EET_EE&T NEWS_ A Penton Media Property November 8, 2011 If you want to view this on the web go to: http://enews.penton.com/enews/energy/v/70 --The low-down on an electric super bike I teamed up with my colleagues at Engineering TV to do a video segment on the Mission R electric superbike with its 100-kW motor. Watch it here ( http://www.engineeringtv.com/video/Electric-Superbike-Motorcycle-f;Battery-Show-2011 ). Send your energy efficiency news to us at eeteditor@penton.com ( mailto:eeteditor@penton.com ) -- Leland Teschler, Editor FEATURED CONTENT --This thermostat might be smarter than your dog Tired of programming and reprogramming your home thermostat? Then you are like 89% of programmable thermostat owners who never program their thermostat, according to the American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy. Perhaps what you need is a Nest Learning Thermostat which learns from your behaviors, preferences and surroundings to create a custom heating and cooling schedule. 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READ MORE ( http://www.eetweb.com/energy-scavenging/advanced-linear-devices-EH4200-110411/index.html ) To view the full article go to: http://www.eetweb.com/energy-scavenging/advanced-linear-devices-EH4200-110411/index.html --Coming: Better thermoelectric generators You can add nanocomposites to the list of materials that will turn heat into electricity. Developed by MIT's Dr. Gang Chen and his research team, the work has implications that could potentially be quite broad. The team's solar thermoelectric generators (STEGs) have hit a peak efficiency of 4.6% -- a figure seven or eight times higher than the best flat-panel STEG values reported previously. 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