Hello everyone,
Today’s moment about is going to take a moment to discuss what exactly the tech in a moment about tech is. The tech is a reference CIT, or Carnegie Institute of Technology which is the original form of Carnegie Mellon University and is still the name referring to the engineering college. With that explained, we can move into actual business.
Keeping it close to home I have noticed quite a few articles popping out the woodwork noting my dear Alma mater. The most notable of which is an announcement made today concerning CMU’s energy program. CMU was recognized for being one of the top 10 green power purchasing partners in the country by the EPA. This isn’t really a new occurrence however since back in 2001 CMU was the largest purchaser of wind energy in the U.S. Also, I would like to note that many utilities offer the ability to opt into green powered electricity, these programs have a mixed track record however you really should check with your utility about options because these programs are valuable for determining market interest in greener tech and also in funding construction and research for new energy projects. Seriously though, having coal fueled electricity generation be the majority of our power generation for the next 20+ years is a bad choice. Check out CMU and the other EPA award winners at EPA Awards Listing.
Source:Defense Industry Daily
The other article worth noting is Google’s self-driving vehicle. Now, anyone who actually has been following the DARPA challenges(see above image) shouldn’t be surprised that this technology is finally becoming more common. The team working for Google actually has a lot of the team members that worked on the CMU DARPA vehicles and a lot of similar technology has been ported over to Google’s small fleet of vehicles. It will be interesting to watch and see how the Government begins to respond to these new semi-autonomous styles vehicles. Hopefully we will begin seeing handicapped or impaired individuals begin to seek greater amounts of freedom and greater roles in our society. Check out the CMU story or look at the bigger Google car story.
Also since there were so many post about flying cars for some reason, I have decided to include a link to DARPA's next grand scheme...
Finally I am going to try to make a normal occurrence in this blog, the inclusion of a not new but cool story. Today’s cool read for those of us that love elegant solutions to strange problems can be found at
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As always, keep the moment positive!(And I even promise the next won't just be about CMU!)
I've read about that self driving vehicle.. nice thing, but where's the fun in that :(
ReplyDeleteHow to tech? cool blog! +follow : )
ReplyDeleteHeard about the Google car, seems pretty interesting.
ReplyDeleteSelf moving car? Do WANT! Pretty awesome hope to read more from you.
ReplyDeleteawesome stuff
ReplyDeletebut i dont know if that is right future
Self moving car, the future is upon us.
ReplyDeletethe self-driving car is scary :P
ReplyDeleteSpeaking of Tech, I go to Virginia Tech XD
ReplyDeleteSeems like a self driving car could be dangerous.
ReplyDeleteSelf driving car = madness
ReplyDeleteIntresting
ReplyDeleteDang, I'd love to have a self driving car haha.
ReplyDeleteCMU is a fantastic school, so you must be a genius. :)
ReplyDeleteI would love a self-driving car.
ReplyDeleteI thought it was pretty funny how google just had self driving cars and no one really noticed.
ReplyDeleteI'm looking forward to hear reading more of your thoughts on this subject.
ReplyDeleteI'd prefer a self-driving car over a person who texts while driving.
ReplyDeleteSelf driving car would be pretty awesome.
ReplyDeleteSelf-driving cars but still no flying cars? WHYYY???
ReplyDeleteGoogle just keeps on revolutionizing the world!
ReplyDeleteI was promised flying cars by the 80's ... the 1980's ... at least we've got google self driving cars now ... still flying cars would be really cool
ReplyDeleteGreat post man!
ReplyDeleteBleh, coal will always be used.
ReplyDeleteVery interesting stuff here.
ReplyDeleteself driving car? doesn't sound like the brightest idea haha
ReplyDeletedamn, good job being from CIT!
ReplyDeletetechies run the world?
ReplyDeleteI love elegant solutions to strange problems. Post about them more often, will you?
ReplyDeletenice written text!
ReplyDeletethese automized cars will change the future.
ReplyDeleteguess you can sit in and say "drive me to XY" and you just lean back and go there :D
self drving car is really scary!
ReplyDeletebut great post! ill follow :-)
Self driving car? i say boring :O i would like to drive the car myself, it's more fun :o).
ReplyDeleteI prefer to drive by myself.
ReplyDeleteThis looks awesome! Also, NEW follower!
ReplyDeleteThat means we're one step closer to flying cars.
ReplyDeleteHaha, now wouldn't that be interesting?!
ReplyDeletevery interesting. shit just got real!
ReplyDelete@ Kikino
ReplyDelete+ 1, haha
cant wait till my car can drive me places hahaha
ReplyDeleteawesome stuff...;)
ReplyDeleteself-driving cars? and i'm driving myself everywhere like a schmuck?
ReplyDeleteSelf driving cars were invented, but they were too safe, the driver/passenger/w/e had no enjoyability while being in an automatic car, so they got rid of them i think. Was on top gear!
ReplyDeleteWould be cool and boring at the same time with self-driving cars. On the other hand, no more women drivers XD
ReplyDeleteSounds cool, possibly dangerous.
ReplyDeleteI like the idea of a self driving car, possibly because I trust computers more than most people.
ReplyDeletethe google self driving car is absolutely awesome, i bet in like 5 years that'll be real shit!!
ReplyDeleteLove people who engeneer their way through problems like me, as oppose to paying some dude through the nose to change the batteries in your gameboy
ReplyDeleteSaw something about the google car a little while ago. That's gonna fully change lives. Imagine all the shit you could get done while not concentrating on the road!
ReplyDeletethats incredible!
ReplyDeletei remember when they first started the DARPA self-driving cars and they would just crash all over the desert lol!
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