 80-mph electric car to go on sale this summer in the US May 08, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 82 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 ... | |
 Strap-On Helicopter Could Offer Solo Flying Experience May 02, 2008 | User rating: 3.6 / 5 after 77 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. | |
 Rain Power: Harvesting Energy from the Sky January 22, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 122 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 ... | |
 'Mind Gaming' Could Enter Market This Year March 14, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 80 vote(s)
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In an adapted version of the Harry Potter video game, players lift boulders and throw lightning bolts using only their minds. Just as physical movement changed the interface of gaming with Nintendo's Wii, ... | |
 New Solar Underwater Robot Technology September 07, 2005 | User rating: 3.2 / 5 after 48 vote(s)
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A new solar-powered underwater robot technology developed for undersea observation and water monitoring will be showcased at a Sept. 16 workshop on leading-edge robotics to be held at the National Science Foundation ... | |
World of Warcraft, VoIP and dating October 07, 2005 | User rating: 3.5 / 5 after 15 vote(s)
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On a cool October night, Laura Bowser, 27, returns home from her post-work run to her modest town house. She soon finds herself flopped into a high-backed leather office chair poring over her Macintosh keyboard as she sends ... | |
New kind of cement absorbs pollution May 16, 2006 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 102 vote(s)
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An Italian company has begun marketing a cement that is capable of absorbing pollution from vehicles. | |
 Handheld windmills serve as electric generators February 12, 2007 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 106 vote(s)
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It’s not quite nanotechnology, but these inches-long windmills can generate small amounts of electric energy to power a variety of low-voltage applications. Since they’re made entirely of plastic, they cost ... | |
Team sets solar cell record July 24, 2007 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 93 vote(s)
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Using a novel technology that adds multiple innovations to a very high-performance crystalline silicon solar cell platform, a consortium led by the University of Delaware has achieved a record-breaking combined solar cell ... | |
 Complete Internet census taken -- perhaps the first since 1982 October 09, 2007 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 41 vote(s)
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Researchers at the University of Southern California Information Sciences Institute, one of the birthplaces of the Internet decades ago, have just completed and plotted a comprehensive census of all of the ... | |
Brightest LED Puts Light Bulbs in the Shade June 14, 2005 | User rating: 3.9 / 5 after 18 vote(s)
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Osram has developed the world’s brightest white light-emitting diode. Known as Ostar Lighting, this LED supplies 200 lumens, thus literally putting light bulbs and neon lamps in the shade. Previously, the brightest LED from ... | |
Microsoft Releases First Public Beta for 'Longhorn' April 26, 2007 | User rating: 3.2 / 5 after 23 vote(s)
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This feature-complete, third beta brings with it the ability to simplify administration tasks via improved event logging, task scheduling, enhanced remote management and the scripting capabilities of Windows PowerShell. | |
Professor demonstrates new hydrogen fuel system February 23, 2007 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 112 vote(s)
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Northern Nevada energy consumers can be excused if they have a sense of "sticker shock" when their power bills come due following the holiday season. Or, that they have a feeling of powerlessness as the price of gasoline ... | |
Silicon Image Unveils Breakthrough Next Generation 6.0 Gb/s Serdes Technology August 24, 2005 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
Silicon Image, Inc.announced its next generation multi-rate MSLPhy™ Serializer/Deserializer (SerDes) technology, an integrated circuit transceiver that converts parallel data to serial data and vice-versa, capable of operating ... | |
 New virus identified on Yahoo! Messenger May 22, 2006 | User rating: 3.9 / 5 after 51 vote(s)
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Users of Yahoo! Messenger beware, a new worm is on the loose. | |
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