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US Army Invests in 'Thought Helmet' Technology for Voiceless Communication
Sep 22, 2008 |
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In the future, soldiers may be communicating silently with sophisticated "thought helmets." The devices would harness a person´s brain waves and transmit them as radio waves, where they would be translated ...
Scientist Claims Most Accurate Speed Detector
Oct 13, 2007 |
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A scientist has won a court battle over a speeding ticket using a speed detector he invented, which may soon be available on a commercial basis.
The Asus Eee Laptop Series Selling Off the Shelves World Wide
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Nov 26, 2007 |
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The sturdy and light weight Asus Eee has captured the hearts and minds of US consumers, students and educators. The Eee series has all the features of its competitors, but its affordable price is turning heads. ...
Is Everything Made of Mini Black Holes?
May 18, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- In trying to understand how gravity behaves on the quantum scale, physicists have developed a model that has an interesting implication: mini black holes could be everywhere, and all particles ...
Scientists Create Material More Insulating than the Vacuum
Dec 10, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- With its complete lack of atoms, a vacuum is often considered to be the best known insulator. For this reason, vacuums are regularly used to reduce heat transfer, such as in the lining of ...
Infovell's 'research engine' finds deep Web pages that Google, Yahoo miss
Sep 08, 2008 |
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According to a study by the University of California at Berkeley, traditional search engines such as Google and Yahoo index only about 0.2% of the Internet. The remaining 99.8%, known as the "deep Web," is ...
Inkless 'Zink' Printer Fits in Your Pocket
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Jan 29, 2008 |
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If you've ever wished you could print photos directly from your cell phone, a new mobile photo printer from Polaroid is coming that can do just that. Perhaps even more intriguing is the technology the printer ...
Low-Budget Fusion Reactor Could Generate Energy within a Decade
Aug 04, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Currently, most nuclear fusion power plants are large, expensive projects that will take decades to benefit from. But a startup company in Vancouver, Canada, called General Fusion is taking ...
Understanding Algae As An Alternative Fuel Source: Will The Real Algae X Please Stand Up
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Sep 07, 2008 |
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The recent creation of AXI, LLC is an alliance between Allied Minds, Inc. a seed investment company and the University of Washington. The alliance came about because of Professor Rose Ann Cattolico PhD, an ...
Think Round: Japanese Company Develops Spherical Solar Cell
Oct 15, 2007 |
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Kyosemi Corporation has developed a highly efficient round solar cell. The Sphelar is a registered trademark of Kyosemi Corp. The advantages of the Sphelar is its unique ability to capture the sun in all directions ...
Physicists Calculate Number of Parallel Universes
Oct 16, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Over the past few decades, the idea that our universe could be one of many alternate universes within a giant multiverse has grown from a sci-fi fantasy into a legitimate theoretical possibility. ...
Intel Microchip Packs Two Billion Transistors
Feb 04, 2008 |
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Intel has just announced the first microchip that contains more than two billion transistors - tiny switches that together perform the calculations in computers. The chip, known as Tukwila, marks a milestone ...
'WildCharger' leads wireless power revolution
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Nov 30, 2007 |
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WildCharge Inc.'s new wireless charging pad has recently won several awards and sparked the interest from the electronics, automobile, and furniture industries as one of the first wireless charging devices.
Touchable Hologram Becomes Reality (w/ Video)
Aug 06, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers from the University of Tokyo have developed 3D holograms that can be touched with bare hands. Generally, holograms can't be felt because they're made only of light. But the new ...
Hydrogen-Powered Cell Phone Doubles Battery Lifetime
Jan 14, 2008 |
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A Canadian company has taken a significant step in the development of hydrogen-powered cell phones. Unlike previous attempts at hydrogen-powered phones, Angstrom Power´s prototype allows the fuel cell to fit ...
