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The out of this world Extra Terrestrial VehicleWe're not sure ET would have settled for cruising in a basket attached to a bicycle if he'd seen the Extra-Terrestrial Vehicle (ETV). Contrary to its name, the ETV was actually built by Earthling Mike Vetter at his Florida-based car customization company, The Car Factory. Made by stripping the ...
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Researchers Create Model for Synthetic Hydrogen Catalyst Using Low Cost MaterialsJune 02 2009 by Garry Golden ( The Energy Roadmap) — Researchers at the University of Illinois have created a synthetic catalyst model of the active hydrogen producing site of a naturally occuring enzyme based on 'cheap and plentiful building blocks – iron, nickel and sulfur.' The results could ...
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The Display That Watches YouCaption: Two-way display: This image shows a detailed layout of the Fraunhofer display chip, which combines photodetectors with an organic light-emitting diode display. Credit: Fraunhofer Institute for Photonic Microsystems June 05, 2009 By Kate Greene ( Technology Review) — Researchers in ...
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Cheaper Big-Screen OLEDsCaption: Longer life: DuPont has developed longer-lasting OLED materials that can be printed using cheap, simple techniques to make displays like this one. Credit: DuPont June 05, 2009 By Katherine Bourzac ( Technology Review) — New organic display materials can be printed with ink-jets. High-e...
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Roll-Up Solar PanelsJune 04, 2009 ( Technology Review) — A startup is making thin-film solar cells on flexible steel sheets. Xunlight, a startup in Toledo, Ohio, has developed a way to make large, flexible solar panels. It has developed a roll-to-roll manufacturing technique that forms thin-film amorphous silicon ...
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Duplicate twine management notificationsHere is a screen shot of my twine inbox, showing multiple copies of what should be a single notification message. After being added / authorized as an administrator for a new twine, I am getting multiple copies of the notification message when the twine creator (and only other current member) ...
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French physicists claim breakthrough in ultra-fast data accessMay 31st, 2009 — French physicists said on Sunday they had used ultra-fast lasers that could accelerate storage and retrieval of data on hard discs by up to 100,000 times, pointing the way to a new generation of IT wizardry. The research builds on achievements that earned the 2007 Nobel physics ...
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Laser process doubles brightness of light bulbs for the same amount of energyCaption: Chunlei Guo stands in front of his femtosecond laser, which can double the efficiency of a regular incandescent light bulb. (Image: University of Rochester) May 29, 2009 ( Nanowerk News) — An ultra-powerful laser can turn regular incandescent light bulbs into power-sippers, say optics ...
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Using your mood to operate a computer gameMay 28th, 2009 ( PhysOrg.com) — Brain Computer Interfaces measure electrical signals from the brain and convert them into data that can be used by a computer. You can move a cursor on your screen, for example, simply by thinking about it. Now, researchers at the University of Twente have ...
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Planet-Hunting Method Succeeds at LastCaption: This artist's concept shows the smallest star known to host a planet. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech May 28th, 2009 ( PhysOrg.com) — A long-proposed tool for hunting planets has netted its first catch -- a Jupiter-like planet orbiting one of the smallest stars known. The technique, ...
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