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VERGE
What happens when four massive technologies (energy, information, buildings, and transportation) collide? An unprecedented opportunity for business and sustainability? We call it VERGE. Check out VERGE news, insights, and events highlights below.
Featured Content
- Here are five reasons to reconsider what you think you know about the power hunger of data centers and networks.
- Now four years old, ARPA-E maintains its focus on tackling "outrageous projects" by collaborating with companies.
- Orchestrating millions of messages generated by the Internet of Things is no small task.
- In this Q&A, S&C Electric's vice president of strategic solutions says the North American smart cities market may be at a tipping point.
- Accepting rides from strangers is something your parents probably warned you against. Now, carpool marketplace BlaBlaCar wants you to do just that.
- Ayla's big first client, the Chinese web portal Sina, will use the platform to connect Shanghai users to data from local weather stations.
- The crisis in rare earths shows that so-called smart urbanization will require sustainability standards.
- The race is on to make electric vehicles as easy to refill as today's cars -- and companies are stepping up to the starting line.
- The hot electric vehicle models from BMW and Tesla are just the start of why EVs are here to stay.
- Over time, the company's IntelliCommand solution will become an integral component of its professional services.
VERGE Rewind
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Check out all the action from VERGE SF 2012, including videos, slideshows, and highlights from the event
Highlights from 2013 VERGE Boston
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Mark "Puck" Mykleby discusses three key opportunities -- housing, agriculture and resources -- where sustainability and economics intersect.
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How 15 entrepreneurs fared in Boston in front of two VCs and thousands of viewers.
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Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick shares his insights about the Commonwealth's energy policy and transition to renewable sources.
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New technologies that enable billions of devices to collect and analyze data can help systems operate with startling efficiency.
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Data analytics, mobile apps will be central to success car-sharing networks and other sustainable transportation alternatives.
Studio C
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In a Studio C interview, Bill McDonough talks about how a city is made up of complex and serendipitous interactions, outlining new tools and approaches that are helping improve the livability of cities.
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In a Studio C interview, MGM's chief sustainability officer says enlightened companies can revitalize communities through public-private partnerships and a genuine commitment to sustainability.
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How always-on connectivity in vehicles is creating breakthroughs in wireless communication applications, data sharing, and transportation business models.
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Tim O'Reilly, Founder and CEO, O'Reilly Media, talks with GreenBiz Group's John Davies about the VERGE opportunity.
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Robin Chase, Founder & CEO, Buzzcar talks with Joel Makower, Chairman & Executive Editor, GreenBiz Group about the evolution of the shared economy.
Videos
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Zipcar's co-founder and former CEO discusses how sharing taps into excess capacity in its many forms, and how technology enables lower search, transaction and access costs.
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Long-standing trends in the energy efficiency of computing promise an explosion in data collected from mobile sensors and controls. From the 2012 VERGE DC conference.
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How the extraordinary convergence of computing and human potential is creating a collective intelligence shaping the future of sustainability, from the 2012 VERGE DC conference.
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To help shoulder grid expenditure from growing electric vehicle sales, RevTech is developing a virtual power plant platform and fast response energy storage capacity.
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What will it take to connect 50 billion devices by 2020 and what value is created by these connections? Exploring how a cloud platform for the "Energy Internet" addresses the complexities involved in connecting diverse devices and the important role of consumer applications in the development of the Internet of Things. From 2012 VERGE DC.
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