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I, robot _ and gardener: MIT droids tend plants (AP)

I, robot -- and gardener: MIT droids tend plants

Electronics / Robotics

created Apr 10, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 4

(AP) -- These gardeners would have green thumbs - if they had thumbs.





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U.S. scientists develop better heat pump

Technology / Engineering

created Jan 18, 2007 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (15) | comments 0

U.S. homeowners might soon see their electric bills decreasing thanks to an integrated heat pump system developed by the Oak Ridge National Laboratory.


Bioethanol’s impact on water supply 3x higher than once thought

Space & Earth / Environment

created Apr 08, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (6) | comments 1

At a time when water supplies are scarce in many areas of the United States, scientists in Minnesota are reporting that production of bioethanol — often regarded as the clean-burning energy source of the future — may consume ...


Dutch University Tests Windmill for Seawater Desalination

Dutch University Tests Windmill for Seawater Desalination

Technology / Engineering

created Feb 29, 2008 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (24) | comments 0

A traditional windmill which drives a pump: that is the simple concept behind the combination of windmill/reverse osmosis developed by the Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) in The Netherlands. In this ...


Bioethanol's impact on water supply 3 times higher than once thought

Bioethanol's impact on water supply 3 times higher than once thought

Space & Earth / Environment

created Aug 05, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 1

At a time when water supplies are scarce in many areas of the United States, scientists in Minnesota are reporting that production of bioethanol — often regarded as the clean-burning energy source of the future ...


Nano propellers pump with proper chemistry

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Jul 16, 2007 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (13) | comments 0

The ability to pump liquids at the cellular scale opens up exciting possibilities, such as precisely targeting medicines and regulating flow into and out of cells. But designing this molecular machinery has proven difficult.


ORNL, General Electric collaborate on super efficient electric water heater

Technology / Energy

created Jun 05, 2008 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (18) | comments 2

The Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory and General Electric have collaborated to finalize, test and market the first product from a major brand to meet DOE's new Energy Star criteria for electric heat pump ...


Flying Underwater, Staying Dry

Flying Underwater, Staying Dry

Technology / Engineering

created Oct 20, 2008 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (21) | comments 5

Rutgers physical oceanographer Scott Glenn and his students are flying a submersible robot glider, the Scarlet Knight, across the Atlantic – very slowly, underwater, and without getting wet.


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Microwave zapping kills invasive species before the invasion

Space & Earth / Environment

created May 12, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (19) | comments 3

Scientists in Louisiana are reporting development and successful testing of a new cost-effective system to kill unwanted plants and animals that hitch a ride to the United States in the ballast water of merchant ...


Complex ocean behavior studied with 'artificial upwelling'

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Sep 02, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (11) | comments 6

A team of scientists is studying the complex ocean upwelling process by mimicking nature – pumping cold, nutrient-rich water from deep within the Pacific Ocean and releasing it into surface waters near Hawaii that lack the ...


Scientists Test 'Artificial Upwelling' to Learn More About Complex Ocean Ecosystem Behavior

Space & Earth / Environment

created Sep 04, 2008 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (8) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of scientists is studying the complex ocean upwelling process by mimicking nature – pumping cold, nutrient-rich water from deep within the Pacific Ocean and releasing it into surface waters near Hawaii ...



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