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Solar cell you wear like a bandage can power a watch

New Scientist | December 14, 2015

Would you want to turn yourself into a walking electricity generator? A new solar cell which doesn't use silicon is bendy enough to be taped comfortably on to the skin, generating enough electricity to run a watch. Although wearables like smartwatches, fitness trackers and biomedical devices are becoming ever more commonplace, Timothy O'Connor at the University of California, San Diego, and his colleagues want to find ways to make them more discreet. Full Story


Benefunder: A Better Way to Give Money to Smart People

Planet Experts | November 12, 2015

Several researchers and centers at UC San Diego have been selected, along with other top innovators around the nation, to participate in a first-time Clean Energy Impact Fund. The fund - created by Benefunder, which is building the first marketplace for research funding - is a unique philanthropic-based initiative designed to spark a passionate appeal to donors who want to have a direct impact on solving some of our nation's biggest energy issues. Full Story


Staying Nice And Warm!

Wearable Technologies | October 30, 2015

Are you always cold or start freezing real fast? Don't worry! We have prepared a collection of smart heating garments that will make your winter days warm and cozy. Adaptive Textiles Technology with Active Cooling and Heating - or in short ATTACH - is a new project led by Joseph Wang, professor of Nano engineering at UC San Diego. The project was just granted the funds that will allow them to develop smart fabric that potentially could help cut heating cost by 15%. Learn more here. EXO² produce Full Story


CalCharge Expands Energy Storage Initiative as California Boosts Renewable Goals

Business Wire | October 15, 2015

CalCharge is expanding its network of innovators to include one of the nation's largest utilities and a top university with a world-class engineering school--all as California significantly expands its renewable energy goals and clean-energy storage capacity. The independent public-private partnership designed to accelerate breakthrough energy storage technologies took the stage at the Energy Storage North America conference today Full Story


San Diego Researchers Push To Build Better Batteries

KPBS | October 15, 2015

UC San Diego is joining the push to develop better batteries because advancements in the emerging industry could change the way people live their lives. Energy storage is a critical component of the emerging energy landscape. California regulators are requiring utilities to develop energy storage as a way to make renewable power more useful. UCSD researcher Shirley Meng said even consumers are calling for better battery solutions. Full Story