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Internet via power lines set to launch

July 20, 2007 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 8 vote(s) | No comments yet

A plan to offer consumers Internet access through their home's power lines may soon come to fruition for residents of Grand Ledge, Mich.


High-tech bionic hand invented in England

July 19, 2007 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 5 vote(s) | No comments yet

The new, high-tech i-LIMB bionic hand, with five motorized fingers, will soon be sold in Britain for about $17,000, The Telegraph reported Thursday.


2006 Medal of Technology winners announced

July 18, 2007 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet

Five people have been identified as winners of the 2006 U.S. National Medals of Technology, which are to be presented during a White House ceremony next week.


The cell phone connects to the hip bone

July 11, 2007 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 6 vote(s) | No comments yet

U.S. scientists are developing a technology that allows mobile electronic devices to communicate by sending vibrations through bones.


Wearable power competition announced

July 06, 2007 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet

Calling all engineers and designers -- the U.S. Defense Department is sponsoring a competition to develop a wearable electric power system for war fighters.


High-tech hockey uniform ready for use

July 03, 2007 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet

A U.S. researcher has finished testing a new type of National Hockey League uniform designed to help players improve their game.


Scientists work at creating a 'robocar'

July 03, 2007 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet

A U.S. government competition is under way with scientists at 53 universities and other institutions developing "robocars" -- cars of the future.


Report: U.S. broadband speed outdated

June 26, 2007 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | No comments yet

So-called high-speed Internet broadband connection speeds are "pathetic" compared with other industrialized nations, a communications union report claimed.


Name new computing technology, win $500

June 25, 2007 | User rating: 3 / 5 after 8 vote(s) | No comments yet

A $500 prize is being offered for the winning name submitted for the prototype of what may be the next generation of personal computers.


U.S. attacks problem of 'produced water'

June 20, 2007 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet

The U.S. Department of Energy has designed a Web program to help oil and natural gas companies solve the environmental challenge of produced water.


Security breach at Los Alamos

June 15, 2007 | User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 31 vote(s) | No comments yet

The Los Alamos, N.M., National Laboratory reportedly breached national security by sending classified nuclear weapons information over the Internet.


Energy police patrolling China

June 13, 2007 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet

China is recruiting "energy police" to make sure offices, schools, shopping malls and other buildings aren't using too much power.


Science-based 9/11 animation created

June 13, 2007 | User rating: 3.1 / 5 after 14 vote(s) | No comments yet

U.S. scientists have created a science-based animation of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the World Trade Center twin towers.


Health concerns urge Wi-Fi removal

June 04, 2007 | User rating: 2.6 / 5 after 52 vote(s) | No comments yet

After a warning from a government watchdog group, schools and families in Britain are scrambling to remove Wi-Fi systems.


Britain looks at new nuclear plants

May 24, 2007 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet

The British government says it will run out of power in the near future unless it increases its number of nuclear power plants in the country.


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