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Smart holograms to monitor our health?
2008-02-08 14:06:00
In a short news release, the Institute of Physics reports that smart holograms, which use materials called hydrogels that shrink or swell in response to local environmental conditions, can be used to monitor many physical conditions than three years ago. These smart holograms could soon be used ?by diabetics to check their blood-sugar levels, by patients with kidney disorders to check on adrenaline levels or by security forces to detect chemicals like anthrax after a terrorist attack.? And today, moisture sensitive sensor holograms are used to verify the presence (or absence) of free water in aviation fuel. But read more?Smart holograms for healthYou can see above an example of how these smart holograms can be used. ?Smart holograms are recorded in polymers specifically designed to change in response to physical, chemical or biological stimuli thanks to the incorporation of functional or reactive groups. Thus, the hologram itself provides both the polymer matrix that responds to a p...
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Zap to do three-wheeled car in 2009
2008-02-07 16:13:00
'Zap, the electric car company based in Santa Rosa, Calif., is adding another electric car to its lineup.'The three-wheeled Alias, due to go into production in 2009, will have a top speed of over 100 miles an hour and go 150 miles on a charge, according to Zap. It will sell for $30,000. The Alias will also likely come with a hybrid range extender, a small gas motor that can power the car or charge the battery.An artist's rendering of the Zap Alias.The Alias will actually be made by a joint venture between Zap and China's Youngman Automotive Group. The company has an animated video of the prototype here. Zap said last year it planned to release a $30,000 electric car in 2009 but didn't mention at the time that it was a three-wheeler.Zap also sells a three-wheeled low-speed electric car. (Check out the test drive here. It was a bit scary to drive, but we got noticed.)Until recently, three-wheelers have occupied a niche of a niche of a niche. Some European companies made them back...

An Alternative To Microsoft Exchange
2008-02-06 15:32:00
Many huge corporate firms prefer to use Microsoft Exchange and why wouldn't they? Microsoft Exchange offers all the features that a Email Server is supposed to offer. But there will always be people who tend to not like a product.So, what am i babbling here for? Well, like every time i bring to you another great product, a sweet alternative to MS Exchange. The product is called PostPath, a Linux Exchange Server. The PostPath Server is a Linux-based enterprise-class email and collaboration server. It is the only drop-in Email Server Software, natively compatible alternative to Microsoft Exchange. You can call it a MS Exchange Alternative or even a Exchange Replacement as it has all the great features a Corporate firm needs! And yes, as it is a Linux Email Server, you can expect better security. Go ahead and try it!

Windows 7 debut in 2009? Another reason to skip Vista
2008-01-23 06:04:00
If Windows 7 really is scheduled to make an appearance during the second half of 2009, does this mean that making the move to Vista is now a pointless effort?TG Daily claim to have uncovered a roadmap for Windows 7 whichWindows 7 debut in 2009? Another reason to skip Vista suggests that Windows 7 is being fast-tracked:Several industry sources have confirmed to TG Daily that a very early version of Windows 7, previously code-named Blackcomb Vienna, already has been shipped to ?key partners? as a ?Milestone 1? (M1) code drop for validation purposes. A roadmap received by TG Daily indicates that the new operating system will be introduced in the second half of 2009.While it has generally been believed that Windows 7 was scheduled for a 2010 debut, Microsoft has revised the roadmap and apparently moved up the release date by a few months: A recently distributed roadmap of the OS lists a release to manufacturing in H2 2009. Microsoft declined to comment on this date.So this presents a di...
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Carbon nanotube carpet darkest thing ever made
2008-01-23 05:56:00
'A loosely packed "carpet" of carbon nanotubes is the darkest material ever made, according to researchers from Rice University and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.'The carpet consists of nanotubes--hollow, honeycombed tubes made from carbon atoms-- standing vertically. Instead of being tightly packed together, the researchers went for a low density arrangement, complete with spaces and gaps, sort of like a box of dried spaghetti. Light striking the nanotubes as well as the gaps gets absorbed. When light gets absorbed, black (the absence of light) results. The nanotubes were also specially manufactured to have a more random arrangement of atoms, further reducing reflectivity. (Again, think of trying to look into a box of spaghetti. Not easy.)The nanocarpet is in the middle. Former record holder to the left.(Credit: RPI)This resulted in a material that reflects only 0.045 percent of the light that strikes it. (Put another way, 99.955 percent of the light that hits it gets absorbed...
