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Vehicle Miles Traveled

2008-10-16 – 6:03 pm

VMT modeling suggests that such inter modal transportation development within urban settings in the United States could yield a 20 percent decrease in energy use.

By jcwinnie | Posted in analysis, communities, complexity, culture, design, development, economics, health, patterns, recreation, research, safety, structure, transportation | Also tagged health, hospitality, recreation, transportation, urban | Comments (1)

Predictive Simulation

2007-8-22 – 11:30 pm

Mathematical integration of perception-based inferences about agents could become useful with increased knowledge

By jcwinnie | Posted in analysis, behavior, complexity, danger, forecast, gaming, information, knowledge, mathematics, patterns, perception, security, war | Also tagged analysis, behavior, expert systems, forecast, gaming, information, military, patterns, psychology, security, war | Comments Off

More Dependable Transmission Loading Relief

2007-5-9 – 10:47 am

One characteristic of a more modernized Grid is Midwesterners and Southwesterners sharing with greenie-weenies. Group hug, Mistah Woolsey!

By jcwinnie | Posted in complexity, design, development, disasters, economics, patterns, problem, safety, security | Also tagged design, development, disasters, distributed generation, economics, electric power, expert systems, patterns, problem, renewable energy, safety, security, solar power, wind power | Comments (3)

Preventing Grid Outages with Intelligence and Localization

2007-1-15 – 11:07 am

Distributed generation close to end-users may significantly increase the robustness of electric power grids. Everybody singing their own tune requires a choir leader.

By jcwinnie | Posted in advocacy, chaos, complexity, control, economics, monitor, patterns, policy, testing | Also tagged advocacy, chaos, control, economics, electric power, expert systems, human rights, monitor, patterns, policy, super capacitors, testing | Comments (10)

Critical Infrastructure Surety

2006-12-12 – 5:28 pm

Ensuring national energy security and preparing for oil independence requires foresight, even among intelligent advocates, never mind those advocates of ANWR drilling approval.

By jcwinnie | Posted in complexity, control, energy, forecast, security, transportation | Also tagged control, electric power, energy, forecast, security, transportation | Comments (1)

Ongoing Rant against Chevron

2006-11-15 – 11:44 am

The price for an automotive-sized Ovonic NiMH battery pack was competitive with an internal combustion engine, assuming units for 20,000 cars were produced each year. Instead, there was rigorous control over availability of the Cobasys Nickel Metal Hydride Battery.

By jcwinnie | Posted in advocacy, complexity, conversion, critique, design, development, environment, ethics, innovation, law, manufacturing, transportation | Also tagged advocacy, conversion, critique, design, development, environment, ethics, innovation, law, manufacturing, traction battery, transportation | Comments (2)

Bidirectionality, Sense-making and Information

2006-9-17 – 6:10 pm

Well, yes, it is all too much. An abundance of information yields a poverty of attention, Herb Simon said. But never mind, because here we are at the end, or quite possibly a new beginning, but definitely, not the middle. I mean, it doesn’t look like a middle, now does it?

By jcwinnie | Posted in cinema, communication, complexity, connection, control, conversation, culture, cybernetics, framework, graphics, information, innovation, instruction, investigation, linguistics, patterns, perception, search, space exploration, uncertainty | Also tagged cinema, communication, connection, control, conversation, culture, cybernetics, framework, graphics, information, innovation, instruction, investigation, linguistics, patterns, perception, search, semantic web, space exploration, theory, uncertainty, video, visualization | Comments Off

Biomimetics and Plus One Thinking

2006-8-9 – 1:27 pm

“Anticipation is making me wait, keeping me waiting”

By jcwinnie | Posted in analysis, behavior, biology, complexity, control, cybernetics, datamining, design, development, emotion, fear, information, knowledge, mathematics, monitor, patterns, perception, research, safety, thinking, tracking, uncertainty | Also tagged analysis, attribution, behavior, biology, control, cybernetics, datamining, design, development, electric power, emotion, expert systems, fear, information, knowledge, mathematics, monitor, patterns, perception, psychology, research, robotics, safety, thinking, tracking, uncertainty | Comments Off

Grid Reliability

2006-7-27 – 11:46 pm

During a heat wave in Southern California this past week “the aging system of local lines and transformers, some of it existant from the 1920s and 1930s continued to fail, unable to handle peak demand.”

By jcwinnie | Posted in conservation, control, design, economics, education, energy, environment, knowledge, monitor, patterns, problem, research, safety, security | Also tagged algorithm, case, climate, conservation, control, design, economics, electric power, energy, environment, knowledge, monitor, patterns, problem, research, safety, security, thermodynamics | Comments (3)

Biomass to Plastics and Fuels

2006-7-3 – 3:48 pm

Can building blocks for plastics and fuels mean less depletion of the ozone layer, damage to human lungs, etc.?

By jcwinnie | Posted in agriculture, analysis, chemistry, complexity, conservation, design, development, economics, energy, environment, manufacturing, model, policy, politics, recycle, security, transportation | Also tagged agriculture, analysis, biofuels, chemistry, combustion, conservation, design, development, economics, energy, environment, fleets, manufacturing, model, policy, politics, recycle, security, thermodynamics, transportation | Comments (8)

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