Engine
hideAn engine is a mechanical device that produces some form of output from a given input. An engine whose purpose is to produce kinetic energy output from a fuel source is called a prime mover; alternatively, a motor is a device which produces kinetic energy from other forms of energy (such as electricity, a flow of hydraulic fluid or compressed air). A motor car (automobile) has a starter motor and motors to drive pumps (fuel, power steering, etc) – but the power plant that propels the car is called an engine. The term 'motor' was originally used to distinguish the new internal combustion engine -powered vehicles from earlier vehicles powered by a steam engine (as in steam roller and motor roller).
Military engines included siege engines, large catapults, trebuchets and battering rams.
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Nanoparticles go platinum: NCEM instruments provide key images
Dec 21, 2009 |
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At Berkeley Lab's National Center for Electron Microscopy it was revealed that single-stranded DNA can disperse bundles of single-walled carbon nanotubes into individual tubes and serve as guideposts for synthesizing ...
Google, Bing deals make Twitter profitable: BusinessWeek
Dec 21, 2009 |
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Twitter has reached profitability after signing deals with Google and Microsoft to make the micro-blogging service searchable on the Internet, BusinessWeek magazine reported on Monday.
Google Chrome extensions to be officially released
Dec 07, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Google is expected to release its Extensions Gallery for general users of the new Chrome browser this week, possibly at the Add-On Conference on browser extensions to be held on December 11, ...
Final launch of Ariane 5 GS completes busy year
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Dec 21, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Last week, an Ariane 5 GS launcher lifted off from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana on a journey to place the French military reconnaissance satellite Helios-2B into Sun-synchronous polar ...
Design chosen for British 1,000 mph car (w/ Video)
Nov 25, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A British team hoping to be the first to get a car to 1,000 mph (1,610 km/h) has made its final design selection. The six-tonne car, known as the Bloodhound, will be powered by a Eurofighter ...
Helpful or creepy? Overpersonalized Web sites may spook shoppers
Dec 10, 2009 |
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Michael Redding describes the get-to-know-you game between man and machine as a version of "Name That Tune."
Bing and Google gaining at Yahoo!'s expense: comScore
Dec 17, 2009 |
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Bing and Google gained ground in the Internet search market in November as they evidently lure people away from Yahoo!, according to fresh figures from industry-tracker comScore.
IBM Researchers Lower Language Barrier With Text Translator
Technology / Computer Sciences
Nov 23, 2009 |
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IBM Researchers are helping to break the language barrier with the advent of technology dubbed "n.Fluent" -- smart software that translates text between English and 11 other languages. IBM employees use it to instantaneously ...
Google search results to include 'real-time' data
Dec 07, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Fresh information from blogs, news sites, Twitter and other popular hangouts will appear in Google's search results more quickly as the company aims to give people a more comprehensive look at what's ...
Google responds to newspaper critics
Dec 06, 2009 |
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Faced with a steady drumbeat of criticism from a shrinking newspaper industry, Google is out to prove that it is friend not foe.
Twitter gets more business friendly
Dec 15, 2009 |
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Twitter is testing a way to let businesses better use the popular microblogging service in what could be a future money-making opportunity.
Wolfram Alpha Could Answer Questions that Google Can't
Mar 09, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A new search engine described as an "electronic brain" could make searching the Internet more intelligent. Called Wolfram Alpha, the search engine computes its own answers rather than looking ...
Plasma Rocket Could Travel to Mars in 39 Days
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 06, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Last Wednesday, the Ad Astra Rocket Company tested what is currently the most powerful plasma rocket in the world. As the Webster, Texas, company announced, the VASIMR VX-200 engine ran at ...
Wolfram Alpha 'Knowledge Engine' is Like a Modern Farmer's Almanac
May 08, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Currently, there's a lot of hype and skepticism surrounding the latest "Google rival," a so-called search engine named Wolfram Alpha. In the near future, anyone with Internet access will be ...
Google adds translation to main search engine
Dec 04, 2009 |
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Google has began weaving an automated language translation feature into its universal search service.