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Bionic Contact Lens paves the platform of human supervision
2008-01-23 05:51:00
'The Hollywood vision of ?Bionic Eyes? is likely to come true as Scientists of Washington University has made an innovative Bionic contact lens equipped with tiny nano electrical circuits that can zoom the object and display some very useful facts, claimed researchers.'This is the first time that ientist have mounted the electronic circuit in regular contact lenses.They have also used the organic component to sooth eyes and to minimize the hazards which may be possible from the heat emission due to electronic circuit.The researchers have tested the prototype on rabbits? eyes for 20 minutes and found no side effects, claimed US scientists."This is a very small step toward that goal, but I think it's extremely promising,? said Babak Perviz, the lead researcher and an electrical engineer at the University of Washington.?The prototype does not actually light up or display information. But it proves that it is possible to build an electronic lens that is safe to wear and doesn't obst...
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How Is Time Measured?
2008-01-19 07:51:00
'A technological evolution'The movements of the Earth and Moon determine the length of the years, seasons, months and days. People have observed the periodicity of the seasons and of the night sky stars patterns since prehistory. Ancient Egyptians knew that the Nile would overflow when the Sirius star raised over the line of the horizon. Some stars were associated with the seeding time in rural Europe.People also focused on the Moon's phases, determined by the incidence angle of the sunlight on the Moon, which caused the full moon, new moon or half moon. Romans based their calendar on the Moon's phases. A full cycle made a month.The day length is given by a complete spin of the Earth around its axis. A year, when the Earth has completed a tour around the Sun, is of about 365 days (but not a round number). To solve the issue, Julius Caesar introduced a system in which one 366-days year followed after three 365-days years .Later, it was found that the year was longer with 11 minut...
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Garbage into fuel
2008-01-17 04:52:00
TR Rao (left) and colleague Nitin Bondal at their Vasai(Mumbai,India) waste processing unit.T Raghavendra Rao, director, Sustainable Technologies and Environmental Projects (STEPS) filed for a global patent last year for his technique of converting waste ? think plastic, sewage, slaughterhouse waste, hospital waste, petroleum byproducts ? into liquid fuel and gas. And it?s easy on the environment, for the process does not emit heat-trapping gases that contribute to global warming.Rao, a former oil industry expert, thinks ?waste is wonderful, it?s a resource.??Mumbai?s waste generated daily should be recycled daily too,?? Rao emphasised. ?We aim to come to the market with a globally acceptable system to recycle plastic, electronic and organic waste in 24 hours.??The technology is winning rave reviews.?We would like to see this powerful innovation commercialised around the world, not just Texas,?? James Vance, business development manager of the global commercialisation group, IC2 In...
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Molecular Evolution: Mice Given Bat-like Forelimbs Through Gene Switch
2008-01-16 16:30:00
ScienceDaily (Jan. 16, 2008) ? A research team led by Dr. Richard Behringer at MD Anderson Cancer Center reports that they have successfully switched the mouse Prx1 gene regulatory element with the Prx1 gene regulatory region from a bat -- and although these two species are separated by millions of years of evolution -- the resulting transgenic mice displayed abnormally long forelimbs.Shown above is an example of the bat species whose DNA was used to insert into the mice in the study. (Credit: Image courtesy of Dr. Richard Behringer, University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center)While forelimb length is just one of several key morphological changes that occurred during the evolution of the bat wing, this unprecedented finding demonstrates that evolution can be driven by changes in the patterns of gene expression, rather than solely by changes in the genes, themselves.Prx1 is a paired-box homeodomain transcription factor, with an established role in limb bone growth. Dr. Behringer...
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Motorola and Angstrom Bring the First Fuel-powered Mobile Phone
2008-01-16 16:21:00
'Providing twice the talk-time a Lithium-powered phone does.' Motorola SLVR L7Angstrom Power Inc., a company based in Vancouver, Canada, together with Motorola, the US mobile manufacturer, have completed a six-months trial using a new technologythat promises to reinvent the way mobile phones are powered. Angstrom developed a revolutionary mobile solution intended to replace the standard Lithium batteries with a platform that uses hydrogen to provide the needed power.The "Micro Hydrogen" platform includes a refillable hydrogen storage tank, advanced micro-fluidics and an innovative fuel cell architecture. Angstrom and Motorola implemented the new platform on a MOTOSLVR L7 (Motorola SLVR L7) phone, without changing the phone's looks and size (and we must say that MOTOSLVR L7 is a slim handset, having only 11.5 millimeters in thickness). With the hydrogen-powered platform, the phone managed to provide twice the talk-time than it does when equipped with a sta...
