 Rain Power: Harvesting Energy from the Sky January 22, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 121 vote(s)
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Researchers who study energy harvesting see energy all around us – we just need to find a way to capture that energy. One of the latest energy harvesting techniques is converting the mechanical energy from ... | |
 Make Ethanol in Your Own Backyard May 09, 2008 | User rating: 3.9 / 5 after 93 vote(s)
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A Silicon Valley start-up called E-Fuel is showing exactly how ethanol can live up to its name as "the people´s fuel." The company recently announced that it will soon start selling a home ethanol system, ... | |
 Strap-On Helicopter Could Offer Solo Flying Experience May 02, 2008 | User rating: 3.6 / 5 after 76 vote(s)
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Ever since the first human saw a bird soaring through the clouds, our species has harbored a great envy for the freedom that flying gives. | |
 80-mph electric car to go on sale this summer in the US May 08, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 74 vote(s)
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Green Vehicles, a company based in San Jose, California, has recently revealed that it will begin selling two lithium-ion-powered electric vehicles early this summer. The three-wheeled TRIAC is a highway-capable ... | |
 Solar Cells with 60% Efficiency? January 09, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 154 vote(s)
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Nuclear Engineer Lonnie Johnson, best known for his invention of the super soaker squirt gun, has recently designed a new type of solar energy technology that he says can achieve a conversion efficiency rate ... | |
Grad student invents gravity lamp February 19, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 87 vote(s)
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A U.S. graduate student won second place in a "Greener Gadgets Conference" competition inventing a floor lamp powered by gravity. | |
 Pentagon report investigated lasers that put voices in your head February 18, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 137 vote(s)
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A recently unclassified report from the Pentagon from 1998 has revealed an investigation into using laser beams for a few intriguing potential methods of non-lethal torture. Some of the applications the report ... | |
 Contact lenses with circuits, lights a possible platform for superhuman vision January 17, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 100 vote(s)
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Movie characters from the Terminator to the Bionic Woman use bionic eyes to zoom in on far-off scenes, have useful facts pop into their field of view, or create virtual crosshairs. Off the screen, virtual ... | |
 Harnessing sunlight on the cheap May 07, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 81 vote(s)
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For a project that could be on the very cutting edge of renewable energy, this one is actually decidedly low tech--and that's the point. | |
 Rensselaer student invents alternative to silicon chip May 13, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 84 vote(s)
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Even before Weixiao Huang received his doctorate from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, his new transistor captured the attention of some of the biggest American and Japanese automobile companies. The 2008 ... | |
 Biofuels backlash in US as food costs hit home May 09, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 23 vote(s)
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A biofuels backlash has erupted in major ethanol producer the United States, as lawmakers and experts debate the merits of converting food to fuel to support America's age-old love affair with the automobile. ... | |
 Virtual Eve: first in human computer interaction November 19, 2007 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 83 vote(s)
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The near-human performance of a virtual teacher called Eve created by Massey researchers has drawn the attention of scientists across the computing world. | |
 Silent, microchip-sized 'fan' has no moving parts, yet produces enough wind to cool a laptop March 18, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 109 vote(s)
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Engineers harnessing the same physical property that drives silent household air purifiers have created a miniaturized device that is now ready for testing as a silent, ultra-thin, low-power and low maintenance ... | |
 Goodbye, Bunny Ears: Future Antennas May be Flat April 24, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 75 vote(s)
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The long, wiry antennas that protrude from airplanes, cars, cell phones – and even the bunny ears on some TVs – may one day become novelty items. Researchers are developing a smart-skin antenna that is simply ... | |
 The Last Supper Will Travel The Internet At 16 Billion Pixels October 26, 2007 | User rating: 3 / 5 after 90 vote(s)
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HAL 9000 will send The Last Supper by Leonardo Da Vinci soaring through the Internet on October 27, 2007 with a high density view of 16 billion pixels. The time given for the launch is 9:30 A.M. Central European ... | |
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