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Popular Mechanics September 2009 |
5 Metamaterials That Make Matter Invisible, Silent or Blindingly Fast When nature can't supply raw ingredients for next-generation hardware, scientists create their own. |
Popular Mechanics September 2009 Erik Sofge |
3 New Farm Bots Programmed to Pick, Plant and Drive Researchers say the key to the future of industrial farm robots is keeping costs down by adapting existing commercial vehicles instead of building new ones. |
Wired August 24, 2009 Christopher Mims |
Hammers, Water, Lasers Make Deep Drilling Easier The process of punching a well hasn't changed in a century, so researchers are focusing efforts on the development of a new generation of drills to improve drill time. |
Wired Brian Ashcraft |
Alphageek: Master of Paper Planes Aims for Space Takuo Toda's signature paper airplane is no ordinary bit of origami. |
Popular Mechanics September 2009 |
Behind the Scenes With the World's Most Ambitious Rocket Makers In late 2001, Tom Mueller was sacrificing his nights and weekends to build a liquid-fuel rocket engine in his garage. |
National Defense September 2009 Stew Magnuson |
CBP Initiates Second Phase of New Surveillance System Customs and Border Protection is making a second attempt at deploying a high-tech camera system south of Tucson, Ariz. that is designed to help Border Patrol agents interdict illegal migrants and drug smugglers. |
Chemistry World August 20, 2009 Lewis Brindley |
New nanoboxes take shape US researchers have made nano-sized boxes from nickel and tin - marking the first time that patterned 3D structures have been built on the nanoscale. |
Scientific American September 2009 Michael Moyer |
Quantum Entanglement, Photosynthesis and Better Solar Cells Quantum details of plants' food-making ability could improve photovoltaic technology |
Popular Mechanics August 14, 2009 Joe Pappalardo |
Autonomous Autos: New Kit Converts Any Vehicle Into a Robot (With Video) Utah-based Kairos Autonomi sells a conversion kit called the Pronto4 Strap-On Autonomy System that can transform any steered vehicle into an autonomous unmanned ground vehicle. |
National Defense September 2009 Robert H. Williams |
Advanced Solar Generators Move to Market in 2010 Four next generation solar powered collection dishes -- designed by Stirling Energy Systems and Tessera Solar -- were recently showcased. These new SunCatchers are cheaper and more efficient than previous models. |
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