Technology

LAFD Deploys Burnbot Technology For Wildfire Mitigation

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LAFD News: 

The Los Alamos County Fire Department (LAFD) has announced a new contracted wildfire-mitigation project that marks the first use of Burnbot technology in New Mexico.

LAFD has contracted directly with Burnbot, an industry leader in advanced fuel-management technology, and is working in partnership with the Santa Fe County Fire Department’s Black Canyon Crew to bring this innovative approach to local wildfire risk reduction.

Burnbot’s cutting-edge system combines technological innovation with proven forestry practices to reduce hazardous fuels across targeted areas Read More

U.S. Energy Department Seeks Proposals For AI Data Centers, Energy Projects At Oak Ridge

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DOE News:

OAK RIDGE, TN — The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Environment Management (EM) and Office of Science (SC) today issued a Request for Proposal (RFP) seeking proposals from companies to build and power AI data centers at DOE’s Oak Ridge Reservation.

This is a solicitation released under the Trump Administration’s effort to promote American leadership in AI and is aligned with executive orders, Removing Barriers to American Leadership in Artificial Intelligence and Unleashing American Energy, which leverage federal land assets to quickly deploy data centers and energy Read More

All-Electric School Bus Pilot Program Gearing Up For Las Vegas Public Schools, Santa Fe Charter

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Electric school busses to be used in Las Vegas and Santa Fe. Courtesy/NMEDD

NMEDD News:

SANTE FE — GreenPower Motor Company Inc. (“GreenPower”) and the New Mexico Economic Development Department have announced the launching of the New Mexico All-Electric, Purpose-Built, Zero-Emission School Bus Pilot Project at two Las Vegas public schools and a Santa Fe charter school.

GreenPower (NASDAQ: GP) (TSXV: GPV), a leading manufacturer and distributor of all-electric, purpose-built, zero-emission medium and heavy-duty vehicles serving the cargo and delivery market, shuttle and transit Read More

SFCC Announces Campus Closure For Microgrid Testing

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SFCC News:

SANTA FE — Santa Fe Community College’s (SFCC) Office of Facilities and Operations announces an electrical power shutdown and campus closure from Saturday, Oct. 11, through Monday, Oct. 13, to enable SFCC, the Public Service Company of New Mexico (PNM), and SFCC contractor Siemens to work on the college’s microgrid test and commissioning.

During this period, all buildings located at 6401 Richards Ave. will be closed, and access will not be permitted. Please note that the Santa Fe Higher Education Center at 1950 Siringo Road will remain open and accessible.

Please be aware that some Read More

Kiwanis Speaker James Carroll: An Introduction To AI

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KIWANIS News:

At the Sept. 16 meeting of the Kiwanis Club of New Mexico, James Carroll gave the club members a presentation outlining the history, evolution, and future of Artificial Intelligence (AI).

According to Carroll, he grew up in the “AI Winter”, at a time he was in graduate school and the hope for achieving AI was cooling and when the early hype led to disillusionment and loss of funding. The thinking was, that if natural language and machine translation could be solved, then AI would have “made it”.

The contributors to the rapid change in AI development were the exponential rise in computing Read More

Governor Announces Pacific Fusion Selects New Mexico As Site For $1 Billion Research And Manufacturing Campus

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Keith LeChien
Co-founder/CTO
Pacific Fusion

From the Office of the Governor:

          • “Pacific Fusion project will create hundreds of jobs”.

ALBUQUERQUE — New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has announced that Pacific Fusion, a commercial fusion energy company, has selected New Mexico as the site for its first Research and Manufacturing Campus. 

The $1 billion facility at Mesa del Sol positions New Mexico at the forefront of the emerging fusion energy industry and cements its role as a national leader in advanced energy innovation.

Fusion, the same process that powers the sun and stars, has long Read More

Los Alamos County Launches Video Podcast ‘Fusion’

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COUNTY News:

  • First episode features LAPD Cmdr. Chris Ross and road safety

Los Alamos County has released the first episode of Fusion, a new video podcast designed to connect the community with information about county programs, services, and issues that impact daily life.

Hosted by the County’s Communications and Public Relations (CPR) team, Fusion will feature conversations with staff on a variety of topics.

The inaugural episode features Los Alamos Police Department Cmdr. Christopher Ross and CPR’s Rachel Freeman. They discuss “Operation Just Drive”, a road safety initiative focused Read More

LAHS Grad Jonathon Ebanks Opens Digital Media Company

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LAHS 2003 graduate Jonathon Ebanks, the owner of Invisible Hand Entertainment, LLC. Courtesy photo

By KIRSTEN LASKEY
Los Alamos Daily Post
kirsten@ladailypost.com

It was during the pandemic in 2020 that Jonathon Ebanks got an idea for a business. With everyone homebound, he said he wanted to help companies with their online presence. As a result, Invisible Hand Entertainment, LLC was born.

Although the business was created in 2020, it stagnated for a few years due to Ebanks working at Los Alamos National Laboratory’s IT department. This year, however, he decided to start the digital media Read More

Jemez Broadband Project Connecting Hundreds Of Homes

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OBAE News:

SANTA FE — The first homes in a new broadband development project on the Pueblo of Jemez are now receiving high-speed internet.

The fiber connections are being installed because of a multimillion-dollar broadband project grant. Currently, 21 homes have been connected directly to fiber on the new network.

The project will eventually provide fiber broadband to more than 670 unserved and underserved homes, Tribal departments, programs, and businesses upon completion.

“Technology, like art, is a measure of our human advancement,” said Governor George Shendo Jr. of Jemez Pueblo. Read More

Los Alamos National Laboratory Seeks Commercialization Partners For Plasma Liner Experiment

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PLX forms imploding plasma liners using a spherically symmetric array of 36 plasma guns, shown here fully assembled at LANL. The system enables studies of plasma-jet-driven magneto-inertial fusion by compressing a central plasma target without relying on lasers or massive magnets. Courtesy/LANL

LANL News:

  • Partnership proposals are due Oct. 4

Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) is seeking commercialization partners for the Plasma Liner Experiment (PLX), an advanced research platform designed to explore fusion energy and other high-energy plasma applications.

“The Plasma Liner Read More