TameBear: Emerging TechSpotting the innovations, trends and small revolutions marking the significant turning points and advances in technological evolution. A TameBear weblog.(Untitled)- September 5, 2007 Word Processing on iWork 08: The Bear has made the transition to the clean Blank Page of Apple's "Pages" word processor. It's purity and simplicity is enchanting, and yet it's a talented container for all other media, including spreadsheet tables, drawings, bitmap images, movies and audio. "Pages feels right." Various and Sundry via MyAppleMenuhttp://www.wisdomroad.com/tamebear/categories/emergingTech/2007/09/05.html#a860 (Untitled)- September 5, 2007 Texas Startup Says It Has Batteries Beat: The patent application from EEStor of Austin Texas claims "technologies for replacement of electrochemical batteries," and if so, they're onto something big. Many in the industry view their claims with great cynicism... but that has not dissuaded Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers from investing $3 million in the little company. Yahoo Newshttp://www.wisdomroad.com/tamebear/categories/emergingTech/2007/09/05.html#a859 (Untitled)- September 5, 2007 500 Miles on a Few Minutes Charge: Finally it looks like the all-electric vehicle is just around the corner. The Toronto Ontario Zenn Motor Company has teamed up with EEStor, developer of a novel energy storage product. The 100lb capacitor can be fully charged in just a few minutes, and delivers up to 500 miles of electric power travel between charges. Reducing the weight of battery storage and shortening the recharge time is a formula for success, if Zenn can actually deliver. They plan to..http://www.wisdomroad.com/tamebear/categories/emergingTech/2007/09/05.html#a858 |