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No Wheel Stall in Diagnostic Drive

Spirit Mars Rover: No Wheel Stall in Diagnostic Drive

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Nov 25, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- On Sol 2095 (Tuesday, Nov. 24), Spirit performed a set of diagnostic actions related to a stall of the right-rear wheel on the previous drive, three days earlier.


Another Stall of Right-Rear Wheel Ends Drive

Rover Spirit: Another Stall of Right-Rear Wheel Ends Drive

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Dec 02, 2009 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Spirit's right-rear wheel stalled again on Sol 2099 (Nov. 28, 2009) during the first step of a two-step extrication maneuver.


Toshiba Introduces 320GB 1.8-inch HDD

Toshiba Introduces 320GB 1.8-inch HDD

Electronics / Hardware

created Nov 05, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Toshiba Corporation today introduced a new line up of 1.8-inch HDDs with a maximum capacity of 320GB, the highest yet announced by the industry, targeted at thin and light mobile PCs and portable external ...


Free Spirit: Third Extrication Drive Ends With Wheel Stall

Free Spirit: Third Extrication Drive Ends With Wheel Stall

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Nov 23, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Spirit experienced a wheel stall with the right-rear wheel during the second step of a two-step drive on Sol 2092 (Saturday, Nov. 21). This is not the same wheel that stalled on Sol 1899 (May ...


LG to Launch 15-inch OLED TV

LG to Launch 15-inch OLED TV

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Sep 01, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (20) | comments 5

(PhysOrg.com) -- The Korean company, LG Electronics, the second largest television manufacturer in the world, has announced it will launch a 15-inch organic display TV set in early September. The announcement, ...


Best Buy $9.99 TV offer was too good to be true

Technology / Internet

created Aug 12, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(AP) -- Few if any of the deals retailers have offered online during the recession have been as good as Best Buy Inc.'s sale price of $9.99 on a 52-inch TV Wednesday. But it quickly turned out the offer was too good to be ...


MU engineers develop safer, blast-resistant glass (w/ Video)

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Sep 10, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

To protect from potential terrorist attacks, federal buildings and other critical infrastructures are made with special windows that contain blast-resistant glass. However, the glass is thick and expensive. Currently, University ...


New LG Chocolate

LG Unveils New LG Chocolate Cell Phone (LG-BL40)

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Jul 30, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

LG Electronics officially revealed today the full image and key specifications of the new LG Chocolate phone (model: LG-BL40).


Samsung Announces 640-Gigabyte 2.5-inch Hard Disk Drive for High-end Mobile PCs

Electronics / Hardware

created Sep 09, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Samsung Electronics today announced its new 640-Gigabyte (GB) 2.5-inch Spinpoint M7 internal hard disk drive. The new 640GB hard drive, now the top-density drive of the popular M7 family, has an areal density of 516-Gigabit ...


Professor discovers new way to calculate body's 'Maximum Weight Limit'

Medicine & Health / Health

created Sep 18, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 2

Most of us are familiar with the term, Body Mass Index, or BMI, as an index to determine healthy body weight. But, calculating BMI involves a complex formula: weight in pounds is multiplied by 703, and then divided by height ...


Researchers Develop New Glue from Corn

Researchers Develop New Glue from Corn

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Sep 01, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 3

After the oil is extracted from corn germ meal, the corn germ is typically fed to poultry and other livestock animals. But a new, value-added use could be on tap for this “leftover,” thanks to studies by an ...


Hitachi Unleashes Ultra-Fast Half-Terabyte Mobile Hard Disk Drive

Electronics / Hardware

created Sep 01, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Hitachi today announced that is it shipping its fifth-generation, 7200 RPM mobile hard disk drive. The Hitachi Travelstar 7K500 is a 500GB, 2.5-inch, 3Gb/s SATA drive designed for notebooks, gaming systems and professional ...


Generating electricity from air flow

Physics / General Physics

created Nov 22, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (11) | comments 2

A group of researchers at the City College of New York is developing a new way to generate power for planes and automobiles based on materials known as piezoelectrics, which convert the kinetic energy of motion into electricity. ...


Black Friday LCD-TV prices down 22 pct, sales up

Technology / Business

created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- A research firm says decisive price cuts are helping sales of LCD flat panel TVs rise after Thanksgiving.


Nikon Coolpix S1000pj

Innovation to the Rescue: Nikon Coolpix S1000pj Camera with Built-In Projector

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Aug 06, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 1

Nikon has taken the bull by the horns in order to drag consumer products out of a sink-hole for the holidays. Nikon is in the process of introducing the first combined digital camera and built-in projector. ...