Cost Of Photovoltaic Concentrators Falling Fast
Jul 19, 2005 |
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Solar concentrators using highly efficient photovoltaic solar cells will reduce the cost of electricity from sunlight to competitive levels soon, attendees were told at a recent international conference on the subject.
Futuristic design wins competition for new Antarctic Research Station
Jul 19, 2005 |
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Most challenging construction project on Earth A futuristic design by Faber Maunsell and Hugh Broughton Architects has won the competition for the new British Antarctic Survey (BAS) Halley Research Station. In ...
JVC Introduces Hard Disk Camcorders
Jul 19, 2005 |
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Victor Company of Japan, Limited (JVC) announced the release of three new models in the Everio Series of hard disk camcorders, the world's first* collection of camcorders to use built-in hard disk drives as ...
Space shuttle problem still unresolved
Jul 19, 2005 |
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NASA officials Tuesday said they had not determined the cause of a fuel tank sensor problem that aborted the launch of the space shuttle Discovery.
World’s first commercial production of perpendicular-magnetic-recording-technology-based hard disk media
Jul 19, 2005 |
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Showa Denko K.K. (SDK) has started the world’s first commercial production of perpendicular-magnetic-recording-technology-based hard disk (HD) media, enabling a dramatic increase in media recording density ...
Pennsylvania fish to be analyzed
Jul 19, 2005 |
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Scientists plan to catch 100 fish in the Allegheny, Monongahela and Ohio rivers this fall to analyze them and the water and sediment in which they swim.
Brand ID: Is a car masculine or feminine?
Jul 19, 2005 |
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Languages affect brand perception and the English and Spanish gender system presents specific problems, such as whether a car is masculine or feminine.
R&D 100 Award for Developing a Novel Radiation Detector
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Jul 19, 2005 |
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The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory, Kansas State University and Yinnel Tech, Inc., of South Bend, Indiana, have won a 2005 R&D 100 Award for developing a highly efficient, low-cost radiation ...
Hitachi Introduces 667MHz FSB Intel Itanium 2 Processor-based Blade Servers
Jul 19, 2005 |
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Hitachi, Ltd. (NYSE: HIT / TSE:6501) today announced the world's first server module product offering a high-speed Front Side Bus (FSB) speed of 667MHz(*1) on the latest 64bit Intel® Itanium® 2 processor (1.66GHz). The module ...
Liverpool scientists to develop space robots with NASA
Jul 19, 2005 |
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Scientists from the Research Institute for Advanced Computer Science (RIACS) at NASA and the University of Liverpool are working together to develop robotic systems used in space that will reduce the need for human space ...
It's, like, a really interesting study
Jul 19, 2005 |
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Teenage girls' remarks, such as "She's so not cool," may be dismissed as typical teen talk, but scientists say girls affect the way adolescents speak.
Students Steer a Blimp to Test Near Space Military Technology
Jul 19, 2005 |
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Helium-Filled Airship Allows Tryout for Guidance, Navigation and Control System Using a 17-foot-long helium-filled blimp, four propellers and sophisticated electronics, three Johns Hopkins undergraduates have b ...
Is Ningbo Bird's goose cooked?
Jul 19, 2005 |
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Ningbo Bird, China's top domestic mobile handset seller, is one of several firms facing intensified competition as the stakes have been raised in the country's high-tech market. China is the largest mobile phone market in ...
First RFID system with UHF technology successfully in operation
Jul 19, 2005 |
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Cinram, leader vendor of pre-recorded CDs and DVDs, and Siemens Automation and Drives (A&D) have jointly implemented an RFID (radio frequency identification) solution in the UHF (ultra high frequency) range. To optimize supply ...
Autonomous undersea robot developed
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University of Hawaii scientists say they are close to completing the nation's first autonomous robotic vehicle for deep-ocean work.
