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"Green" Concrete Could Reduce CO2 Emissions
Five to 10 percent of the world's total CO2 emissions come, not from automobiles or forest fires, but from manufacturing cement. The global warming gas is released when limestone and clays are
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Inkless Printing
Massachusetts-based Zink Imaging has unveiled a method of printing full colour digital images without the need for ink cartridges or ribbons, which could lead to pocket-sized printers. The key to the Zink (zero ink) process is the paper ... |
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All Sonic, No Boom
Long hampered because the planes were too loud to fly over land, supersonic air travel is now on its way back—without the big bang. Designed to fly between Mach 1.6 and 1.8 (1,056 to 1,188 mph),
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X PRIZE Opens Registration For Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge
X PRIZE has announced registration dates and rules changes for the $2 million Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge, which will require a vehicle to simulate trips
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Wiimote Controlled Robot
Expensive industrial robots have little in common with robotic toys, right? Well, don't tell that to Aaron Rasmussen and Brain Mullins, cofounders of USMechatronics.
While taking a weekend break from their day jobs designing robotic
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The Future of Robots
Futurist Ray Kurzweil explains how the boundary between man and machine is quickly disappearing. Read on to meet the world's most advanced humanoid precursors: a 'bot with vocal cords, a mapmaking Segway, and more.
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A 3D View of MC Escher's Architecture
Maurits Cornelis Escher (1898-1972) is one of the world's most famous graphic artists. His art is enjoyed by millions of people all over the world.
He is most famous for his so-called impossible structures, such as
"Ascending and Descending" and "Relativity".
Take a 3D virtual tour inside three
of MC Escher's most famous
illustrations and understand how he
created his visual illusions.
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