Israeli President, YouTube Founder Launch Channel

Hurley presents President Peres with a plaque of YouTube code. (Photo: Dave Bender, All Rights Reserved)

Chad Hurley, founder and CEO of YouTube, presented Peres with a plaque featuring original coding for the YouTube site, and the two discussed opportunities for using
YouTube as a tool to foster free expression towards achieving peace. Peres talked
about the potential for peace talks with Syria and related Middle East issues.


Meeting with Hurley at The Presidential Residence.

The launch and press conference included the premier screening of the President’s
first internet message on YouTube. Hurley made a special trip to Israel for the
launch.

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Israel 'Powering an Alternative Roadside Attraction'

Illustration courtesy of Innowwattech

Read my first story for Mother Nature Network:

Innowattech is touting what they call, “parasitic energy harvesting,” a system that exploits the motion of vehicles rolling over sturdy, flexible pads buried beneath the roadway. Company officials say their technology also works on airport runways, railway tracks and pedestrian sidewalks.

The company says their patented piezoelectric generators produce “energy from weight, motion, vibration and temperature changes.”