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Mile-High Mega Kites Could Pull Giant, Floating Power Plants

Friday, March 19th, 2010

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Take a huge oceanic catamaran, stick a hydroelectric turbine underneath it, and hitch it to a 6.5 million-square-foot parafoil flying nearly a mile in the air. That’s a Korean research team’s new proposal for generating gigawatts of clean energy.
As the parafoil pulls the boat, seawater would be forced through the [...]

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Smoothing Out the Wind

Friday, March 19th, 2010

A cunning plan to store energy underwater may help fulfil the promise of wind power
THE problem with wind power is that is cannot always be relied upon. The wind—and other transient, environmental energy sources such as solar—must either be used when it is harvested or stored expensively in batteries or specially [...]

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Momentum Reel push mower stores energy for a burst of extra cutting power

Thursday, March 18th, 2010

“Green” mowers like the human-powered Mow Cycle are great for keeping that well manicured lawn along with a clear conscience.
But there’s always the chance of running into a patch of particularly thick grass that makes push mowers that little bit less attractive. The Momentum Reel Mower tackles this shortcoming in an [...]

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Tyndall National Institute create first junctionless transistor

Thursday, March 18th, 2010

A team of scientists at the Tyndall National Institute in Cork, Ireland has created what they claim is the world’s first junctionless transistor.
The invention represents a breakthrough in transistors and nanoelectronics, and has the potential to revolutionize microchip manufacturing.
The approach uses a control gate around a silicon nanowire to control [...]

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Fandango Begins Rolling Out Mobile Tickets That Let Moviegoers Go Paperless

Thursday, March 18th, 2010

Waiting in line for movie tickets is still the worst part of going to the movies (unless you are going to see The Bounty Hunter).
With so many mobile phone movie apps, it’s easy to find what’s playing at nearby theaters and even purchase tickets right from your mobile phone, but then you [...]

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