It requires electric power transmission systems be installed on industrial machinery. Call it a straightforward solution to industrial emissions that has tons of potential. The guys from Aalto University are responsible for this minor breakthrough which could find wide acceptance in factories … [Read more...] about Finnish Researchers Find Way To Halve Industrial Fuel Consumption
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DIY Space Rocket Blasts Off To Success
They did it! They really did it! A team of Danish aerospace enthusiasts have successfully tested a suborbital rocket in the Baltic Sea. Though it failed to reach its target altitude of 15 kilometers, it did blast off, attain considerable height, and crashed into the ocean. There was supposed to be … [Read more...] about DIY Space Rocket Blasts Off To Success
Gas From Uranus Makes For Great Starship Fuel
Actually the title should've been "gas from your anus" but that would be too inappropriate. (Though funny, real funny.) Long story abbreviated: enormous planet-wide helium-3 deposits in Uranus can be harvested for interstellar travel. Helium-3 is an ideal fuel because it's abundant and reacts well … [Read more...] about Gas From Uranus Makes For Great Starship Fuel
Blackberry Playbook Coming To Sprint In June
RIM's surprisingly robust tablet, which still boasts the best Flash implementation on a mobile device from what we hear, is about to make the trek over to Sprint, where it will be going for about $500. And by about, we mean exactly that amount. Not only that, but apparently there's a 4G Playbook … [Read more...] about Blackberry Playbook Coming To Sprint In June
Panasonic’s WiGig Heading To Mobiles
We'll confess we hadn't heard of Qualcomm's WiGig protocol until now. Colour us embarrassed, but colour us honest at the same time. However, a consumer electronics communications protocol operating in the 60GHz band that promises speeds twenty times the speed of regular old WiFi connections? Add … [Read more...] about Panasonic’s WiGig Heading To Mobiles
Symbian Getting DLNA Update
Despite consigning it to an early grave, Nokia is still standing strong behind Symbian for the moment. In fact, it's already announced it will be supporting the OS all the way through 2014. But apparently apart from support they're even adding the odd new feature, like DLNA support. Introducing … [Read more...] about Symbian Getting DLNA Update
Project Cafe Details Leaked By Nikkei
Some of the more fanciful details of Nintendo's Project Cafe, or Wii 2 as most people inevitably still think of it, have apparently been confirmed by Japanese website Nikkei. The six-inch touchscreen controller, which also doubles as a portable console, puts in an appearance, and this time we even … [Read more...] about Project Cafe Details Leaked By Nikkei
PlayStation Store “Welcome Back” Content Now Up
The par-tay's over on the PlayStation Store, as the swag it promised customers for powering through the month-long PSN outage is now being distributed. Just as a quick reminder, PSP owners are getting to choose two games from a list of four, while the PS3 crowd can choose any one game from a list of … [Read more...] about PlayStation Store “Welcome Back” Content Now Up
German Researchers Testing Invisible iPhone
A certain computer science professor named Baudisch and his team are currently hard at work creating an invisible smartphone system. Foreseeing upcoming trends in touch sensitive devices, Baudisch believes there will come a time when small gestures on the palm of one's hand replaces our already … [Read more...] about German Researchers Testing Invisible iPhone
Adobe CEO Buries Hatchet With Apple
The Adobe-Apple feud seemed to be winding down now for a while now and Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen was on hand to discuss why at the D9 conference. For those of you hoping for a mature low-key resolution, well, that's exactly what happened. For those of you hoping for a resolution involving Flash on … [Read more...] about Adobe CEO Buries Hatchet With Apple
Google Rolls Out New Images Search Features
Google has launched a few new updates to its image searches in the past 48 hours designed to help users find images quicker from the main search area of the Google site. Many of the features Google introduced to its image-specific search a little while back have now been rolled out into its main … [Read more...] about Google Rolls Out New Images Search Features
EA Reveals Steam Competitor Origin
Now this is interesting, EA is apparently joining the ranks of PC digital distribution platform also-rans with a new service called Origin. Not much is known about the fledgling service except the peculiarity of its name, seemingly lifted from one of EA's early purchases, Ultima creator Richard … [Read more...] about EA Reveals Steam Competitor Origin
