Simple device which uses electrical field could boost gas efficiency September 25, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 83 vote(s)
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With the high cost of gasoline and diesel fuel impacting costs for automobiles, trucks, buses and the overall economy, a Temple University physics professor has developed a simple device which could dramatically improve fuel ... | |
 Evidence that inexpensive device boosts fuel economy by up to 20 percent September 29, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 78 vote(s)
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Amid sticker-shock fuel prices, researchers in Pennsylvania are reporting results of laboratory tests and road tests verifying that a simple, inexpensive device attached to a car engine's fuel injector can ... | |
 100-mpg plug-in hybrids popping up in US September 10, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 64 vote(s)
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Although many people would like to drive more fuel-efficient vehicles, most of us have to wait for the large vehicle manufacturers to mass-produce affordable cars that run on alternative power. In the meantime, ... | |
 General Motors looks for a jolt from electric Volt September 17, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 37 vote(s)
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General Motors Corp. honored its past and put the spotlight on its future Tuesday rolling out the production version of the new electric Volt as celebrated its centennial. | |
What energy upgrades would you make for $250? September 24, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 14 vote(s)
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It's a double whammy: Home energy costs are rising just when most of us can least afford it. | |
 Hackers 'find black hole in atom smasher computers' September 13, 2008 | User rating: 3.9 / 5 after 38 vote(s)
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Hackers claim they have broken into the computer system of the Large Hadron Collider, the mega-machine designed to expose secrets of the cosmos, British newspapers reported on Saturday. | |
 US Army Invests in 'Thought Helmet' Technology for Voiceless Communication September 22, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 55 vote(s)
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In the future, soldiers may be communicating silently with sophisticated "thought helmets." The devices would harness a person´s brain waves and transmit them as radio waves, where they would be translated ... | |
 Control your TV simply by waving your arm September 25, 2008 | User rating: 2.8 / 5 after 26 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Consumers will soon be able to control their TV screens or home entertainment systems simply by waving their hand, thanks to technology developed by Toshiba's Cambridge Research Laboratory ... | |
 World's biggest computing grid launched October 03, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 23 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The world’s largest computing grid is ready to tackle mankind’s biggest data challenge from the earth’s most powerful accelerator. Today, three weeks after the first particle beams were injected ... | |
 GPS receivers can be 'spoofed,' say researchers September 22, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 31 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Just like flat-screen televisions, cell phones and computers, global positioning system (GPS) technology is becoming something people can't imagine living without. So if such a ubiquitous ... | |
First 3-D processor runs at 1.4 Ghz on new architecture September 15, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 74 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The next major advance in computer processors will likely be the move from today's two-dimensional chips to three-dimensional circuits, and the first three-dimensional synchronization circuitry is now running ... | |
From Sugar to Gasoline September 18, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 45 vote(s)
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Following independent paths of investigation, two research teams are announcing this month that they have successfully converted sugar-potentially derived from agricultural waste and non-food plants-into gasoline, diesel, ... | |
 Internet group sues Bush for electronic eavesdropping (Update) September 18, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 18 vote(s)
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A non-profit Internet rights group on Thursday filed a lawsuit against President George W. Bush and others in his administration for the "massively illegal" surveillance of emails and telephone calls without ... | |
 Einstein's green refrigerator making a comeback September 25, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 169 vote(s)
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While almost everybody knows how Einstein revolutionized physics with his theories of relativity, many people may not know that the great scientist had a domestic side, too. Well, sort of - in 1930, Einstein ... | |
The viability of hydrogen transportation markets: Chicken or egg? September 11, 2008 | User rating: 3.7 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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Hydrogen may well be the new gasoline. But where's the nearest "gas" station where you can pull up and refuel your energy-efficient vehicle? Will hydrogen stations be strategically convenient—located on street corners and ... | |
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