New fuel-cell technology could help power future vehicles
Oct 19, 2005 |
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In the lab and classroom of Stanford mechanical engineering Professor Fritz Prinz, fuel cell technology is cooler than ever — literally and figuratively. In four papers presented at an Electrochemical Society conference in ...
Wright Brothers Upstaged! Dinos Invented Biplanes
Oct 19, 2005 |
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The evolution of airplanes from the Wright Brothers' first biplanes to monoplanes was an inadvertent replay of the much earlier evolution of dinosaur flight, say two dino flight experts.
Hubble Prospects For Resources on The Moon
Oct 19, 2005 |
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America has always been a land of pioneers, from the first settlers to those who moved west in the 1800s. As they started their new lives in new places, these men and women had to learn to live off of the ...
Catering to the fashionista's phone needs
Oct 19, 2005 |
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Gone are the days when the cell phone was used simply as a tool for conversation, and connectivity was the single-biggest factor in determining customer demand.
Advocates crack printer identifier code
Oct 19, 2005 |
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A privacy group says it cracked the code used by color printers to leave an identifying watermark on documents that can be traced by the U.S. government.
ASU professor to explore DNA based computing
Oct 19, 2005 |
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Arizona State University School of Life Sciences professor Wayne Frasch was recently awarded a $1.2 million grant from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and the U.S. Air Force Office of Science Research to fund ...
China upset with Google's Taiwan map
Oct 19, 2005 |
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Mainland media control over Chinese-language content took a blow Wednesday with state press claiming rage after Mountain View, Calif.-based Internet giant Google removed referrals to Taiwan as a province.
Hitachi develops grip-type finger vein authentication technology
Oct 19, 2005 |
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Hitachi, Ltd. announced the development of a grip-type finger vein authentication technology, which upon gripping of a door handle, instantaneously recognizes the finger vein pattern and confirms the identity ...
Mars Looms Big And Bright As It Swings Close To Earth
Oct 19, 2005 |
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Look east late these evenings and you'll see a big, fiery yellow "star" shining much brighter than any other. This is the planet Mars, and it's passing unusually close to Earth during late October and early November 2005. Anyone can ...
Zombie worms found in Britain's North Sea
Oct 19, 2005 |
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So-called zombie worms that feed on bones of dead whales have reportedly been found in England's North Sea. Scientists say the worms belong to a new class of marine organism that scavenges whale carcasses, The Independent rep ...
New Horizons Pluto Payload Ready For Flight, Exciting Science Campaign
Oct 19, 2005 |
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The science payload for NASA's New Horizons mission completed its last major preparations for flight last week. The probe will be the first to visit Pluto and its moon, Charon.
Study: Pharmaceutical firms distort data
Oct 19, 2005 |
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A survey by the journal Nature suggests pharmaceutical companies are distorting decisions about how their products are to be prescribed.
Motorola Introduces Next Generation of 3G Handsets
Oct 19, 2005 |
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Motorola, Inc. today unveiled its next generation of 3G/UMTS mobile handsets - the Motorola RAZR V3x, the E770v and the E1070, which are launching first with operators in Europe and Asia.
Sony Ericsson Unveils New UMTS Walkman Phone
Oct 19, 2005 |
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Sony Ericsson added its first UMTS handset to the Walkman range of music phones bringing the total number of phones in the range to four. The W900 is a high quality fully specified music player, phone and ...
NTT Unveils New 3G Phones with Walkie-talkie Function
Oct 19, 2005 |
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NTT DoCoMo announced today the development of the new 902i series of 3G FOMA handsets. The 902i series is equipped for several new DoCoMo services, including the PushTalk walkie-talkie-style communication ser ...
