Articles in the Technology Category
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Solar power, the holy grail of renewable energy, while has always faced the problem of how to store the energy captured from the sun’s rays so that demand for electricity can be met at night or whenever the sun is not shining, found its only solution. The PS-10 solar tower plant at Sanlucar la Mayor, Seville, Spain was the first Europe’s solar project, which completed on April 29, 2008. The solar tower plant, the first commercial solar tower in the world was made by the Spanish company called Solucar (Abengoa), can provide electricity for up to 6,000 …
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It is often said that smoking cigarette is highly injurious to health. This statutory warning can be seen in all the packets of cigarettes that are available all over the world. Even though, the number of smokers is increasing continuously. The smokers are fond of smoking and they cannot restrict themselves for getting the pleasure out of these cigarettes and other smoking items. Since, the smoking restrictions are enforced in almost all the countries in the world, therefore they often fall in troublesome situations to satisfy their taste. Now with the making of electronic cigarette, their long-time …
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This is just too insane! How many people in this earth can actually imagine that actually a mere school bus speed can reach up to 367 mph (or 590 km/h)? I don’t until now. A big thanks to Paul Stender for his weird hobby, and MIROS Road Safety via Telegraph UK for providing us the stunning news of the auto world. As far as I concerned, this is about the second time such madness happened to the motor world, after the insanity of drag truck powered by rocket engine.
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Humans have always known sun for its scorching heat but researchers and technology gurus are now changing the way we look at sun. Research scientists in Tunisia and Morocco are now working on a new innovative refrigerator that would use sun’s scorching heat and light and convert it to cool large factories that are involved in food packaging and frozen foods. As per the reports and surveys done by various industrial organizations it has been found that large industries and factories consume a lot of electrical power to keep their products cool and to avoid them from perishing.
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The world under the ocean has still many secrets that we are not aware of and MIT engineers are now ready to explore the unexplored regions under the water with their latest invention called the Robofish. The prototype looks very much like a trout and contains only 10 parts which are covered by a body made from single soft polymer. MIT engineers confessed that the inspiration for making such a device came from Robotuna which was first invented in the year 1994 but it did not succeed because the fish was too large and contained thousands of parts …
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Nokia is the world’s leading mobile phone supplier and a top supplier of mobile and fixed telecom networks. In 1997, its net sales totaled FIM 52.6 billion (USD 9.8 billion) and the number grower each year. Headquartered in Finland, Nokia is listed on five European Stock Exchanges and on the New York Stock Exchange, has sales in 130 countries and employs more than 42,000 people world-wide. Have you ever imagined how it looks inside a Nokia Factory?
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I think since I was still an undergraduate student, the Acer Ferrari One notebook certainly stands out from the crowd with its personalized racing red cover and zippy performance. Inspired by Scuderia Ferrari elements, the Ferrari One definitely sets itself apart from the rest of the notebook field with its scarlet red lid and famous prancing horse badge.
While many not realize, to complete its sporty look, the notebook also features a carbon fiber-design for the palm-rest, Ferrari-engraved touchpad with multi-gesture functionalities and. If you get this, four rubber feet that look like tires. …
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These are the converted cars that look like Pikachu, the famous Pokemon character. The cars have been painted yellow; even ears and a mouth have been added. The hub caps are poke balls. Will you spend your dollars just to convert your beautiful car to be like that? Some people really did.
This Pikachu car has been spotted in the airport long term parking. Maybe a geek has meeting overseas.
The Pikachu car was displayed at some festival.
Very cute car…I want to have one..if only I have extra dollars
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I believe we’ve all seen how Duracell demonstrate how long its batteries last in advertisements with their bunny performing energy hungry tasks. Panasonic have decided the best advertisement is a real world test using a robot on a little three-wheel bike.
Image Credit: ChinaKevin
Evolta robot, which is powered by Panasonic’s Evolta batteries, claimed to be the world’s longest-lasting AA alkaline battery cells. The Evolta robot will challenge to cycle the racing course of the 24 hours of Le Mans in France. With that, Panasonic is attempting to set a new world record and in …
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If you can’t be bothered to untangle your headset to answer that important call, Jabra’s new range of wireless and Bluetooth headsets, the Jabra Halo and Jabra BT2080, could be what you are looking for. The Jabra Halo is the company’s top of the line wireless headset, which features an over the-head design and can be folded to save space.
The Halo also has noise-cancellation technology that helps filter out ambient noise as well as intelligently filter background noise with dual microphones for better audio quality. Adding to the coolness factor, it has a touch-sensitive …
