New Xilinx MicroBlaze Soft Processor Increases Clock Frequency By 25 Percent May 17, 2005 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
Xilinx, Inc. today announced immediate availability of the performance-optimized 4.00 version of its MicroBlaze soft processor. The 32-bit RISC core now operates at frequencies up to 200 MHz in Virtex-4 FPGAs delivering an ... | |
 Hybrid Cars -- Pros and Cons January 19, 2006 | User rating: 3.7 / 5 after 580 vote(s)
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If you listen to the makers, hybrid cars are the best invention since sliced bread. While there are many reasons to buy a hybrid car, including a new tax incentive for US owners, it helps to have a good understanding ... | |
 UBC Engineers Create Vehicle that Travels from Vancouver to Halifax on a Gallon of Gas June 20, 2006 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 348 vote(s)
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A team of engineering students from The University of British Columbia has built a vehicle so efficient that it could travel from Vancouver to Halifax on a gallon of gasoline. | |
 New process generates hydrogen from aluminum alloy to run engines, fuel cells May 16, 2007 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 598 vote(s)
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A Purdue University engineer has developed a method that uses an aluminum alloy to extract hydrogen from water for running fuel cells or internal combustion engines, and the technique could be used to replace ... | |
 Powerful Little Light: LED With 1,000 Lumens March 15, 2007 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 298 vote(s)
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Osram has developed a small light-emitting diode spotlight that achieves an output of more than 1,000 lumens for the first time. That’s brighter than a 50-watt halogen lamp, thereby making the device suitable ... | |
 Energy from ceramics August 17, 2006 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 56 vote(s)
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Micro fuel cells are already being acclaimed as an alternative to batteries. However, producing them from hundreds of tiny separate parts is complex and expensive. An alternative is now available: ceramic fuel ... | |
 40% efficient solar cells to be used for solar electricity June 01, 2007 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 426 vote(s)
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Scientists from Spectrolab, Inc., a subsidiary of Boeing, have recently published their research on the fabrication of solar cells that surpass the 40% efficiency milestone—the highest efficiency achieved ... | |
 Why a hydrogen economy doesn't make sense December 11, 2006 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 379 vote(s)
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In a recent study, fuel cell expert Ulf Bossel explains that a hydrogen economy is a wasteful economy. The large amount of energy required to isolate hydrogen from natural compounds (water, natural gas, biomass), ... | |
 The car that makes its own fuel October 24, 2005 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 188 vote(s)
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A unique system that can produce Hydrogen inside a car using common metals such as Magnesium and Aluminum was developed by an Israeli company. The system solves all of the obstacles associated with the manufacturing, ... | |
 Artists 'draw on air' to create 3D illustrations September 19, 2007 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 123 vote(s)
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By putting on a virtual reality mask, holding a stylus in one hand and a tracking device in the other, an artist can draw 3D objects in the air with unprecedented precision. This new system is called “Drawing ... | |
 MIT researchers map city by cellphone September 14, 2005 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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Researchers at MIT may not be able to hear your cellphone call, but they have found a way to see it. They mapped a city in real time by tracking tens of thousands of people traveling about carrying cellphones. | |
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. | |
Online library gives readers access to 1.5 million books November 27, 2007 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 146 vote(s)
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The Million Book Project, an international venture led by Carnegie Mellon University in the United States, Zhejiang University in China, the Indian Institute of Science in India and the Library at Alexandria in Egypt, has ... | |
'Air shower' set to cut water use by 30 percent November 09, 2006 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 182 vote(s)
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As Australians become increasingly alert to the importance of using water wisely in the home, CSIRO researchers have found a way to use a third less water when you shower – by adding air. | |
 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 ... | |
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