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Be Wireless!
2008-01-16 05:02:00
Are you still stuck with the old wired headphones that are good looking and fully optimized but lack felxibility? Okay, what i mean my flexibility is that when you are playing some kind of a outdoor sport or spending your time in a gym, you plug in your head phones to your favourite MP3 player but soon the wired head phones start to annoy you because it keeps getting plugged out!I had experienced the same annoyance earlier but now i have purchased two Blue Tooth Stereo Headphones! Wha? Two headphones for for what? Actually, i always prefer buying two accessories, one for regular use and one for backup.Why don't you get one for yourself and make things easier you?
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The Original, Uncut, Unedited, Raw ?Bill Gates' Last Day at Microsoft? Vide
2008-01-14 21:08:00
'Its Simply hilarious'Have you ever seen Bill Gates this happy? :)Feast your eyes on the original, uncut, unedited, raw version of the "Bill Gates' Last Day at Microsoft " video. Right... by now even Apple users have had a smile put on their face by the "Bill Gates' last day at Microsoft" video. This year's keynote address at the 2008 International Consumer Electronics Show, in las Vegas, wasalso Gates' last. And the co-founder of Microsoft wanted to celebrate his exit with a bang! And can you blame him?This is why Gates starred in a video fragment allegedly describing his last day with the Redmond company in his active, day-to-day role. Starring alongside Gates are entertainment, political and Microsoft heavyweights, such as Brian Williams, Steve Ballmer, Ray Ozzie, Craig Mundie, Matthew Mcconaughey, Robbie Bach, Jay-Z, Bono, Steven Spielberg, George Clooney, Jon Stewart, Kevin Turner, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama and Al Gore.But undoubtedly, Gates is the star. And for your v...
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Lake Erie UFOs Are Stars on YouTube
2008-01-14 20:56:00
Waves of UFO sightings over the waters of Lake Erie are earning the great lake a reputation as a UFO hot spot. But the lake's new popularity may have more to do with a string of popular videos on YouTube than sightings of little green men."It's a hot spot," declares local ufologist Aaron Clark about the beaches of Lake Erie near Cleveland, Ohio. "Some believe there's a UFO base on the bottom of the lake."While not yet rivaling UFO hot spots like Mexico City or Phoenix, Lake Erie has generated enough buzz that news and documentary filmmakers are taking notice. Several Lake Erie UFO videos have made the national news, and The History Channel is airing a segment on Lake Erie UFOs, due to air in February.There have been more than 20 credible UFO sightings in the area in the last two years, according to Clark, a spokesman for the Cleveland Ufology Project, one of the oldest UFO-spotting groups in the country."There's a pattern here," says Sam Phillips, a musician who filmed a UFO hov...
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Recycling Business Gets Boost from Cell Phones
2008-01-14 20:53:00
'Hundreds of millions of cellular phones are disposed of every year'Now, don't get any crazy ideas by believing that your mobile telephone device has been manufactured from anything but recycled materials. Do you believe that old machinery such as airplanes just disappear into the darkness overnight? No... they get recycled like a great part of the materials our days. Do you know how expensive it is to extract new aluminum metal from the ground, or how much precious metal is being used every year for making new electronic devices?According to recent studies, about a hundred million mobile telephone devices are beingdisposed off every year all over the world, fact that spawned a new recycling business, which unlike all the previous recycling industries makes real profit and keeps the landscape clean at the same time."The New York Times" argues that, in the U.S., a mobile telephone device is being replaced only after about a year, and China alone, due to its ever increasing economi...
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The Deadly HAARP (High-frequency Active Auroral Research Program)
2008-01-13 15:27:00
'The HAARP (High frequency Active Auroral Research Program ) transmitter is operated jointly by the U.S. Navy, Air Force and several universities and is located in Gakona, eastern Alaska.' ? BJNews by Marshall Smith Since the publication of the previous article, "HAARP, Now Running at Full Power," many readers asked, "but what is HAARP doing with weather modification, mind control and those other strange experiments?" Some people have heard HAARP is being used to modify the atmosphere, affect the weather, repair the ozone layer or even control the jet-stream. Other people believe there is a world-wide network of HAARP transmitters to send out waves which can affect brain cells and control human behavior. Others believe the HAARP transmitter can emulate terrestrial waves which can produce earthquakes. The many stories about HAARP activities are too long to list here, but the primary question is: Are any of them true? And the answer is, NO! At least those activities are not occ...
