New filter promises clean water for millions

New filter promises clean water for millions

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created Jan 19, 2005 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (14) | comments 0

A handful of clay, yesterday’s coffee grounds and some cow manure are the simple ingredients that could bring clean drinking water to developing countries around the globe. An innovative new technology, dev ...


IBM ThinkPad T43

IBM ThinkPad T43

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created Jan 19, 2005 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (10) | comments 0

IBM today raised the bar once again on secure business computing, unveiling its fastest performing thin-and-light notebook computer to date, the ThinkPad T43 with an available fingerprint reader. Equipped with ...


Inkjet printers can print human cells

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created Jan 19, 2005 | popularity 3.2 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Made-to-measure skin and bones, which could be used to treat burn victims or patients who have suffered severe disfigurements, may soon be a reality using inkjets which can print human cells. Scientists at The University of ...


Scanning electron micrograph image of the surface of a lotus leaf

'Bumpy' glass could lead to self-cleaning windows, slick micromachines

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created Jan 19, 2005 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Ohio State University engineers are designing super-slick, water-repellent surfaces that mimic the texture of lotus leaves. The patent-pending technology could lead to self-cleaning glass, and could also red ...


Sunspot Creates a Stir; Auroras Likely

Sunspot Creates a Stir; Auroras Likely

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created Jan 19, 2005 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Beyond the winter chill that many of us have to contend with, there's also stormy space weather in the forecast for the week. A fast-growing sunspot group designated AR 10720 has been causing a stir as it ...


TI Imaging Processor Powers Samsung's World's First Camera Phone with HDD

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created Jan 19, 2005 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Texas Instruments today announced Samsung Electronics has selected TI's imaging processor technology for the world's first camera phone with a hard disk drive for storing images and video. Samsung, a global leader in telecommunication, ...


Targeting the root of cancer

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created Jan 19, 2005 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Cambridge Scientists develop technology that could lead to effective cancer treatments University of Cambridge scientists have developed a new technology that could potentially lead to more targeted and effective treatme ...


First X-ray free-electron laser gets funding

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created Jan 19, 2005 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Plans by the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC) to build a revolutionary new synchrotron X-ray source received a major boost this year thanks to $54 million in funding provided by Congress in the fiscal 2005 budget ...


Sonoma: Intel Updates Centrino Technology

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created Jan 19, 2005 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Intel Corporation today unveiled its latest Intel Centrino mobile technology for notebook PCs (formerly codenamed Sonoma). The new mobile platform is packed with entertainment and business features ranging from blazing-fast grap ...


Real-Time HDTV Broadcast From USA To Japan Enabled By Advanced Networks

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created Jan 19, 2005 | popularity 1.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Dignitaries and researchers attending the Japan Gigabit Network 2 (JGN2) Symposium in Osaka, Japan today listened and watched as Internet visionary Larry Smarr gave the keynote presentation on a large screen above the podium. ...


Aging in irradiated materials: First predictive model of the microstructure of irradiated iron

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created Jan 19, 2005 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Researchers from the CEA's Nuclear Energy Division have, for the first time, been able to make a quantitative prediction of the evolution of radiation-induced defects in a structural material. The results obtained for iron, ...


X-ray movies reveal insect flight, muscle motion

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created Jan 19, 2005 | popularity 1 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Watching flies fly may not seem like high-tech science, but for researchers using the Western Hemisphere's most brilliant X-rays, located at the Advanced Photon Source at the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory, ...


Multilingual speech-based technology to talk about!

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created Jan 19, 2005 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Paving the way for much more intuitive, interactive, and user-friendly ‘spoken dialogue technology’, DUMAS developed a multilingual speech-based system that creates new ways to communicate. DUMAS, a three-year IST-funded pro ...


ATI Drives High Definition Visual Performance into Thin-and-Light Notebook PCs

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ATI Technologies, the global leader for discrete PC graphics, today announced a powerful new PCI Express-based graphics processor for notebook PCs – the Mobility Radeon X700. Driving high definition DirectX 9 performance ...


Samsung Says High-bandwidth 512Mb Memory Will Enable 3D Graphics in Smaller Mobile Phones

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Samsung Electronics, the world leader in advanced memory technology, today announced that it has completed the world's first working prototype of a 512Mb mobile DRAM device that operates up to 333Mbps, transmitting 32 bits ...



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