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Shawn Newsam is developing a network of several dozen cameras that can
collect data and possibly analyze air particulates around the Central
Valley. The project could provide a quick, easily accessible way to
evaluate local air quality in real time.
Smaller, hotter, safer, and more versatile nuclear power plants may help address environmental and security concerns.
Dear Friends of CITRIS:
Let's hope the first decades of this century will be remembered for our success at diluting our dependence on carbon-intensive …
A recent NY Times articles discusses the challenge and possible solutions to California's concerns about available energy, including the Demand Response project at CITRIS.
Researchers from the University of California, Berkeley, and Nokia recently tested technology that could
soon transform the way drivers navigate through congested highways and
obtain information about road conditions.
CITRIS is pleased to welcome Heidi Hallett as our new colleague and leader of the business aspects of CITRIS on all four campuses.
To assist consumers, researchers at Berkeley
Institute of the Environment are
developing an online carbon-tracking calculator that produces a summary of all the greenhouse
gases produced by specific consumer goods.
UC Berkeley has announced
plans to establish the first endowed faculty chair at the Berkeley Center for
New Media with a donation of $1.6 million from craigslist, one of the most
popular Web sites in the world.
Energy now lost as heat during the production of electricity could be harnessed
through the use of silicon nanowires synthesized via a technique developed by
CITRIS-associated researchers at UC Berkeley.