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Blu-ray Hammers Yet Another Nail in HD DVD's Coffin
2008-01-12 13:49:00
'Announces spectacular market dominance.'Although nothing's absolutely sure for the time being, it would seem that the next-generation format war between HD DVD and Blu-ray might end a lot sooner than expected, with HD DVD about to suffer a bitter defeat. And in order to further emphasize their market dominance,the group supporting Sony's format has issued at this year's CES a statement based on several market research reports, in which it kinda thrashes their rivals.Thus, according to sales figures from Home Media Research, Blu-ray Disc movie titles outsold HD DVD in the United States by a nearly 2-to-1 margin last year, in just about every week of the year. Furthermore, Blu-ray editions of titles released on both formats consistently outsold their HD DVD counterparts by significant margins. Moreover, the total US sales of Blu-ray movie titles topped six million in December, 2007, compared to the sales of HD DVD discs, which are yet to reach four million units.On the other han...
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Now a $75 Laptop
2008-01-11 05:06:00
'A spin-off from OLPC, Pixel Qi, is looking to create a $75 laptop and trying to advance low-cost computers and power-efficient laptops.'A laptop under US$100 could reach desks if a new venture formed by former chief technology officer of One Laptop Per Child, Mary Lou Jepsen, can deliver on its promises.A "spin-out" from OLPC, the company, Pixel Qi is looking to create a $75 laptop and trying to advance low-cost computers and power-efficient laptops, mobile phones and other consumer electronics that are sunlight readable, Jepsen wrote on the company's Web site.Jepsen left OLPC two weeks ago to commercialize technologies she invented with OLPC, she said in an e-mail to the IDG News Service at the time. A patent lists Jepsen as one of the inventors of a display system optimized for low-power operation."Spinning out from OLPC enables the development of a new machine, beyond the XO [laptop], while leveraging a larger market for new technologies," Jepsen wrote.There is a big commerci...

CES: Delphi's Dashboard of the Future
2008-01-09 04:58:00
According to Delphi's research, drivers who keep their eyes within a 20 degree range are less distracted, and therefore less likely to crash. Its four-screen dashboard prototype lets drivers keep their eyes within that range, by using video screens instead of mirrors, and putting them inside the car rather than outside.The company's ICP (Information, Convenience, Protection) system includes seven cameras: two on the sides, two in the back (a long-range camera for the highway and a short-range one for reverse), twoin the interior (one replaces the rear-view mirror, the other keeps an eye on those bickering kids in the back seat), and one camera that's aimed at the driver.Using facial recognition, the system adjusts temperature and seat position for each driver, and can be used as an antitheft device, in that the car won't start unless it recognizes the driver's mug (the system can hopefully be disabled for Halloween and other occasions). Delphi also plans to include video tuto...
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How to Tell Real Diamonds from the Fake Ones?
2008-01-09 04:54:00
'The luminescent properties of blue diamonds'The Hope Diamond, currently housed by the Smithsonian Natural History MuseumWell, for an average person to tell the difference between a diamond and an inexpensive cubic zirconia crystal is pretty easy, as the cubic zirconia quickly loses its luster.However, while dealing with a real diamond and a synthetic one, the identification process could prove to be a challenge taking into consideration the fact that most of us never held a real diamond in our hand, and probably never will. Professional trained jewelers use specialized equipment to evaluate the 4 C's of a diamond crystal: clarity, cut, color and carat weight.Nevertheless, even the keen eye of an experienced jeweler could be fooled by artificial crystals, synthesized through modern crystal growth techniques. While shined with ultraviolet light, the world famous Hope Diamond seems to give off an eerie red glow, fact that could reveal a new method of testing for fake diamonds.As th...
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Healthy Lifestyle Prolongs Your Life by 14 Years!
2008-01-09 04:51:00
'Make the most of it'Living like Brad Pitt will prolong your life by 14 years! Exercising, not drinking too much, eating your fruit and vegetables and not smoking can have this impact on you,as found by a research made by the University of Cambridge and the Medical Research Council of Norfolk (UK) between 1993 and 2006 and published in The Public Library of Science Medicine.The long study was made on 20,000 subjects aged 45 to 79. Those who did not match any of the criteria were four times more likely to have deceased during the research period.Subjects were socially mixed, overwhelmingly white and did not experience cancer or heart issues at the beginning of the research. Each of the next criteria represented a point: currently non-smoker, drinking just 1-14 units of alcohol (0.5-7 glasses of wine) weekly, consuming five servings of fruit and vegetables daily and being active (having a sedentary job but exercising at least 30 minutes daily or having a non-sedentary job).4 points ...
