{"649540":{"#nid":"649540","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Google and the IEEE Power Electronics Society Little Box Challenge","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGoogle and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Power Electronics Society are offering $1 million for researchers who are able to shrink an inverter - essential for converting direct current from devices such as solar panels and batteries into alternating current for use in homes, businesses, and cars - down to the size of a laptop (a reduction of \u0026gt; 10\u0026times; in volume). \u0026nbsp;Interested applicants must register their team no later than\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003ESept. 30, 2014\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003Eto compete. For details and application guidelines,\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.littleboxchallenge.com\/\u0022\u003Eclick here\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E. Google and\u0026nbsp;IEE\u0026nbsp;will also be offering several grants to academics on high-power density inverters\u200brelating to the Little Box Challenge. For details on how to apply,\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.google.com\/university\/relations\/littlebox.html\u0022\u003Eclick here\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Google and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Power Electronics Society are offering $1 million for researchers who are able to shrink an inverter"}],"uid":"35801","created_gmt":"2021-08-12 04:38:52","changed_gmt":"2021-08-12 04:38:52","author":"vkaza3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2014-09-03T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2014-09-03T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"367481","name":"SEI Energy"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"1187","name":"IEEE"},{"id":"3517","name":"power"},{"id":"609","name":"electronics"},{"id":"188549","name":"society little box"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39531","name":"Energy and Sustainable Infrastructure"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}