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University of Michigan Team Develops Energy Recycling Computer Circuit

February 22, 2012

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An energy-recycling computer circuit born at the University of Michigan will enable a new generation of power efficient laptop PCs and servers. Global semiconductor vendor Advanced Micro Devices announced Monday at the 2012 International Solid-State Circuits Conference in San Francisco that the company’s forthcoming 64-bit processor core, dubbed “Piledriver,” incorporates a technology invented by a [...]

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‘Awesome’ Community-Driven Micro-Grants for Detroit

February 21, 2012

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The Awesome News Taskforce launches this month in Detroit, making it the 30th chapter of the Awesome Foundation worldwide. This taskforce is comprised of 19 Trustees and a Dean, who will all oversee this initiative in the upcoming year. Each month, the trustees will award metro Detroiters $1,000 micro-grants for innovative journalism and civic media [...]

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