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China Unveils the World’s Fastest High Speed Train | InhabitatChina is speeding towards the future of public transportation with the launch of the fastest high-speed train on the planet! Averaging 217 mph (350 km/h), the new train is faster than a speeding bullet train, and will link Wuhan in central China to Guangzhou in the south, covering a total ...
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DVLA data powers likely to be abused by foreign officials • The RegisterPersonal data belonging to nearly 40 million UK motorists is likely to be abused by foreign officials under new automatic access powers, according to a restricted report. Drivers' details such as name, address, motoring convictions and some medical information will be available to more than two ...
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ICT Results - Slam dunk for future smart robotsOver the years different research teams have taken different approaches to the problem. They use different types of sensors, different makes and models of sensing devices, conduct tests in different environments and employ different algorithms to perform mapping and localisation. This has led to ...
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Germany pays to fix Microsoft users' computers Boing BoingThe German government has allocated a secret budget to fund call-centers to help Windows users whose PCs are infected with malware. Microsoft's support costs are thus being borne at taxpayer expense. I can understand why a government would want to create anti-malware programs. After all, ...
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Next-Generation, Tandem Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell Breakthrough :: Green Design and ManufacturingScientists at Australia's Monash University, with colleagues from the universities of Wollongong and Ulm in Germany, have produced tandem dye-sensitized solar cells with a three-fold increase in energy conversion efficiency compared with previously reported tandem dye-sensitized solar cells. Alt...
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IEEE Spectrum: Biofuels Aren't Really GreenBoth the biofuel and solar scenarios are carbon neutral by definition—solar for obvious reasons, biomass because carbon emitted in combustion is reabsorbed when plants regrow. (Admittedly, biofuels are carbon neutral only if crops are planted in existing tilled fields and the emissions connected ...
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Honeybees overcome negative buzz in WashingtonOfficial Washington is all abuzz over honeybees. At the White House, two types of parasite-resistant honeybees developed by U.S. scientists will be delivered to the first family's new garden next month. On Capitol Hill, California Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer wants Congress to spend $20 ...
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German teacher loses battle against pupils' web rankingsPicture shows a student viewing the logo of the German website "spick.mich" in Berlin in 2008. A German teacher, who sued to shut down the website, lost her battle before the federal supreme court in Karlsruhe, southern Germany. A German teacher who had sued to shut down a website where pupils ...
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Tele Atlas Uses Data From Drivers to Map Faster by PC World: Yahoo! TechDutch digital map maker Tele Atlas is creating new maps faster than ever by collecting data from motorists using GPS devices as they drive, which provides a rich set of information about roads. Tele Atlas, which was acquired by the satellite navigation device maker Tom Tom in 2007, has been ...
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Modeling The True Value Of Social Networks: 2009 EditionA year ago we modeled out the true value of various social networks based on the idea that users in high-value online advertising markets like Japan, the UK and the U.S. were worth more (financially speaking) than those in lower value online advertising markets. Facebook had recently become the ...
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