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Luxim's tiny plasma lightbulb outshines LEDs Technology / Engineering March 20, 2008 \| User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 67 vote(s) \| User comments: 10 A Tic-Tac-sized lightbulb that gives off as much light as a streetlamp may offer a peek at the ultra-efficient lighting of the future. The bulb, developed by Luxim of Sunnyvale, California, uses plasma technology ...

Contact lenses with circuits, lights a possible platform for superhuman vision Technology / Engineering January 17, 2008 \| User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 101 vote(s) \| User comments: 15 Movie characters from the Terminator to the Bionic Woman use bionic eyes to zoom in on far-off scenes, have useful facts pop into their field of view, or create virtual crosshairs. Off the screen, virtual ...

New invention to make parabolic trough solar collector systems more energy efficient Technology / Engineering May 15, 2007 \| User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 52 vote(s) \| No comments yet A mirror alignment measurement device, invented by Rich Diver, a researcher at Sandia National Laboratories, may soon make one of the most popular solar collector systems, parabolic troughs, more affordable ...

Inflatable Habitats for Polar and Space Colonists Technology / Engineering January 29, 2007 \| User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 35 vote(s) \| No comments yet Humanity has long since established a foothold in the Artic and Antarctic, but extensive colonization of these regions may soon become economically viable. If we can learn to build self-sufficient habitats ...

First images made of hydrogen burning in working internal combustion engine Technology / Engineering June 22, 2006 \| User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 26 vote(s) \| No comments yet Images of hydrogen combustion have been captured for the first time in an internal combustion engine operating at real-world speeds and loads by engineers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National ...

Holodeck 1.0? Star Trek-style 3-D displays make their debut Technology / Engineering June 04, 2008 \| User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 62 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 True 3-D display technology developed by European researchers offers enormous potential for design, education and collaboration.

Research cracks puzzle of why the bumble bee can fly so well Technology / Engineering January 31, 2007 \| User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 47 vote(s) \| No comments yet New research has cracked the old puzzle of why bees and other insects are so good at flying, paving the way for aircraft just a few centimetres wide to be built.

'Fluidhand': Each finger can be moved separately Technology / Engineering April 22, 2008 \| User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 35 vote(s) \| No comments yet It can hold a credit card, use a keyboard with the index finger, and lift a bag weighing up to 20 kg – the world’s first commercially available pros-thetic hand that can move each finger separately and has ...

Superconducting motor to increase power density Technology / Engineering May 24, 2007 \| User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 90 vote(s) \| No comments yet The field of electric motors has recently entered a new era. The electric motors that you see today in everything from washing machines, toys, and fans use the same basic principles as motors from 50 years ...

Researchers open new 'window' on solar energy: Cost effective devices expected on market soon Technology / Engineering July 10, 2008 \| User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 133 vote(s) \| User comments: 7 Imagine windows that not only provide a clear view and illuminate rooms, but also use sunlight to efficiently help power the building they are part of. MIT engineers report a new approach to harnessing the ...

A plane with wings of glass? Technology / Engineering June 22, 2008 \| User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 74 vote(s) \| User comments: 14 Imagine a plane that has wings made out of glass. Thanks to a major breakthrough in understanding the nature of glass by scientists at the University of Bristol, this has just become a possibility.

Dutch researchers take flight with three-gram 'dragonfly' Technology / Engineering July 22, 2008 \| User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 35 vote(s) \| User comments: 5 (PhysOrg.com) -- On Wednesday 23 July, TU Delft will be presenting the minute DelFly Micro air vehicle. This successor to the DelFly I and II weighs barely 3 grams, and with its flapping wings is very similar ...

IBM researchers develop next-generation chip-cooling technologies Technology / Engineering October 26, 2006 \| User rating: 4 / 5 after 60 vote(s) \| No comments yet At the BroadGroup Power and Cooling Summit in London, IBM researchers presented an innovative approach for improving the cooling of computer chips, an increasingly urgent need given the large amount of heat ...

Researchers Design Band-Aid-Size Tactile Display Technology / Engineering June 06, 2008 \| User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 41 vote(s) \| User comments: 8 Currently, we get most of our information from computers through visual and audio features. But as researchers from Korea point out, the most widespread sense on the human body is touch. While some tactile ...

Solid-state drive sets speed record Technology / Engineering September 04, 2008 \| User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 30 vote(s) \| No comments yet Engineers and researchers at the IBM Hursley development lab in England and Almaden Research Center in California have set a record in storage speed, outperforming the current rate by more than 250 percent. By combining Flash ...

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Luxim's tiny plasma lightbulb outshines LEDs Technology / Engineering March 20, 2008 \| User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 67 vote(s) \| User comments: 10 A Tic-Tac-sized lightbulb that gives off as much light as a streetlamp may offer a peek at the ultra-efficient lighting of the future. The bulb, developed by Luxim of Sunnyvale, California, uses plasma technology ...