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Better caring for you
2008-01-09 04:09:00
Like anybody, you too care about yourself and your loved ones. While you spend your time with your family and friends, you have questions about how you should work to be a better person who cares about them. I have come across another great website that helps you be that better person. Visit www.BetterCaring.com. It is a dedicated service for anyone who needs answers to crucial questions about care for themselves or their loved ones. BetterCaring provides resources covering issues that are important to the choices you make. This includes finances as well as options such as home or residential care.I kind of liked this website cause its very nice to have somebody to answer your all your crucial questions. Unlike many other 'care homes', this website is clean with a user friendly interface, its easy to navigate through the website and its simple to use even for a new internet user.

First iPhone Trojan in the wild
2008-01-09 04:01:00
'The first warnings about the Trojan were posted on Saturday on the iPhone modification forum ModMyiFone.com, said security vendor F-Secure. When installed, the Trojan appeared to do nothing more than display the word "shoes", according to the ModMyiFone post.'However, when a user attempted to uninstall the malicious code, the application wiped files from the /bin directory, breaking "Erica's Utilities" such as sendfile. Erica's Utilities are a collection of command-line utilities for the iPhone, according to security vendor Symantec, which warned on Monday that the Trojan also overwrites OpenSSH, an open-source encryption protocol.The Trojan, known as "iPhone firmware 1.1.3 prep", or "113 prep", is the first to be seen in the wild, according to Symantec researcher Orla Cox."This is technically the first Trojan horse seen for the iPhone; however, it does appear to be more of a prank than an actual threat," Cox wrote in a blog post. "The impact of uninstalling the 'Trojan' woul...
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The New Air-Compressed Car: 200 Km (125 mi) with Just $ 2 (1.5 Euro)!
2008-01-07 20:05:00
We are in the middle of a dreadful global warming that could melt all the Arctic glaciers by the middle of this century. Humankind is in a struggle to find all kind of technologies reducing the emissions of greenhouse effect gases. And one of the main emitters of these gases are cars. Sun-powered cars would emit no polluting gases at all, but so far this technology has not convinced.But now, BBC News is signaling that a French company has come with a pollution-free carfunctioning on compressed air. The car is produced by India's Tata Motors and, by the end of 2008, it could be bought from Euro pe and India.The air-compressed car, known under the name of Mini-CAT or City Cat, would be refueled in just a few minutes from a special air compressor that can be found at the gas stations. A 1.5 Euro fill ($ 2) would allow you to go 200 km (125 mi).The new car could reach a maximum speed of 70 mph (110 km per hour) and could cost only $7000 (4,750 Euro) !The car has a body made of fiberglas...
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GM Aims to Put Driverless Cars on the Road by 2018
2008-01-07 19:59:00
'General Motors envisions a huge change taking place on U.S. roadways over the next 10 years. The company plans to test driverless car technology by 2015 and have cars on the road around 2018. The results could mean improvements in traffic, safety and auto emissions, but many questions remain regarding regulation and whether drivers will ever want to hand the wheel over to a computer.'Cars that drive themselves -- even parking at their destination -- could be ready for sale within a decade, General Motors (NYSE: GM) Latest News about General Motors executives say.GM, parts suppliers, university engineers and other automakers all are working on vehicles that could revolutionize short- and long-distance travel. Tuesday at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, GM Chief Executive Rick Wagoner will devote part of his speech to the driverless vehicles."This is not science fiction," Larry Burns, GM's vice president for research and development, said in a recent interview.'A Total...
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Why Do Drops of Liquid Form Spheres in Space?
