 Tata Motors unveils the $2,500 'People's Car' January 10, 2008 | User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 32 vote(s)
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At the 9th Auto Expo in New Delhi today, Indian company Tata Motors has unveiled a tiny vehicle that is also affordable, safe, and fuel-efficient. While the official name for the vehicle is "the People's Car," ... | |
 Hoverit Unveils MagLev Chair January 17, 2008 | User rating: 3.1 / 5 after 37 vote(s)
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British company Hoverit, Ltd., has recently introduced "The Lounger," a chair that defies gravity by hovering a few inches above its base. The Lounger uses permanent magnets in the chair and base to life the ... | |
 Laser remote makes watching TV even lazier March 06, 2008 | User rating: 3.4 / 5 after 32 vote(s)
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Modern-day remote controls can be complicated. But, thankfully, researchers are making TV the relaxing, mindless pastime that it was always intended to be with a new easy-to-use remote control. The controller ... | |
Web 2.0: Opening up, or dumbing down? April 03, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 21 vote(s)
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Are Google, Wikipedia, YouTube, and other Web 2.0 giants the scourge of American culture, laying waste to its 20th-century institutions and dumbing down society? | |
 How to slash vehicle fuel use May 06, 2008 | User rating: 3.9 / 5 after 41 vote(s)
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It is possible to slash fuel use by all vehicles on U.S. roads to pre-2000 levels within a few decades, but doing so would require immediate action on several challenging fronts, according to a new analysis ... | |
 Intelligent Computers See Your Human Traits May 29, 2008 | User rating: 3.7 / 5 after 35 vote(s)
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Today’s computers can do a lot as far as computation goes, but they tend to do it in an impersonal, stand-offish way, so to speak. However, computer engineers are busy changing that, as they try to give computers ... | |
Electricity from the exhaust pipe June 03, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 39 vote(s)
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Researchers are working on a thermoelectric generator that converts the heat from car exhaust fumes into electricity. The module feeds the energy into the car's electronic systems. This cuts fuel consumption and helps reduce ... | |
 Researchers Design Band-Aid-Size Tactile Display June 06, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 41 vote(s)
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Currently, we get most of our information from computers through visual and audio features. But as researchers from Korea point out, the most widespread sense on the human body is touch. While some tactile ... | |
 Google takes aim at Microsoft with new Web browser September 02, 2008 | User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 16 vote(s)
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(AP) -- Google Inc. is releasing its own Web browser in a long-anticipated move aimed at countering the dominance of Microsoft Corp.'s Internet Explorer and ensuring easy access to its market-leading search ... | |
 Attack on computer memory reveals vulnerability of widely-used security systems February 21, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 62 vote(s)
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A team of academic, industry and independent researchers has demonstrated a new class of computer attacks that compromise the contents of “secure” memory systems, particularly in laptops. | |
Killer military robots pose latest threat to humanity February 27, 2008 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 27 vote(s)
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A robotics expert at the University of Sheffield will today (27 February 2008) issue stark warnings over the threat posed to humanity by new robot weapons being developed by powers worldwide. | |
 Honda starts producing next-generation fuel cell car June 16, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 31 vote(s)
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Honda Motor Co. on Monday began producing a next-generation fuel cell vehicle that it hopes will propel zero-emission cars running on hydrogen closer to the mainstream. | |
 Researchers open new 'window' on solar energy: Cost effective devices expected on market soon July 10, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 133 vote(s)
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Imagine windows that not only provide a clear view and illuminate rooms, but also use sunlight to efficiently help power the building they are part of. MIT engineers report a new approach to harnessing the ... | |
Closing the hydrogen economic loop July 21, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 37 vote(s)
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The inventor of the nickel metal hydride (NiMH) technology used for building batteries for countless portable electronic gadgets and now hybrid gas-electric cars believes the hydrogen economy is already upon us. | |
 Computer virus goes into orbit August 27, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 15 vote(s)
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NASA confirmed on Wednesday that a computer virus sneaked aboard the International Space Station only to be tossed into quarantine on July 25 by security software. | |
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