Contact lenses with circuits, lights a possible platform for superhuman vision Technology / Engineering January 17, 2008 \| User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 101 vote(s) \| User comments: 15 Movie characters from the Terminator to the Bionic Woman use bionic eyes to zoom in on far-off scenes, have useful facts pop into their field of view, or create virtual crosshairs. Off the screen, virtual ...

New invention to make parabolic trough solar collector systems more energy efficient Technology / Engineering May 15, 2007 \| User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 52 vote(s) \| No comments yet A mirror alignment measurement device, invented by Rich Diver, a researcher at Sandia National Laboratories, may soon make one of the most popular solar collector systems, parabolic troughs, more affordable ...

Inflatable Habitats for Polar and Space Colonists Technology / Engineering January 29, 2007 \| User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 35 vote(s) \| No comments yet Humanity has long since established a foothold in the Artic and Antarctic, but extensive colonization of these regions may soon become economically viable. If we can learn to build self-sufficient habitats ...

First images made of hydrogen burning in working internal combustion engine Technology / Engineering June 22, 2006 \| User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 26 vote(s) \| No comments yet Images of hydrogen combustion have been captured for the first time in an internal combustion engine operating at real-world speeds and loads by engineers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National ...

Holodeck 1.0? Star Trek-style 3-D displays make their debut Technology / Engineering June 04, 2008 \| User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 62 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 True 3-D display technology developed by European researchers offers enormous potential for design, education and collaboration.

Research cracks puzzle of why the bumble bee can fly so well Technology / Engineering January 31, 2007 \| User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 47 vote(s) \| No comments yet New research has cracked the old puzzle of why bees and other insects are so good at flying, paving the way for aircraft just a few centimetres wide to be built.

'Fluidhand': Each finger can be moved separately Technology / Engineering April 22, 2008 \| User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 35 vote(s) \| No comments yet It can hold a credit card, use a keyboard with the index finger, and lift a bag weighing up to 20 kg – the world’s first commercially available pros-thetic hand that can move each finger separately and has ...

Superconducting motor to increase power density Technology / Engineering May 24, 2007 \| User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 90 vote(s) \| No comments yet The field of electric motors has recently entered a new era. The electric motors that you see today in everything from washing machines, toys, and fans use the same basic principles as motors from 50 years ...

Researchers open new 'window' on solar energy: Cost effective devices expected on market soon Technology / Engineering July 10, 2008 \| User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 133 vote(s) \| User comments: 7 Imagine windows that not only provide a clear view and illuminate rooms, but also use sunlight to efficiently help power the building they are part of. MIT engineers report a new approach to harnessing the ...

A plane with wings of glass? Technology / Engineering June 22, 2008 \| User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 74 vote(s) \| User comments: 14 Imagine a plane that has wings made out of glass. Thanks to a major breakthrough in understanding the nature of glass by scientists at the University of Bristol, this has just become a possibility.

Dutch researchers take flight with three-gram 'dragonfly' Technology / Engineering July 22, 2008 \| User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 35 vote(s) \| User comments: 5 (PhysOrg.com) -- On Wednesday 23 July, TU Delft will be presenting the minute DelFly Micro air vehicle. This successor to the DelFly I and II weighs barely 3 grams, and with its flapping wings is very similar ...

IBM researchers develop next-generation chip-cooling technologies Technology / Engineering October 26, 2006 \| User rating: 4 / 5 after 60 vote(s) \| No comments yet At the BroadGroup Power and Cooling Summit in London, IBM researchers presented an innovative approach for improving the cooling of computer chips, an increasingly urgent need given the large amount of heat ...

Researchers Design Band-Aid-Size Tactile Display Technology / Engineering June 06, 2008 \| User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 41 vote(s) \| User comments: 8 Currently, we get most of our information from computers through visual and audio features. But as researchers from Korea point out, the most widespread sense on the human body is touch. While some tactile ...

Solid-state drive sets speed record Technology / Engineering September 04, 2008 \| User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 30 vote(s) \| No comments yet Engineers and researchers at the IBM Hursley development lab in England and Almaden Research Center in California have set a record in storage speed, outperforming the current rate by more than 250 percent. By combining Flash ...

Luxim's tiny plasma lightbulb outshines LEDs

Contact lenses with circuits, lights a possible platform for superhuman vision

New invention to make parabolic trough solar collector systems more energy efficient

Inflatable Habitats for Polar and Space Colonists

First images made of hydrogen burning in working internal combustion engine

Holodeck 1.0? Star Trek-style 3-D displays make their debut

Research cracks puzzle of why the bumble bee can fly so well

'Fluidhand': Each finger can be moved separately

Superconducting motor to increase power density

Researchers open new 'window' on solar energy: Cost effective devices expected on market soon

A plane with wings of glass?

Dutch researchers take flight with three-gram 'dragonfly'

IBM researchers develop next-generation chip-cooling technologies

Researchers Design Band-Aid-Size Tactile Display

Solid-state drive sets speed record

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