The wind power industry is more developed than most types of renewable energy, but one segment — small wind power systems with turbines of 100 kilowatts or less — is just beginning to pick up steam. These systems, buoyed by government incentives and increased interest in […] Read more »
Those small wind turbines you see in rural backyards and on urban rooftops — defined as 100 kilowatts or less by wind trade group the American Wind Energy Association — will be getting a mighty big boost over the next five years. (Well, the biz couldn’t […] Read more »
Startups haven’t been seeing a lot of venture-capital money lately, but Mariah Power, a company with a small vertical-axis turbine that can turn low-speed gusts of wind into electricity, recently managed to squeeze cash out of the slowed-down funding environment. The company — named for the […] Read more »
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The world of small-scale wind got even smaller this week after Marquiss Wind Power completed its acquisition of Cirrus Technologies. Marquiss gains intellectual property from Cirrus’s seven patents in wind energy and Cirrus founder John Roskey will serve as Marquiss Wind’s chief technology officer. Financial details […] Read more »
I usually blow through third party software installs, which sometimes leads to my file extensions being hijacked. For instance, if you’re not careful when installing Adobe Photoshop, it will take over all of your picture files, which is super annoying (Preview usually opens all pictures, which […] Read more »
Yep, I just had to try it since it runs a full browser. Using the on-screen keyboard certainly works, but it’s cumbersome at best. Adding Bluetooth support for an external keyboard would be nice, but without a stand for the phone it would be awkward. This […] Read more »
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