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Investor Peter Thiel believes that you can either invest in companies that deal in bits or companies that deal in atoms. Right now Thiel seems to think there’s already too many “bits” companies and not enough “atom” companies. He may be right. Thiel, who spoke at the Techcrunch Disrupt conference Monday, gave the example of digital health. There are companies that run big data analytics trying to predict who will develop Alzheimer’s. “Then there is another company that is trying to cure Alzheimer’s.” The first company is dealing in bits, while the other is dealing in atoms, Thiel says. Thiel hit a home run…

Passive Solar Design Techniques . Every home is solar heated whether we want it to be or not. Using this free heat in a way that makes our lives better and our energy bills lower is what passive solar design is all about. Homeowners who learn the techniques of passive solar design will be able to realize many benefits, such as: 1- Reduce your energy bills 2- Lessen your dependence on fossils fuels 3- Improve the comfort of your home. 4- Improve the ventilation of your home with benefits to your health. Most people know that the sun can be used…

Reducing the Energy Usage of AC As energy costs rise and climate change looms, more people are become concerned about the use of energy in their homes. Many of these homeowners are asking : How much energy do air conditioners use? The answer? Air conditioning likely accounts for more than 50 percent of energy costs during the summertime. Here is a new technology that will connect with most existing commercial air conditioning systems and reduce the energy used. It acts much a hybrid technology much like a battery and electric more work with a hybrid vehicle to reduce its average…

We’ve all seen the dot com bubble blow and burst. We’ve also all seen and read the success stories of the likes of Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Larry Page, Sergey Brin, Larry Ellison and Michael Dell. Somewhere in the middle of this process, however, a lot of us have either ignored or simple never taken out the time to research into the people who are working with us and among us to rocket Pakistan into the global technological community. It is with that understanding that the team at TechJuice decided to publish a list of these very people in order…

A cooperation between chemists and biologists from the Ruhr-University Bochum resulted in a new method for the very efficient integration of photosynthetic proteins in photovoltaics. Their recent report in Chemistry – a European journal, selected as a very important paper (VIP) by the journal, offers a new immobilization strategy that yields electron transfer rates exceeding for the first time rates observed in natural photosynthesis. This discovery opens the possibility for the construction of semi-artificial leaves functioning as photovoltaic devices with drastically increased performance. Photosystem 1, a robust and efficient light harvesting protein In leaves, photosystem 1 (PS1) absorbs light and…

The Energy Department announced today $7.25 million for six organizations that will continue to advance water power as a viable resource for America’s clean energy portfolio. Marine and hydro-kinetic energy (MHK) technologies convert the energy of waves, tides, rivers, and ocean currents into electricity that can be used by homes and businesses, especially in coastal regions of the United States. This funding will aide in the development of advanced instrumentation for environmental monitoring and data collection and support a partnership between three universities to accelerate the development of cost-effective MHK technologies. Five organizations will receive a total of $3.25 million…

This 3-foot-long energy-generating buoy was developed in Indonesia in 2012 as part of a coral reef restoration project. In Cuba, larger, more powerful versions, nearly 12 feet long, could reduce reliance on diesel.   Buoys that generate electricity from wave motion could reduce the country's diesel dependence. Cuba, like most Caribbean island nations, depends almost entirely on inefficient and highly polluting diesel generators for electricity. But a new project using small wave-energy buoys aims to harvest clean energy from the ocean instead. Diesel generators crank out greenhouse gases and black carbon that contribute to climate change — the very thing…

1. Make her feel secure, don't threaten her with divorce.2. Give sincere Salaams.3. Treat her gently, like a fragile vessel.4. Advise in private, at the best time, in the best way and atmosphere.5. Be generous with her.6. Warm the seat for her, you will warm her heart.7. Avoid anger, be in Wudhu at all times.8. Look good and smell great for your wife.9. Don't be rigid or harsh-hearted or you will be broken.10. Be a good listener.11. Yes for flattery. No for arguing.12. Call your wife with the best names, cute nicknames, and names she loves to hear.13. A pleasant…