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- Nanotechnology boosts solar cells performance
- Physicists from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign UIUC have improved the performance of solar cells by 60 percent. And they obtained this spectacular result by using a very simple trick. They've coated the solar cells with a film of 1-nanometer thick silicon fluorescing nanoparticles. The researchers also said that...
- Tags: Silicon, Performance, Nanoparticle, Particle, Nanotechnology, Cell, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2007-08-21
- Solar-powered cellphones
- In "Self-powered displays keep gadgets alive," New Scientist describes two new patents granted to Nokia and Motorola which plan to improve the batteries of our favorite handhelds see below for tips on how to find a full version of a patent. While Nokia wants to develop self-powered billboards, Motorola is...
- Tags: Wireless &, Telecom, Engineering &, Innovation, Energy &, Environment
- Blog posts 2007-05-05
- Solar cell breaks efficiency record
- Solar cell breaks efficiency recordBreak even at $1 per watt would be 3 yearsToday, I pay 11 cents per kilowatt-hour from Xcel Energy. At $1 per watt, a solar panel rated at 1000 watts would cost $1000. It would take 9000 hours of use to break even. ...
- Tags: Solar Cell
- Discussion threads 2006-12-07
- More powerful solar cells
- Today, solar cells are not a very efficient way to produce electricity, even if the source of energy is free. They can be manufactured from thick crystalline silicon wafers (300 microns thick) or thinner non-crystalline ones (about 2 microns thick). But 'thin' cells built are less efficient than 'thick' ones,...
- Tags: solar cell, cell
- Blog posts 2006-09-21
- Fractal stupidity
- Fractal stupiditySo long as $$$ drives usWe will never as a race achieve the greatness we could realize. Greed, in an object that truly has no real value is what is preventing the human race from moving forward. How many wonderful technologies have been shelved and forgotten because it would...
- Tags: Semiconductors, Telecom & Utilities, solar cell, stupidity, cell, fractal
- Discussion threads 2004-03-18
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- Cablevision blankets Long Island with Wi-Fi
- Cablevision Systems, one of the biggest cable providers in the New York City metro area, announced that it's completed the first stage of a massive Wi-Fi network project called Optimum WiFi that will eventually cover the New York/New Jersey/Connecticut tri-state area. The company says that its wireless networking equipment now...
- Tags: Cablevision Systems Corp., Wireless LANs, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Sean Portnoy
- Blog posts 2008-09-04
- News to know: Oracle's Fusion guru quits; Dell; Windows 7 boot times
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Dennis Howlett: Breaking: Oracle's Andersen gone, where now for Fusion and vertical plays? Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: New dual/quad core CPUs enter Intel price list, AMD drops prices ...
- Tags: Google Inc., Dell Computer Corp., Oracle Corp., Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Portals, Operating Systems, Cellular Phones, Software, Internet, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-09-04
- On stupid mascots and closed source browser plugins
- Everyone's been harping on Google this week with the release of Chrome, so I thought I would be different -- today I'm going to give Adobe some love. Because I bet they feel left out. Adobe's Flash and Acrobat Reader plugins are some...
- Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Web Browser Plug-in, Adobe Acrobat, Web Browser, Plug-in, Flash, Linux, Open Source, UNIX, Operating Systems, Software, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-09-03
- Michael Dell: Telcos may subsidize netbooks to sell 3G
- Dell CEO Michael Dell said he expects netbooks to eventually be subsidized by wireless telecom carriers that would sell the devices along with 3G service. The comments, made at the Citigroup Technology Conference on Wednesday, could shed some light on Dell's strategy as it announces a new...
- Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Telecommunications Company, 3G, Mergers & Acquisitions, Telecom & Utilities, Corporate Law, Cellular Phones, Telecommunications, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-09-03
- A virus in our genes, think about that....
- A virus in our genes, think about that....Not bad...You were doing good until about halfway through the post, when you might as well have pulled out your Barack Hussein Obama flag and waved it from the rooftops.Your gallop off into politics ruined what would otherwise have been a good read.RE:...
- Tags: Cyberthreats, Obama, gene, virus, Creationists, Natural Selection, Sarah Palin
- Discussion threads 2008-09-03
- Data Doctor Forensic Software - Pocket PC (exe)
- Pocket PC forensic investigator fetch OS registry information, folders data content, mobile information include inbox/outbox read unread text messages, contact number with name and other relevant information. Mobile phone inspection tool capable to display phone book, contact numbers, text messages, mobile manufacturer name, mobile IMEI International Mobile Equipment Identity number,...
