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Recent press releases:
PARC to develop sensor tape technology to track exposure to explosive blasts, PARC press release (June 3, 2008)
Powerset Reinvents the Search and Discovery Experience for Wikipedia Articles, Powerset press release (May 12, 2008)
Recent news:
The next search frontier: Just ask your question -- CNNMoney.com
Powerset's main asset is a partnership with PARC, the Palo Alto Research Center that incubated the computer mouse and the laser printer.
Water scarcity woes point to big opportunities in desalination -- VentureBeat
...there’s actually a triple threat to the water supply poised to drive business their way: Climate change, water scarcity and decaying infrastructure.
Countermeasures against targeted attacks in the enterprise -- SearchSecurity.com
Now we are entering a new age when not only is malware prevalent and dangerous, but human actions also matter more than any myriad of security technologies an organization may have in place.
Invention from Palo Alto scientist helps efficient water recycling -- abc7news.com [video]
California is officially in a drought with many of us now facing water restrictions. So it may interest you to hear the ideas of a Bay Area scientist who wants to recycle the world's dirty water.
The Future of Mobile Social Networking -- Technology Review
"I think we're going to see a lot of new players showing up in this space," says Kurt Partridge, a research scientist at the Palo Alto Research Center who works on a similar project called Magitti.
Low-Energy Water Filtration -- Technology Review
Now researchers at PARC have been able to overcome those challenges by incorporating scientific insights from the physics of toner particle movements into a low-energy water-filtration device that doesn't use membranes.
Powerset Launches "Understanding Engine" For Wikipedia Content -- SearchEngineLand
Powerset's been smart to snap up licenses and patents around the technology that should make it attractive to a larger search player like Google or Microsoft to acquire.
Printer Controls for Data Centers -- Greentech Media
Using the same reasoning, PARC has developed software that can reduce servers’ energy usage by 30 percent...
Toner Tech Cleans Water -- Greentech Media
PARC has invented a water-treatment device that could cut costs for municipal water districts.
Xerox's PARC to Spin Out Solar Startup -- Greentech Media
...PARC plans to launch a venture-capital-backed company that can improve solar cells' efficiency with thinner electricity-conducting grid lines.
PARC: As Silicon Valley as it Gets -- Yahoo! Finance Tech Ticker [video]
Sarah Lacy takes a tour of PARC, describing its inventions of the past, present and future.
Dean's chat with Mark Bernstein, director of PARC, on how not to fumble the future -- VentureBeat [audio]
He talked about the spin-out of the research arm PARC from Xerox, and how it is structured to commercialize the best ideas.
Xerox plans the future of today -- BBC News
The main beneficiary of this technology could be water treatment facilities that can reduce the amount of land they need because the process does away with several steps in conventional water filtering.
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