10-02 :: February 2010
nanotimes
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in roughly the footprint of a parking space. Each
system generates enough power to meet the needs
of approximately 100 average U.S. homes or a small
office building. For more power, customers simply
deploy multiple Energy Servers side by side. The
modular architecture allows customers to start small
and “pay as they grow”. The Bloom Energy Server
converts air and nearly any fuel source – ranging
from natural gas to a wide range of biogases – into
electricity via a clean electrochemical process, rather
© BMS
than dirty combustion. Even running on a fossil fuel,
the systems are approximately 67% cleaner than a
typical coal-fired power plant. When powered by a
not only means energy savings but is also a key bene- renewable fuel, they can be 100% cleaner. Each En-
fit for use in temperature-sensitive substrates. ergy Server consists of thousands of Bloom‘s fuel cells

http://www.bayermaterialscience.com/ – flat, solid ceramic squares made from a common
sand-like „powder.“
T
he board of directors of BioNanomatrix, Inc.,

http://www.bloomenergy.com
a developer of breakthrough single-molecule
genomic analysis technology, has elected Edward
L. Erickson company president and chief executive S
ingapore-based Nanostart holding Curiox
Biosystems Pte Ltd recently became the first
officer. Erickson, who was executive chairman of Asian start-up company ever to be featured at
the board, succeeds Michael Boyce-Jacino, who has LabAutomation’s prestigious Innovation AveNEW,
stepped down as president and CEO and from the an award program serving to highlight the industry’s
board. Battelle Ventures General Partner Tracy War- most innovative emerging laboratory technologies.
ren succeeds Erickson as chairperson. Curiox was presented as one of eight elite start-ups,

http://www.bionanomatrix.com chosen from a pool of worldwide participants, at
the Innovation AveNEW booth from January 25th
B
loom Energy Corporation, a Silicon Valley-based to 27th. Curiox’s patented miniaturization platform,
company committed to changing the way peo- DropArray™, provides up to 1,000 times savings in
ple generate and consume energy, announced the sample and reagent consumption, and up to 10 times
availability of the Bloom Energy Server™, a patented reduction in assay time.
solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) technology that pro-

http://www.curiox.com
vides a cleaner, more reliable, and more affordable
alternative to both today’s electric grid as well as
traditional renewable energy sources. Each Bloom E
hrfeld Mikrotechnik BTS (EMB, Germany), a Bayer
Technology Services company, and Lonza
Energy Server provides 100 kilowatts (kW) of power signed a worldwide manufacturing and distribution