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Smarter Power Technology May Stop Heat-Related Blackouts Across the Globe
Dave Greenfield | Date: 07-29-10 | Comments: 0
Con Edison, which provides power to most of New York City, has recently implemented a smart application to help stave off blackouts in the metropolis. The app rations how much air conditioning homes can use, thereby avoiding overloading the system.
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Lower CO2 Levels Demand More Fermenting Microbes
Dave Greenfield | Date: 07-29-10 | Comments: 0
Genetic engineers are working to manufacture microbes that create carbon-neutral and carbon-negative fuel. Such fuels could greatly reduce the amount of carbon dioxide that is currently being releasing into the atmosphere.
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The Future of Aviation: 3 Trends in Flight
Rebecca Kutzer-Rice | Date: 07-28-10 | Comments: 3
With governments passing laws and engineers creating new technologies, aviation is undergoing some major changes indeed. Check out these three hot topics in flight for an idea of what air travel might look like in a few years.
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Combining the Cloud, Genomics to Save Lives
Dennis McCafferty | Date: 07-28-10 | Comments: 1
IBM and a top university are teaming up to combine cloud computing with genomics in the interest of improving care/prevention of cancer, malaria and other deadly diseases.
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Autonomous Robotic Surgery: No Doctor Required
Rebecca Kutzer-Rice | Date: 07-27-10 | Comments: 1
Researchers at Duke University are combining current robotic techniques to create autonomous machines that can operate without assistance from doctors. Such robots could make surgeries cheaper and more successful.
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Kindle eBook Sales Top Amazon Hardcover Numbers
John Jainschigg | Date: 07-27-10 | Comments: 1
This month, Amazon.com reported that ebook sales have topped the sales of hardcover books from the major online bookseller.
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Portable (and Ultra-Low-Cost) Ventilators Could Save Lives in Rural Areas and During Disasters
Rebecca Kutzer-Rice | Date: 07-26-10 | Comments: 3
MIT students are developing a very-low-cost portable ventilator that could save hundreds of lives during emergencies and in rural areas, where hospitals often lack high-tech medical technologies.
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Acoustic Cloth Senses, Emits Sonic Signals
R. Colin Johnson | Date: 07-26-10 | Comments: 1
Researchers at MIT have developed a way to weave piezoelectric fibers, which can send and receive sound, into cloth. Possible applications include wearable microphones, hospital gowns that monitor vital signs and sonar imaging systems.
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Better Drug Delivery with Nanoparticles
Rebecca Kutzer-Rice | Date: 07-23-10 | Comments: 1
Using nanotechnology, researchers at the University of Rhode Island have developed a new drug delivery system that could lead to more precise and effective treatments.
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Robotic Legs Let Paraplegics Walk
Rebecca Kutzer-Rice | Date: 07-23-10 | Comments: 2
A team of New Zealand researchers have created a pair of bionic legs that let paraplegics walk and even climb stairs.
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Computer Modeling Improves Reconstructive Surgery
Rebecca Kutzer-Rice | Date: 07-22-10 | Comments: 1
Researchers at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign are using engineering tricks like 3D computer modeling to improve facial reconstruction, one of the most difficult reconstructive surgeries.
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Cell Phones Now Able to Place Calls Without Reception
Rebecca Kutzer-Rice | Date: 07-22-10 | Comments: 5
Australian researchers are working to create mobile phones that can place calls without reception—a key step in disaster mitigation for remote places and areas where mobile infrastructure has been knocked out.
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