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NEXTAGE robot designed to upstage human factory workers | DVICEThe latest in human unemployment technology will be revealed this week at the International Robot Exhibition in Tokyo, Japan. The new robot from Kawada is called NEXTAGE and has the ability to seamlessly work side by side with humans. The humanoid robot is equipped with special sensors that ...
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Paper-thin batteries made from algae - Future of Energy- msnbc.comImagine wrapping paper that could be a gift in and of itself because it lights up with words like "Happy Birthday." That is one potential application of a new biodegradable battery made of cellulose, the stuff of paper.
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Sandia's Sunshine-to-Petrol Machine Turns CO2 Into Fuel | Sustainability | Fast CompanyCarbon capture and sequestration (CCS) is a questionable technology at best, so it's a good thing that scientists at Sandia National Laboratories have come up with a potential alternative--the Sunshine to Petrol machine, which supposedly turns CO2 into usable fuel. The device, technically ...
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If the Delivery Guy Drops Your Package, Senseaware Updates You Online | Design & Innovation | Fast CompanySpeed isn't good enough when you're shipping something like transplant supplies for emergency surgery or tissue samples. You also need to be perfectly sure that what you're sending hasn't been compromised for even a second along the way. FedEx has come up with an answer: Senseaware, a drop-in ...
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60 Years Later, Everyone's Still Loving the AK-47 | Like It or Not | Fast Company"Does this AK make my ass look big? As if!" Designed for soldiers wearing gloves in arctic cold, 60 years later the AK-47 is the brand of choice in deserts, the tropics, and urban jungles, too. It's one of the best tools ever manufactured, a masterpiece of the Industrial Age. My nephew, just ...
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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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Virtual iPhone Phrasebook Brings Us Closer to the ‘Babel Fish’ | Epicenter | Wired.comIn Douglas Adams’ best-selling novel The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, a space traveler can stick the Babel fish right into his ear, making it so he could understand speakers in any language. Emirates Airlines’ iLingual iPhone app doesn’t realize his dream, but it’s a step in the right direction....
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Facebook Worm Spreads With a Lurid Lure by PC World: Yahoo! TechSome Facebook users have been infected with a worm after clicking on an image of a scantily clad woman, which then redirects the victims to a pornography site, according to security researchers. The worm posts an image on a victim's Facebook Wall with a photo of a woman in a bikini and the ...
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New Norway power plant uses salt to make electricity - Yahoo! NewsNorway unveiled the world's first osmotic power plant on Tuesday, harnessing the energy-unleashing encounter of freshwater and seawater to make clean electricity. "While salt might not save the world alone, we believe osmotic power will be an important part of the global energy portfolio," the ...
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Monstrous Mechanical Marvels: 9 More Enormous Gadgets | Gadget Lab | Wired.comUgly and sometimes frightening, the largest “gadgets” on Earth help mankind achieve the magnificent. Take, for example, the airplane above, whose hideous looks have earned it the nickname Oscar Meyer Wienermobile. Mock it all you want, but that wiener can carry more cargo than your puny human ...
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