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Inside CoMotion’s new HQ: UW’s entrepreneur program plants its roots in an innovation hub

GeekWire

A wall in the new University of Washington CoMotion offices includes logos for some of the 285 companies that have spun out of the program. One hallway features logos from some of the 285 companies that have launched from CoMotion, while a display case highlights some of the patents secured by the program.

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How do you capture the ocean’s energy? Peek under the hood of a startup’s ‘anti-boat’ power device

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Oscilla Photo) Oscilla Power , a startup developing devices that capture wave energy to produce electricity, has ocean-sized ambitions. There are no land-based energy systems to borrow from and adapt to the sea. Navy Wave Energy Test Site. A fiberglass cover will protect the hardware. Oscilla has raised $7.5 In the U.S.,

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Climate campaign pushes Bitcoin network to drop energy-hungry code

The Verge

The goal of the campaign, dubbed “Change the code, not the climate,” is to switch up the energy-hungry process of verifying transactions and mining new Bitcoins. Burning through so much energy generates some serious greenhouse gas emissions, but campaign organizers argue that it doesn’t have to be that way.

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Top500: The Supercomputers Advancing Cyber Security, Renewable Energy, and Black Hole Research

CIO Business Intelligence

Among those ranked in the 59 th edition of the TOP500 announced at the 2022 International Supercomputing Conference (ISC) in Hamburg, Germany, are standouts conducting powerful research in energy generation, cyber and physical threats, and astrophysics. Eni, HPC5: The Supercomputer Working for Energy. Rmax [TFlop/s], 51,720.76

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Apple’s ‘notebook upgrade program’ could get businesses new M1 Macs for $30 per month

The Verge

Mac notebook upgrade program marketing to apparent business partners | Image: @MaxWinebach. Apple has apparently introduced a business-only program that enables members to obtain and eventually upgrade computers for a relatively low monthly fee. CIT Group’s offer for a ‘Mac Notebook Upgrade Program’. Image: CIT Group.

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Zeno demonstrates an innovative type of radioisotope heat source for off-grid power

GeekWire

— took advantage of the energy provided by the radioactive decay of strontium-90. Zeno uses radioisotope heat sources as the building blocks for its power-generating systems, which are designed to convert constant thermal energy into electricity. and in Seattle.

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USNC-Tech and Blue Origin win a contract for nuclear thermal propulsion design

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Seattle-based Ultra Safe Nuclear Technologies and its partners are among three teams winning $5 million contracts from NASA and the Department of Energy to develop reactor designs for space-based nuclear thermal propulsion systems. Nuclear energy represents one of the frontiers of space propulsion technology.

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