By James WedmorePublished November 17, 2011 Are you frustrated with your YouTube and video marketing efforts? Most business owners test the “YouTube waters” by uploading a few videos, then walk away. They return in a few weeks to notice each video has only a handful of views. Is that your experience? If so, fret not! … Continued
Google+ Rolls Out Trending Topics
Google+, the search giant’s new social network, has rolled out trending topics within Google+ Search.Mashable has been informed that trending topics quietly rolled out Thursday night. Like Twitter’s Trending Topics, the Google+ version lists 10 of the hottest and most popular discussion items on the social network. Clicking on a trending topic will launch a … Continued
Chu takes heat on Solyndra at hearing
Steven Chu defended his decision to approve a large loan guarantee to bankrupt solar company Solyndra today as Republican investigators pressed the Energy Secretary on whether politics played any role. Chu appeared today before the Republican-led House Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations to explain his role in Solyndra, the failed solar company that received a … Continued
Hybrid solar-wind power connects rural Navajos
The Johnson family’s hybrid solar-wind generator, one of about 200 distributed energy systems installed on the Navajo Reservation where about 18,000 people don’t have electricity service. (Credit: Martin LaMonica/CNET) NAVAJO RESERVATION, N.M.–Power transmission lines run a few hundred yards behind the Johnson family home here, but it took an off-grid solar and wind generator to … Continued
Ford electrifies the station wagon
Ford is now offering a consumer version of its Transit Connect Electric van, featuring a bench seat for the second row to allow seating for up to five people.(Credit: Ford Motor) Ford is partnering with Azure Dynamics on a five-seater station wagon version of its Transit Connect all-electric vans. Both companies announced the project Wednesday … Continued
Rest your snoring head on a robot bear pillow
That bed is starting to look a little crowded.(Credit: Natsuki Sakai) Sure, you could try chin straps, nasal strips, or surgery. But I think we can all agree those snoring solutions are far less adorable than a robot bear that tickles your face when your breathing approaches wake-the-bedmate territory. Meet “Jukusui-kun” (Deep Sleep), a fluffy … Continued
Is that the new iPod? No, it’s my insulin pump
Insulin pumps, which deliver fast-acting insulin continuously through a catheter and are often preferred over injections, are still only used by only 20 to 30 percent of the 1.5 million people in the U.S. who are diagnosed with Type I diabetes. (Credit: Tandem Diabetes Care) Pumps might start getting more popular as the systems are … Continued
This app helps heal bad burns
Ph.D. student Chris Seaton, who studies computer science at the University of Manchester in the United Kingdom, witnessed firsthand the horrors of serious burns while deployed in Afghanistan, Kenya, and elsewhere during his four years as a captain in the Royal Army Medical Corps. Mersey Burns screenshot.(Credit: University of Manchester) So with the help of … Continued









