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July 15, 2008
Tesla Roadster Gets Ready To Hit The Road In California
Next time you’re behind the wheel, don’t be surprised if the 100% electric Tesla Roadster pulls up next to you. According to Tesla Motors president and CEO Ze’ev Drori, 12 production Roadsters have arrived in California, and 27 more are in various stages of assembly. Drori also expects four more to arrive each week through August.
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Richard Gawel
June 26, 2008
"Friend" Your Picture Frame
We’re barely keeping up with the social networking technology that Web 2.0 applications require. Yet already, designers and marketers alike are buzzing about Web 3.0, even though nobody seems to be able to specifically define what that means. Nonetheless, most experts predict high-speed, wide-bandwidth applications that will be able to deliver content wherever and whenever you want it, regardless of format or platform. Web 3.0 will even come to devices as mundane as, say, picture frames.
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Richard Gawel
June 16, 2008
Hydrogen Cars Break Into The American Market
Powered by a hydrogen fuel cell, Honda’s FCX Clarity began rolling off the assembly line this week in Tochigi, Japan. The company also announced a Southern California dealership network as well as its first customers, who will get their cars next month.
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Richard Gawel
June 3, 2008
Explore The Universe From Your Desktop With The WorldWide Telescope
Imagine charting the constellations during your lunch hour or taking a peek through the Hubble Telescope at your favorite hotspot. Now you can thanks to the WorldWide Telescope, a free project from Microsoft Research and a network of the world’s leading space research institutions. Users simply download the software to their computer, and the universe is theirs.
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Richard Gawel
April 29, 2008
3D Ultrasound Penetrates Skull To Identify Strokes And Save Lives
Stroke is the third leading cause of death in the United States, according to the National Institutes of Health, but it doesn’t have to be. The key lies in rapid diagnosis. Researchers at Duke University are working to make that happen with innovative 3D ultrasound technology that provides an accurate look inside the skull.
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Richard Gawel
April 28, 2008
E-Voting—For Want Of A Paper Trail
Concern about the reliability of electronic voting systems is old news. Electronic voting machines were around long before the Florida fiasco. But for some reason, the problem and the machines seem unfixable, which is why they’re getting so much attention in this presidential election year.
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Ron Schneiderman
March 28, 2008
Aptera Announces Electric Autos Under $30k
Electric and hybrid luxury cars like Tesla’s Roadster and Fisker Automotive’s Karma may grab the headlines—and celebrity owners. But what if you’re an early adopter on a budget? Maybe you should take a look at Aptera’s latest models. Scheduled for production later this year, the all-electric Typ-1e will cost approximately $26,900, while the plug-in series hybrid Typ-1h will go for about $29,900.
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Richard Gawel
March 13, 2008
Researchers Hack Into Wireless Defibrillator—And Offer Security Solutions
It’s a terrifying thought—hackers using wireless technology to access your cardiac defibrillator or pacemaker. Would they steal your medical data? Change your settings? Tell it to kill you? “We hope our research is a wakeup call for the industry,” said Tadayoshi Kohno, an assistant professor of computer science and engineering at the University of Washington.
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Richard Gawel
October 18, 2006
DARPA Chooses Teams For 2007 Autonomous Robot Competition
Robots will be on the prowl in an undisclosed location in the United States next November as the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency presents its Urban Challenge competition. So far, DARPA has chosen 11 teams to participate.
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Richard Gawel
October 13, 2005 Radiation Detectors Protect First Responders
It's the ultimate nightmare—nuclear contamination. First responders need to know the level of contamination before they venture into potential catastrophes. As they investigate radiation leaks or terrorist threats, these officials can rely on two devices from Berkeley Nucleonics. The nukeALERT II1703M Personal Radiation Detector (PRD) and the palmRAD 1621M Dosimeter discretely detect and measure gamma radiation. Targeting non-technical users, applications include emergency...
