fujitec's new elevator car optimization system, The Destination Floor Guidance System, debuted in the Metropolitan Park West Tower last Friday. It's the world's only artificial...
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The U.S Food and Drug Administration granted federal approval yesterday to the first inhalable form of insulin, which is the only new way developed to distribute the hormone in humans since it was...
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Fortune magazine is running an article about major retailers considering adopting biometric payment systems and offering it to consumers within the next few years. According to empirical tests,...
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Astronomers using the microlensing technique have found the most Earth-like extrasolar planet in existence. It's approximately five and a half times larger than Earth and believed to be compiled...
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All middle schools in West Virginia will be implementing the use of Dance Dance Revolution video games in their physical education programs. This follows the success of a pilot program that tested...
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The Toronto Star is running a feature about SolarAid, the world's first hearing aid powered by solar energy, which is specifically intended for use by deaf people in impoverished regions. An...
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The Aptera, designed by San Diego firm Accelerated Composities LLC, is gas-electric hybrid concept car that would get 330 miles per gallon and has a projected sticker price of $20,000. Made from a...
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Bowing to pressure from the Chinese government, Google has expanded its censorship of search results from IP addresses originating in China. Google has blocked articles on its news site on a...
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Rocket design enthusiast, Tom Pickens, recently mounted a 200-pound thrust engine onto his two-wheel bike (pictured left) and successfully used this enhancement to thrust him and his vehicle from 0...
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Sweden's Minister for Sustainable Development declared earlier today that his country is determined to stop using oil by 2020, making Sweden the world's first country to do so. This comes in...
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A biometric iris identification pilot program is currently being tested in three New Jersey elementary grade schools. The scanners and software application, designed by Eyemetric Identity Systems,...
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A European Space Agency team has developed a self-healing skin for spacecraft. The material, which is inspired by the human ability to self-heal cuts when blood is exposed to air, forming a defensive...
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Construction of a superconducting fusion power generator in China been has announced and should be built in March or April. Testing is scheduled to begin in either July or August. Though when...
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Scientists in the United Kingdom discovered a gene in barley plants that enable adaptation to seasonal alterations in sunlight exposure. As a result, new variations of crops can likely be designed...
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A new alarm clock by Axbo measures sleep patterns and wake a user up within a specified time window (e.g., 15 minutes, 1 hour) that's harmonious with the natural sleep cycle. For example, a...
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Can you eat chocolate and significantly reduce the risk of cardiovascular ailments? Not quite, but a new study suggests that consuming flavanols, a class of chemicals found in cocoa, will do just...
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A "precooling" temperature maintenance scheme devised by engineers to curtail energy expenditures in small office buildings during hot summer days has been tested in California. The...
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A new study has concluded there is no correlation between mobile phone use and the occurrence of brain tumors. Though a link was acknowledged between the side of the head people used while using a...
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by Jonathan G. Cohen on January 22, 2006
A clause included in the proposed U.S. legislative bill Digital Content Protection Act of 2006 would replace consumer fair use of copyrighted music with a requirement that all future "proposed...
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Doctors at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston have tested a technique in which pigs are brought to a suspended animation state and were successfully revived them 90% of the time. Now, the...
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Plastic Logic, a company at the forefront of plastic electronics, has developed the world's largest flexible organic active matrix display. The displays measure 10 inches diagonally and are...
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Cancer Treatment firm Chlorogen has secured enough venture funding to continue research on a promising technique that kills cancerous cells using a substance from genetically modified tobacco plants....
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Yamaha has announced they'll be releasing a speaker in Japan specifically designed to play music from a mobile phone via a bluetooth connection. Japan's mobile phones generally include...
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