- Tags: Software, Phone, Mobile, PC, Cell Phone, Data Recovery Software, Pocket PC, Advertising & Promotion, Handhelds, Hardware, Marketing
- Software downloads 2008-09-03
- 2008 Acura MDX
- Photo gallery:2008 Acura MDXThe 2008 Acura MDX remains largely unchanged from the 2007 model, when we reviewed the then-new redesign and found it chock full of tech options inherited from Acura's sedans, and with improved handling courtesy of similarly upgraded four-wheel-drive management. Back in 2006, the first-generation MDX had some...
- Tags: navigation system, Acura MDX, Acura, car
- Product reviews 2008-09-02
- Buffalo LinkStation Mini adds iTunes streaming for iPhones
- In the drab world of network-attached-storage NAS devices, Buffalo's LinkStation Mini stands out thanks to its palm-sized form factor (due to it using 2.5-inch notebook hard drives instead of the 3.5-inch desktop hard drives that most NAS devices utilize). It has a solid set of features as well, including print-server...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Hard Drive, NAS, Apple iTunes, App, Buffalo LinkStation Mini, Network-Attached Storage (NAS), Storage, Digital Music, Digital Media, Hardware, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Sean Portnoy
- Blog posts 2008-09-02
- 2.4 bln Bluetooth-enabled devices to ship worldwide by 2013
- By 2013, nearly 2.4 bln units of Bluetooth-enabled equipment will ship worldwide, with more than half that number representing cell phones, and when headsets are added, it brings the phones and headsets to more than 75% of the Bluetooth market, said ABI Research. Worldwide, by 2013, nearly 30% of all...
- Tags: Headset, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, Wireless, AM
- Blog posts 2008-09-02
- Google Chrome: Steal this browser
- Google Chrome: Steal this browserMemory Usage not commendableFirefox 3 uses lesser memory than Google Chrome. The base browser itself uses about 75MB and with 5 tabs opened, the total memory usage is around 200MB. Firefox with the same number of tabs is less than 100MB. Makes me wonder how efficient...
- Tags: Web browsers, Google Chrome, Web browser, Google Inc., Mozilla Firefox
- Discussion threads 2008-09-02
- CSI Stick grabs data from cell phones
- New device from Paraben works like a USB stick and could be used by law enforcement, thieves, or parents to snoop on the cell phone activities of anyone who leaves their phone unattended.
- Tags: Phone, Cell Phone, Cellular Phones, Telecom & Utilities, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, News, elinor mills, csistick, cell phones, data, fbi, hacking, security
- Videos 2008-09-02
- Kigo Video Converter Pro (exe)
- Kigo Video Converter Pro for Win support all popular video formats including AVI, DivX, XviD, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, WMV, ASF, MOV, VOB, MP4, 3GP, 3G2 or QuickTime into iPod, PSP, Zune, MP4, 3GP, 3G2, AVI, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, WMV, DivX, XviD, ASF, MOV, VOB video files. Extract audio from video files to...
- Tags: MPEG-1, Video, KVC, Corporate Communications, Digital Video, Digital Media, Digital Music, Marketing, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics
- Software downloads 2008-09-02
- Need4 3GP Converter (exe)
- Need4 3GP Converter is an easy-to-use and powerful 3GP converter allowing to save any unprotected DVD files and video to 3GP with various settings for preview on your cell phone. Convert DVD, MP4, MPEG, MOV, WMV, AVI to 3GP. With Need4 3GP Converter you will quickly save any part of...
- Tags: 3gp, Need4Video, Need4 3GP Converter
- Software downloads 2008-09-01
- Speech Recognition Based on DTW (zip)
- Speech Recognition Based on DTW - Matlab source code. Searching for the best path that matches two time-series signals is the main task for many researchers, because of its importance in these applications. Dynamic Time-Warping DTW is one of the prominent techniques to accomplish this task, especially in speech recognition...
- Tags: Technique, Luigi Rosa, DTW, Speech Recognition, Productivity, Emerging Technologies
- Software downloads 2008-08-31
- Philips NP1100/37
- Digital audio streamers may seem like old news in 2008, but the reality is that the product type has only reached maturity in the past couple of years, with relatively affordable, stable products like the Squeezebox Classic and the Apple TV. Still, both of those products are upward of $230...
- Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Monitors & displays, power button, Philips NP1100/37, Squeezebox Classic, Philips Electronics N.V.
- Product reviews 2008-08-29
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