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Richard Gawel
August 18, 2005 Momentum Wins North American Solar Challenge
It took 52 hours, 59 minutes, and 43 seconds. But the University of Michigan triumphed in the 2005 North American Solar Challenge as Momentum, its solar car, crossed the finish line last month. The course of the 10-day race took competitors on a 2500-mile route along U.S. Route 75 and the Trans-Canada Highway from Austin, Texas, to Calgary through open highways and city traffic alike. Cars from 20 university teams set out on this grueling journey, powered only by the sun....
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Richard Gawel
July 7, 2005 Parallel Files Earn Ross An Early Award
Researchers normally collect accolades at the end of their careers. But the U.S. Department of Energy goes out of its way to salute up-and-coming talent with its Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers. And this year, a computer specialist was among the nine winners. Robert B. Ross of Argonne National Laboratory earned the nod through his design of parallel computer file systems and high-performance interfaces to manage large datasets. His work...
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Richard Gawel
June 9, 2005 Wireless System Brings Captioning To Public Venues
Despite the 28 million Americans who are deaf or hard of hearing, many public venues lack captioning. But a system from the Georgia Tech Research Institute and Peacock Communications uses wireless technology to provide captioning to an entire audience. The system uses the COMMplements software and the 802.11b Wi-Fi wireless protocol, which already is in place in many facilities. Venues would broadcast text captions to receivers with displays. The audience would then read...
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Richard Gawel
May 26, 2005 Robots Roll In Indianapolis
The droids came out to play at Star Wars Celebration 3, as the R2-D2 Builders Club showed off working models of R2-D2 from the Star Wars films at the Indianapolis Convention Center in April. While building a working R2-D2 isn't easy, the members bring a wide range of backgrounds to the club and work together via the Web. "When people accomplish something, they share it," said Craig Smith, a service technician. Learning from his own experience and taking...
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Richard Gawel
May 26, 2005 Photos From The DroidYard 500
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Richard Gawel
April 28, 2005 Shape-Shifting Pyramid Robot May Eventually Move On Mars
It's bigger than a breadbox now, but NASA would like to turn its TETwalker shape-shifting robot into a swarm of nanobots. Hordes of these nanobots will form "autonomous nanotechnology swarms" (ANTS). That day is well in the future, but for now, the TETwalker is taking on some rugged and harsh terrain. Earlier this year, a prototype was shipped to McMurdo Station in Antarctica. The TETwalker is a pyramid, or tetrahedron. It tumbles across the landscape by deforming itself....
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William Wong
April 14, 2005 R2-D2, Where Are You? Try Indianapolis
From April 21 to 24, sci-fi fans and EEs alike will descend on the Indianapolis Convention Center for Star Wars Celebration III. And more than a few robots should be joining them. The members of the R2-D2 Builders, an international group of hobbyists, have built their own working models of the incomparable astromech from the popular movies. So far, none of these robots have saved the galaxy. But they can move, beep, flash their lights, and do just about anything else asked of...
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Richard Gawel
March 17, 2005 Offshore Power Generation Making Waves
It's an axiom as consistent as the ocean tides—as technology progresses, demand for power rises. Fortunately, two companies are looking at those tides to provide that power. Specifically, they're converting the mechanical energy of waves into electricity. The PowerBuoy from Ocean Power Technologies is at work off the coasts of Hawaii, New Jersey, and Spain. Measuring 5 m in diameter and 15 m long, it's submerged a meter below the ocean's surface. As it rises and falls...
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Richard Gawel
March 3, 2005 Integrated Alarm Goes Wireless
It's like a dozen different alarm systems in the palm of your hand. Simple convergence—long thought an oxymoron—has been achieved in the HomeHeartbeat home awareness system. This kit from Eaton Electrical immediately notifies homeowners via a wireless key fob or their cell phones when problems occur. The kit consists of a basestation, a control, and a group of sensors (see the figure). Users plug the basestation...
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Richard Gawel
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