are estimates of up to 7 million current users with over a million tweets a day.
But Twitter's For Kids
Your kids might be microblogging already, but how can you tap this growing trend in your organization?
Other Microblogging Resources
Jaiku – Pronounced like Haiku with a J, it is Twitter’s main competitor, and allows direct commenting on other’s microblogs.
Pownce – Still its early stages, but has heavy buzz as the next generation of microblogging, group communications, and social networking.
Find out more or join the Twitosphere today by going to http://www.twitter.com. Featured post by Erik Lutenegger, Web & Technology Specialist.
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