2008-01-07 19:07:00
Astronaut Leroy Chiao, Expedition 10 commander and NASA ISS science officer,watches a sphere of water float between him and the camera, showing his image refracted,on the International Space Station. Credit: NASA.Whether water sits in a lake or a glass of water, Earth?s gravity pulls the liquid downward into the shape of the container it?s in.But in space, gravity?s effects are different. Objects in orbit are indeed affected by gravity, but they are in freefall, moving constantly sideways while falling toward Earth [ This renders them effectively weightless.Up there, surface tension shapes water into spheres. Magnetic-like molecules on water?s surface cause the surface to behave like an elastic skin. Each molecule is pulled with equal tension by its neighbors.The tight-knit group forms the smallest possible area?a sphere.Source: Live Science
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Scientists Fear Nanotech Threat to Environment, Health
2008-01-05 03:46:00
'More than 30 percent of scientists surveyed expressed concern that human health may be at risk from nanotechnology, while just 20 percent of the public held such fears. Twenty percent of the scientists responding indicated a concern that new forms of nanotechnology pollution may emerge, while only 15 percent of the public thought that might be a problem.' The potential health and environmental consequences of nanotechnology are a source of greater concern to scientists than to the public at large, according to a new study published Sunday in the journal Nature Nanotech nology.The research, which was funded by the National Science Foundation and conducted by researchers at the University of Wisconsin at Madison and Arizona State University, included a national telephone survey of American households along with a sampling of 363 leading U.S. nanotechnology scientists and engineers. It found that experts with the most insight into nanotech also have more concerns as to the he...
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How Do Satellites 'Fly'?
2008-01-03 19:25:00
'Satellites fall parallel to the surface of the planet.'Model of the first satellite put into space by mankind, Sputnik 1The word satellite originally meant 'co-traveler' or 'traveling companion', and was first attributed to natural bodies orbiting planets such as the Moon, for example, which is Earth's satellite. Currently, the word satellite is mostly used to describe man-made instruments orbiting the Earth, while moons circling planets are called natural satellites. The vast majority of the satellites are put into the orbit with the help of rockets and are designed to carry out military missions, weather forecasts, scientific studies or telecommunication transmission.Incredible as it may seem, the first artificial satellite put into Earth's orbit was not an American one, but a soviet satellite, and had the role of studying the upper layers of the atmosphere. At first, the U.S. scientists thought that the announcement made by the Russians was a joke; however, when they det...

?Knol? Google?s Wikipedia Killer, is it?
2008-01-03 16:12:00
(Click to enlarge)After Google ?s Q&A debacle, Google has quietly launched upcoming knowledge portal called ?Knol ?. Concept is very similar to hugely popular Wikipedia of user generated content. Though one can also feel little vibes of popular about.comKnol involves users generate content on topics they are familiar. Here writers are known as ?Knols? who write on topics they expertise in. Author can choose to include ads and Google will provide the author with substantial revenue share from the proceeds of those ads. However, inclusion of ads is an author?s option.Knols will include strong community tools. People will be able to submit comments, questions, edits, additional content, and so on. Anyone will be able to rate a knol or write a review of it. Knols will also include references and links to additional information.The goal is for knols to cover all topics, from scientific concepts, to medical information, from geographical and historical, to entertainment, from product in...
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New Fabric Resists Bomb Blasts
2008-01-03 14:55:00
Zetix is a remarkable fabric from Auxetix Ltd; it can resist multiple bomb blasts without tearing. It is a member of a class of fabrics called auxetics that actually become thicker when stretched out.The idea that a material could become thicker when stretched out is contrary to our usual experience with objects that stretch. For example, a plain bungee cord will indeed get thinner when stretched. However, if you entwine it with a stiffer cord, and then stretch out the two together, the stiffer white-colored cord becomes taut, while the bungee cord wraps around it.Now, imagine a fabric that uses this same principle at a much smaller level; when you stretch the fabric, it actually thickens up.When this principle is applied to protective fabrics, the results are dramatic. Most blast-resistant materials fail when exposed to the energy of a explosive blast. However, the Zetix material thickens to resist the blast, and then returns to its earlier state.This kind of material has a surpris...
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Real UFO and Alien Sightings
2008-01-03 10:45:00
Actually, i was willing to write an article on this from a while. I was researching on UFO sightings and human abduction cases and i came across a number of websites where i got pictures and stories of many UFO sightings in almost every country of the world. Recently i found a website (http://www.ufoevidence.org) which has a jaw dropping huge database of real and controversial UFO cases from all over and will make you grasp that 'we definitely are not alone'. I read many articles on UFOEvidence and i like to share some of the most catchy ones.One of them was a sighting in 2003 at Weyauwega, United States. Full reportWeyauwega, Wisconsin, United States (Click to enlarge)This one is a very clear photo graph of the UFO hovering in the sky at Zdany, Poland. Full reportZdany, Poland (Click to Enlarge)UFOs are mentioned even in the Holy Bible . View this link thats contains the two important verses from the Bible about flying objects.Many people have experienced a close alien encounter,...
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