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Apple Hires Former EPA Chief Lisa Jackson

<p>Former Environmental Protection Agency administrator Lisa P. Jackson is joining Apple as vice president for environmental initiatives. </p>Full Article

Taking the Polar Plunge into the Node Pole

Nature doesn’t charge for air conditioning. That’s important for big tech companies who look to save their bottom line along with the environment as they build massive data centers ...Full Article

Apple Makes Peace with Greenpeace

Apple may not be running the Maiden facility on 100 percent renewable energy as they claim. However, the intention to do well appears to be there, and, perhaps somewhat ...Full Article

Obama’s Take on the State of Manufacturing

<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/obamasotu.jpg" alt="" width="95" height="63" />In his State of the Union Address Tuesday night, President Obama announced that he plans to use his executive powers to launch ...Full Article

The Robot Revolution: Panacea or Pandora’s Box?

With offshore labor costs continuing to rise, the need for cheaper labor and cheaper energy has forced many manufacturers to rethink their strategies. According to Peak Prosperity's Gregor MacDonald, ...Full Article

Automakers Crowdsource In-Car Apps

<img src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/infotainment.jpg" alt="" width="95" height="71" />While automakers may guard their trade secrets behind a labyrinth of vaulted doors, they have opened the infotainment for public viewing and even tweaking. ...Full Article

Apple Designs a Wind Turbine That Stores Energy

In a patent filing, the computer company describes a wind turbine that converts some of its rotational energy into heat in a fluid. When the wind is low, the ...Full Article

Power to the Datacenter: Time for Energy Supply to Catch Up to Rate of IT Innovation

Power distribution is now a critical issue for datacenters because Moore's Law keeps enabling faster, smaller, more powerful IT equipment. At the same time, modern technology relies on datacenter-generated ...Full Article

Shipping Outsourced Jobs Back Home

<img src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/AppliancePark.jpg" alt="" width="95" height="67" />When General Electric's Appliance Park was first conceived, more than likely its designers hoped it would be the embodiment of American ingenuity and prosperity. ...Full Article