From giant earth towers to compressed-air plants, entrepreneurs are piloting systems to make renewable energy more reliable by David Hodari and Ed Ballard February 14, 2020 In the Alpine town of Arbedo-Castione, Switzerland, an electric-blue, 400-foot-high crane with six heads lifts a block of compacted soil into the air and carefully adds it to the […]…Continue Reading To Store the Wind and Sun, Energy Startups Look to Gravity
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PWT/ FYM News for Fall 2013
Confirmations I have sent out confirmations to all trained Peer Writing Tutors and Writing and Academic Mentors who have FYSE assignments. If you have not yet accepted your confirmation, please do so now. Save the date! Mandatory Organization Meeting for Writing and Academic Mentors: Wednesday, September 11, 4:30-6:30, CTLR Mandatory Organization Meeting for Peer Writing […]…Continue Reading PWT/ FYM News for Fall 2013
Easier event scheduling and more in Google Calendar
Google writes that: A new event page in Google Calendar has been introduced. Among the changes such as simplified layout and making the style more consistent with other Google apps, some new functionality has also been added: New repeating event … Continue reading →…Continue Reading Easier event scheduling and more in Google Calendar
New collaborative highlighting in Google Documents
From the Google Apps Updates blog… “When editing a document with other editors, you can now see the text that other editors are highlighting as they select it. This makes it much easier to collaborate on deleting and moving text … Continue reading →…Continue Reading New collaborative highlighting in Google Documents
Priority Inbox now in Gmail!
While we haven’t turned the Gmail service on for the Middlebury Google Apps instance yet, it is good to know that if/when we do, people will be able to use Gmail’s new Priority Inbox! If you haven’t tried it yet … Continue reading →…Continue Reading Priority Inbox now in Gmail!
Google Calendar Sync now supports Outlook 2010
Excerpt: “Google Calendar Sync for Outlook (version 0.9.3.6) now supports Outlook 2010. Outlook 2010 comes in 32-bit and 64-bit versions, and currently only 32-bit is supported.”
More info here: http://googleappsupdates.blogspot.com/2010/08……Continue Reading Google Calendar Sync now supports Outlook 2010
EDUCAUSE Webcast: Google Apps at Brown
Everyone is welcome at Davis Family Library 105 at 1pm on Wednesday, August 18th for the re-scheduled EDUCAUSE webcast that focuses on Brown’s experience with Google Apps! Description of the event from the EDUCAUSE website: “About a year ago, Brown deployed Google Apps to its 6,000 students and has now decided to extend the service […]…Continue Reading EDUCAUSE Webcast: Google Apps at Brown