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Wednesday, October 25 2006 @ 07:19 PM BST |
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 Following the report that us Brits are the worst energy wasters in Europe, my interest was drawn to the humble lightbulb.
How is it that this 125 year old technology has made such an impact on our lives, yet receives little credit and has been seemingly ignored by innovation for so long?
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Wednesday, October 18 2006 @ 12:39 PM BST |
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After a decade of not being able to say it without being hissed at, it seems you can't go anywhere without hearing the word nuclear again these days.
Whether it be test explosions in North Korea, or reintroducing it into the UK's energy mix, it seems to be flavour of the month. So putting MAD to one side, once again we find ourselves in need of reopening the thorny issue of nuclear waste disposal.
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Friday, October 13 2006 @ 07:02 PM BST |
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I guess it would be a dumb question if I asked how many people found others talking loudly on phones to be immensely irritating.
Unfortunately I count myself as one of those annoying people, as I have a deep voice and when I talk softly it tends to get drowned out by the background noise. Therefore the news of a commercial product allowing us to communicate silently being available within the next few years could be a godsend.
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Sunday, October 02 2005 @ 11:48 PM BST |
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Ever since the appearance of laser guns in science fiction films, we have been waiting for them to make an appearance in real life.
Despite constant rumours of tests they seem to have been stuck in development hell. My thanks then to this Wired News article which follows up on the development of a number of different energy weapons.
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Thursday, June 17 2004 @ 11:24 AM BST |
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Two independent teams of scientists have performed the first successful teleportation on atoms (as reported by the bbc and wired).
Far from the teleportation as depicted by science fiction shows such as Star Trek, this could be a part of the next step in supercomputing. Using this technology could allow computers to handle far bigger, more complex loads at a rate many times faster than currently possible.
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Tuesday, April 27 2004 @ 12:46 PM BST |
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The next step in a Gibson-esque future may be upon us. According to a BBC article, a US firm called Microvision has developed a system that projects lasers into the eye allowing users to see images overlayed onto their normal vision.
The main potential applications for this (as for most cutting edge technology) are seen as medical, entertainment and military use.
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