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Portuguese team makes first paper based transistor

July 22, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 30 vote(s) | User comments: 4

(PhysOrg.com) -- Elvira Fortunato and colleagues from the Centro de Investigação de Materiais (Cenimat/I3N), at Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, made the first Field Effect ...


NIU engineers make micro-milling affordable

July 16, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 6 vote(s) | No comments yet

(PhysOrg.com) -- The Northern Illinois University College of Engineering and Engineering Technology has created a new micro-milling machine that could open doors for small machine shops looking to manufacture ...


Dutch researchers take flight with three-gram 'dragonfly'

July 22, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 28 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 ...


GM researches high-tech windshields to aid vision

July 17, 2008 | User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 9 vote(s) | No comments yet

(AP) -- When Coke bottle glasses just won't cut it for safe driving, a futuristic windshield might do the trick. General Motors Corp. researchers are working on a windshield that combines lasers, infrared ...