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New Xilinx MicroBlaze Soft Processor Increases Clock Frequency By 25 Percent Technology 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 Technology January 19, 2006 \| User rating: 3.7 / 5 after 629 vote(s) \| No comments yet 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 ...

New process generates hydrogen from aluminum alloy to run engines, fuel cells Technology / Engineering May 16, 2007 \| User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 660 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 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 ...

UBC Engineers Create Vehicle that Travels from Vancouver to Halifax on a Gallon of Gas Technology / Engineering June 20, 2006 \| User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 354 vote(s) \| No comments yet 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.

Powerful Little Light: LED With 1,000 Lumens Technology / Engineering March 15, 2007 \| User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 306 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 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 Technology / Engineering August 17, 2006 \| User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 56 vote(s) \| No comments yet 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 ...

Why a hydrogen economy doesn't make sense Technology / Energy December 11, 2006 \| User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 409 vote(s) \| User comments: 6 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), ...

40% efficient solar cells to be used for solar electricity Technology / Energy June 01, 2007 \| User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 441 vote(s) \| No comments yet 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 ...

The car that makes its own fuel Technology October 24, 2005 \| User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 193 vote(s) \| No comments yet 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 Technology / Computer Sciences September 19, 2007 \| User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 125 vote(s) \| No comments yet 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 Technology September 14, 2005 \| User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 6 vote(s) \| No comments yet 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 Technology / Engineering February 19, 2008 \| User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 88 vote(s) \| User comments: 17 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 Technology / Internet November 27, 2007 \| User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 147 vote(s) \| User comments: 2 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 Technology / Engineering November 09, 2006 \| User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 182 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 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.

Scientists mimic essence of plants' energy storage system Technology / Energy July 31, 2008 \| User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 300 vote(s) \| User comments: 47 In a revolutionary leap that could transform solar power from a marginal, boutique alternative into a mainstream energy source, MIT researchers have overcome a major barrier to large-scale solar power: storing ...

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New Xilinx MicroBlaze Soft Processor Increases Clock Frequency By 25 Percent Technology 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 Technology January 19, 2006 \| User rating: 3.7 / 5 after 629 vote(s) \| No comments yet 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 ...

New process generates hydrogen from aluminum alloy to run engines, fuel cells Technology / Engineering May 16, 2007 \| User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 660 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 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 ...

UBC Engineers Create Vehicle that Travels from Vancouver to Halifax on a Gallon of Gas Technology / Engineering June 20, 2006 \| User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 354 vote(s) \| No comments yet 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.

Powerful Little Light: LED With 1,000 Lumens Technology / Engineering March 15, 2007 \| User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 306 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 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 Technology / Engineering August 17, 2006 \| User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 56 vote(s) \| No comments yet 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 ...

Why a hydrogen economy doesn't make sense Technology / Energy December 11, 2006 \| User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 409 vote(s) \| User comments: 6 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), ...

40% efficient solar cells to be used for solar electricity Technology / Energy June 01, 2007 \| User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 441 vote(s) \| No comments yet 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 ...

The car that makes its own fuel Technology October 24, 2005 \| User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 193 vote(s) \| No comments yet 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 Technology / Computer Sciences September 19, 2007 \| User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 125 vote(s) \| No comments yet 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 Technology September 14, 2005 \| User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 6 vote(s) \| No comments yet 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 Technology / Engineering February 19, 2008 \| User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 88 vote(s) \| User comments: 17 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 Technology / Internet November 27, 2007 \| User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 147 vote(s) \| User comments: 2 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 Technology / Engineering November 09, 2006 \| User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 182 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 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.

Scientists mimic essence of plants' energy storage system Technology / Energy July 31, 2008 \| User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 300 vote(s) \| User comments: 47 In a revolutionary leap that could transform solar power from a marginal, boutique alternative into a mainstream energy source, MIT researchers have overcome a major barrier to large-scale solar power: storing ...

New Xilinx MicroBlaze Soft Processor Increases Clock Frequency By 25 Percent

Hybrid Cars -- Pros and Cons

New process generates hydrogen from aluminum alloy to run engines, fuel cells

UBC Engineers Create Vehicle that Travels from Vancouver to Halifax on a Gallon of Gas

Powerful Little Light: LED With 1,000 Lumens

Energy from ceramics

Why a hydrogen economy doesn't make sense

40% efficient solar cells to be used for solar electricity

The car that makes its own fuel

Artists 'draw on air' to create 3D illustrations

MIT researchers map city by cellphone

Grad student invents gravity lamp

Online library gives readers access to 1.5 million books

'Air shower' set to cut water use by 30 percent

Scientists mimic essence of plants' energy storage system

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