A Google Techtalk. Formed in 1998, based in Edinburgh, Scotland, Ocean Power Delivery Ltd has developed the ‘Pelamis’ wave energy converter to harness this promising energy resource. The company is currently developing and building the first commercial projects consisting of multiple machine ‘wave farm’ arrays. This talk will describe the ...

Yi Cui discusses how new nanomaterials will impact the critical applications in faster transistors, smaller nonvolatile memory devices, efficient solar energy conversion, high-energy batteries, and nanobiotechnology.

Dr. Robert Bussard talks at Google about a cheaper alternative to thermonuclear fusion; inertial electrostatic confinement fusion, a process that converts hydrogen and boron directly into electricity, producing helium as the only waste product. Bussard is the former Asst. Director of the Atomic Energy Commission.

Vinod Khosla delivers a Google Techtalk about the emergence of ethanol as a viable, market ready, and competitive source of renewable energy. Vinod was a co-founder of Sun Microsystems, and is regarded as one of the most successful venture capitalists in Silicon Valley.

Jim Nickerson explains how new technology will extend battery life by 400%. A Google Techtalk.