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Molecular motors on the run: In the nanotech world, molecular 'motors' have been heavily investigated during the last decade. And you probably read that these nano-carriers will one day be able to move a useful drug right where it's needed inside your body. But think for a minute to the size gap between yourself and...; Tags: filament, motor, cargo; Blog posts 2005-11-15
Reinventing the lightbulb, with nanotubes: Reinventing the lightbulb, with nanotubesAny analysis done on how these things behave in environment?Do the filaments degrade back to free carbon?Will nano-pollution be an issue?Edison vindicatedI believe Thomas Edison was the first with a carbon filament lamp. Kinda gone full circle haven't we?Not a problem?If you search online for the...; Tags: Nanotechnology, nanotube, filament, Edison, light-emitting diode; Discussion threads 2004-06-04

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FiberNet (zip): FiberNet is designed for MRP, warehouse, logistic and distribution operation of cotton traders & spinning mill . For cotton, wool or silk fiber whatever spun or filament.In view of the keep inflation of textile fiber around the world, material resources planning become an important issue for all spinner to keep...; Tags: Fiber, FiberNet, Network Technology, Supply Chain, Networking, Business Operations; Software downloads 2008-06-27
Will the feds phase out traditional lightbulbs?: Will the feds phase out traditional lightbulbs?What about the mercuryI'm all in favor of saving energy. One also has to look at other things than just the end product. Cost of production (energy, materials, chemicals that are hazardous)and disposal. In the case of floresents you have the introducution of mercury...; Tags: Engineering, Monitors & displays, light-emitting diode; Discussion threads 2007-05-08
Digg's revolt: Scary yet invigorating: Digg's revolt: Scary yet invigoratingDRM Not neededI am old enough to remember goverment-dictated 85 mph speedomenters and governors proposed. I remember Indiana legislating that an ugly single light had to be mounted on every vehicle in the state with the light;s filament running through the ignition circuit. Light burned out,...; Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), digital-rights management, Digg; Discussion threads 2007-05-02

The meaning of the OSDL lay-off: The meaning of the OSDL lay-offI've been wonering when Linux Torvalds will leave for Google.I would think he would get tired of being isolated and wamt to be where the biggest world-wide Linux super computer platform is run. It is also distribution neutral - they only use Linux.FSF/GNU Was rightOSDL...; Tags: Tools & Techniques, UNIX, Operating systems, software, Linux, Open Source Development Labs, programmer, open source; Discussion threads 2006-12-04
Novell to support Microsoft Office documents: Novell to support Microsoft Office documentsDoesn't have to beSince GPL is non-viral in nature, Novell could release software that wasn't GPL'd and would only run on SuSE. Or am I wrong in believing people when they say that GPL is non-viral in nature?Don't think so."All the other distros will benefit...; Tags: OpenDocument Format (ODF), Tools & Techniques, UNIX, Novell Inc., software, Microsoft Corp., OpenDocument Format, open source, OSS, Linux, Microsoft Office; Discussion threads 2006-12-04
Supreme Court weighs 'obviousness' of patents: Supreme Court weighs 'obviousness' of patentsThis might help, but patents will still stifle inovation.The best thing we could do is through copyright and trade secret.So will this effect McDonaldsWith there patent on making the sandwich, and Microsoft on the double click mouse which was just passed last year, or the...; Tags: patent, obviousness; Discussion threads 2006-11-28
Study finds near-zero growth in methane levels: Study finds near-zero growth in methane levelsCutting emmisions is uselessWhile emmission are a problem and cutting them could help it would only help if at the same time the populations of the world stopped destroy old growth rain forest and started planting more trees.The problem today is we can't cut...; Tags: emmision, gigaton, carbon dioxide; Discussion threads 2006-11-20
Inside a quantum dot: Until now, physicists who wanted to understand how electrons behaved at the nanoscale needed to choose between instruments which had good spatial resolution down to tens of nanometers or below or fast time resolution down to picoseconds, but not both. But researchers at the Ecole Polytechnique FÃ©dÃ©rale de Lausanne EPFL...; Tags: electron, did.The EPFL; Blog posts 2005-12-03
OSDL patent commons gets chilly reception from the "ouspoken": OSDL patent commons gets chilly reception from the "ouspoken"Patents are evil unless they are ours...Seems a strange argument to take into court.Patents are the greatest threat to ISVsThere is nothing in the horizon more threatening to ISVs than patents. They simply introduce legal uncertainty – and hence potential unbearable costs...; Tags: Constitution, Open Source Development Labs, patent, open source; Discussion threads 2005-08-13
Professional Portrait Studio for Amateur Digital Photography: We describe how to build a professional portable portrait studio that can be used with any consumer camera. The studio allows effortless off-line chroma- key insertion of backgrounds. Digital consumer cameras are designed for delivering acceptable images in typical outdoor or small room situations. The cameras fail when tungsten filament...; Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Digital Photography, Camera, Studio; White papers
Wooree Lighting Cuts Settlement Time and Achieves Real-Time Financial Management: Wooree Lighting products are installed in every major city from London and Paris to New York and Japan. Founded in 1966, the lighting specialist develops and produces incandescent, fluorescent, and halogen lamps, and filament coils. The company wanted to implement a solution to manage finance, manufacturing, and distribution processes. The...; Tags: Oracle Corp., Financial, Settlement, ERP, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Financial Management, Enterprise Software, Financial Accounting, Software, Financial Planning, Finance; Case studies