While research labs around the world cut back, IBM continues to remain committed to R&D, even in areas that may not pay back for 10 to 15 years. There is no better example of this then the...
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this story intrigued meas how a body reaction and movement can generate electricity." This can be a possibility as the this body movement, beating of a human heart or simply the blood flow can be converted into electricity using nanowires made up of zinc oxide. Zinc-oxide...
Have you always wanted to ride in a paper airplane? In the future, computers, TVs, cars and planes may be made from "buckypaper"; a nanotube-based material that's stronger than steel and possibly...
" " In a breakthrough study, European physicists have developed a unique computer circuit that can build itself - a development that can lead to self-assembling computers. Scientists took a long organic molecule with mobile electrons, called quinquethiophene that acts...
" " The problem? Bee colonies are dying, and have been decimated by 30 - 40 % since 2006 by what is called 'colony collapse disorder', threatening crops both in the United States and around the world. Industrial Nanotech, Inc. announced the launch of new patented...
The Royal Society of London has stated that nanotechnology chemicals should be defined as new chemicals, because they cannot be compared with the chemicals they are derived from. Nanotechnology toxins are abundant in Personal Care products, which is largely an unregulated...
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New Toy Safety Law Will Likely Become Law - As reported by the Chicago Tribune, it would "require manufacturers and importers to subject toys and other nursery products to strict safety tests before they hit store shelves." Secondly, "the legislation would phase in a near-ban...
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A new nano-biochip tht can analyze a few drops of saliva could possiblyhelp give early diagnosis of a heart attack, report researchers at the University of Texas at Austin.
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With this technology, a pair of young lovers embracing on a cliff during a romantic windstorm could power the dead car battery that stranded them there in the first place."BOSTON (AP) — Someday, your shirt might...
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Carbon nanotubes have a sound future in the electronics industry, say researchers who built the world's first all-nanotube transistor radios to prove it.
The nanotube radios, in which nanotube devices provide...
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Imagine running your laptop nonstop from New York to Tokyo -- crunch some numbers, work on a memo pop in a few DVDs-- and then do a full day of meetings, using your machine throughout the day and into the night. Imagine doing all this without ever plugging in your computer to...
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Small can be beautiful, although the project itself, writing the bible on the head of pin is of limited commercial value (ebay perhaps) it does demonstrate what modern nanotechnology can accomplish. The article...
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A new technology is able to stop a car if the driver has alcohol in his or her blood--without requiring a blow test. Seems like a good idea to me, but I'm sure a lot of people will take issue with the idea....
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"A single hard drive with four terabytes of storage (4TB) could be a reality by 2011, thanks to a nanotechnology breakthrough by Japanese firm Hitachi.
The company has successfully managed to shrink the read-write head of a hard drive to two thousands times smaller than the...
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