Scientists explore putting electric cars on a two-way power street October 02, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 21 vote(s)
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Think of it as the end of cars' slacker days: No more sitting idle for hours in parking lots or garages racking up payments, but instead earning their keep by providing power to the electricity grid. | |
 World's biggest computing grid launched October 03, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 24 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 ... | |
 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. | |
'Spore' evolution computer game spawns lawsuit September 25, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 11 vote(s)
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The freshly-launched "Spore" computer game that lets people play God has been hit with a lawsuit accusing its creators of slipping devilish anti-piracy software onto players' machines. | |
 Slicing solar power costs: New method cuts waste in making most efficient solar cells September 15, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 35 vote(s)
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University of Utah engineers devised a new way to slice thin wafers of the chemical element germanium for use in the most efficient type of solar power cells. They say the new method should lower the cost ... | |
 Solar powered cars race in South Africa October 01, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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Africa's first-ever solar-powered car race is underway in South Africa to raise awareness about alternative energy and promote science and technology, organisers said Wednesday. | |
 Solar water heaters growing in power-hungry Burkina Faso September 28, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 14 vote(s)
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A solar panel lies on the roof of Pierre Guissou's home in Burkina Faso, feeding power to his water heater and allowing his family to take precious hot showers in a country where most homes lack electricity. ... | |
 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 ... | |
Step right up, let the computer look at your face and tell you your age September 23, 2008 | User rating: 3.6 / 5 after 15 vote(s)
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People who hope to keep their age a secret won't want to go near a computer running this software. Like an age-guesser at a carnival, computer software being developed at the University of Illinois can fairly accurately estimate ... | |
 Japan's Mazda develops clean diesel engine September 09, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 32 vote(s)
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Japan's Mazda Motor Corp. said Tuesday it had developed a clean diesel engine to launch next year in Europe as demand grows for fuel-efficient technology. | |
Using G OS 3.0 to access Google programs September 24, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 21 vote(s)
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Before recent fuss over the new Google Chrome browser, I was looking at another new freebie that may give the average user a better idea of where the search giant is headed. And it isn't even a Google product. | |
 3D Virtual Reality Environment Developed at UC San Diego Helps Scientists Innovate September 18, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 14 vote(s)
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Its name sounds like something out of science fiction, but the StarCAVE at the University of California, San Diego is now a science fact. The virtual-reality environment allows groups of scientists to venture ... | |
 Circuit behind the Internet Age turns 50 years old September 13, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 18 vote(s)
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The computer chip industry on Friday celebrated the 50th birthday of the integrated circuit, a breakthrough that set the stage for the Internet and the Digital Age. A half-century ago a young engineer named ... | |
Gmail messages that won't die September 17, 2008 | User rating: 2.3 / 5 after 23 vote(s)
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Q. I switched to Gmail, and one feature puzzles me: I delete messages at one session, and when I log on again, the messages are back! They are like vampires that refuse to die. How can I drive a stake through unwanted messages? | |
 Madagascar: solar power ends dark age for rural clinics September 29, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 8 vote(s)
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Elisabeth's 13 children were born by candlelight. Her daughter, who has just become a mother for the first time, was more "fortunate". | |
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