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Poly Implant Prothese: Breast Implants Recalled Over Gel Used
Breast Implant RecallBreast implants using unauthorized silicone gel are being recalled by French health authorities. French manufacturer Poly Implant Prothese (PIP) has allegedly misreported the type of gel it has used. It has not been established yet that the form of...
created by Yuliya Talmazan | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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Improving US development but forced to live in Canada.
"[ Sanjay G. Mavinkurve's] case highlights the technology industry’s argument that the United States will struggle to compete if it cannot more easily hire foreign-born engineers." In the middle of what is considered as the rough economic crisis since 1929, this article...
Low cost solar energy: thanks to organic solar cells
Cost has been the main factor inhibiting large scale use of solar energy, an abundant and clean form of energy. A large portion of this cost goes for solar panels that contain photovoltaic cells necessary for converting the sun’s energy into a usable form... 864 views | 14 recommendations | 4 comments
Searching for solar’s feedstock
Researchers at UC Berkeley, and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) have begun a project that ultimately hopes to find a replacement for silicon in the solar industry. The use of silicon is... CyberOr Sand and Light
" And the journey continues. Dr. Rabbi Moshe Dror continues to unpack the secrets in the Biblical texts. The correlation of Abraham’s journey with our cyber journey goes much further and deeper. In the narrative...The Valley to See More Layoffs?
"Another cluster of Web and media companies announced layoffs yesterday, among them blogging software company Six Apart, Wired, and Al Gore's Current. It was enough to cause plenty of panic at Valley...Black Silicon Generates Hundreds of Times More Solar Power
New breakthrough type of silicon "generates hundreds of times more current than conventional silicon"; potential uses include x-rays, night vision, digital photography, in vitro imaging, infrared detectors, etc. More environmentally friendly and cheaper than current...
created by Erik Larson | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago
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Senate bill sets guidelines for cybersecurity center
"A new authorization bill would give the White House more oversight of the Homeland Security Department's much-beleaguered cybersecurity efforts. The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on...
created by RayBanBro66 | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago
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131 views | 2 recommendations | 2 comments
Moneytalk: $3bn Jazan city, saudi Bin Laden Group builds Economic city
"Saudi Bin Laden Group plan a $3 billion smelter here to help create 500,000 jobs. Jazan will also attempt to build Saudi industries in silicon processing, agri-technology, textiles, food processing, and...Bored With Web 2.0? Demand Change
Some interesting thoughts on the role of technology in making the world better. I disagree with a couple of Haque's contentions. Alot of money has been going into green technologies. According to Goldman Sachs investment increased from $400 billion in 2003 to $3 trillion in...Racetrack – The Future Of Computer Memory Systems :: Symblogogy
"Almaden Research Center - Image Credit: The Almaden Research Center (IBM) Racetrack – The Future Of Computer Memory SystemsA new way and concept of looking at retrievable, stored memory has just...
created by Edmund Jenks | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago
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1816 views | 10 recommendations | 1 comment
Researchers develop bendable silicon circuit
" Researchers in the United States and Singapore have developed a fully functioning silicon integrated circuit that can be bent, stretched and folded.Traditional circuits are made on thin, rigid silicon wafers,...Fire guts historic Silicon Valley building
" An early morning fire on Saturday swept through Building 25 at IBM's Cottle Road campus in San Jose, Calif., according to a report in the San Jose Mercury News. The building, which opened in 1957 but had been vacant since 1996, was the site where the flying hard disk...Intel releases first chip with 2 billion transistors
Bad news first: Intel's new transistor-laden chip will be expensive--techradar.com guesstimates somewhere in the $5,000 USD range.The Good news is you probably won't need it. It's for high-end servers.Still...Body Heat Could Charge Your Cellphone
"An anonymous reader writes to mention Nature is reporting that scientists have discovered a much more efficient way to use silicon to convert heat into electricity. This offers the possibility of many different applications including possibly charging your portable...NowPublic on Facebook
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