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Slightly old but very small news

March 15th, 2007 · No Comments · Chicago, Science and Technology

Thin films may only be exciting to me but this news release really caught my attention:

New Research Could Lead to “Invisible” Electronics
EVANSTON, Ill. — Imagine a car windshield that displays a map to your destination, military goggles with targets and instructions displayed right before a soldier’s eyes or a billboard that doubles as a window.
Only [...]

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Bistable Nano Switch Demostrated

October 19th, 2006 · No Comments · Science and Technology

Researchers Develop Bistable Nanoswitch, From Northwestern University NewsCenter
Northwestern Researchers Develop Bistable Nanoswitch, From Small Times
I group I did research with for a short time at Northwestern University, under Horacio Espinosa, recently demonstrated a bistable nanoswitch.
But what does this mean?

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World’s Smallest Robotic Hand

October 18th, 2006 · No Comments · Science and Technology

(via /.)

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Check the Dates

October 11th, 2006 · No Comments · Science and Technology

must…not…make…lame…joke…about…checking…figs
damn
Several (maybe 2) versions of Amarok have been released since I wrote about the patch that fixes FLAC playback. This got me thinking that I should mention that it is always a good idea to check the date on information you find online. I get a lot of my linux support from blog posts and [...]

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HIV AIDS Correlation

September 26th, 2006 · No Comments · Philosophy, Science and Technology

A long, but interesting look at if HIV is the cause of AIDS and why there have been no conclusive studies done to support that hypothesis. It is worth watching.
[googlevideo=http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docId=-7392714813681917173&hl=en]

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Slashdot | First Quantum Cryptographic Data Network

August 30th, 2006 · 1 Comment · Science and Technology

Slashdot | First Quantum Cryptographic Data Network
Awesome Northwestern related news.

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Mo Fingers, Mo Problems?

August 14th, 2006 · No Comments · Science and Technology

from slashdot: http://www.designnews.com/CA6360672.html
be sure to play the movie.
welcome to the free market where independant inventors save people from becoming maimed.

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Today on Slashdot

July 25th, 2006 · No Comments · Science and Technology

 
 
Solar Power Minus the Light
Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Tuesday July 25, @05:27AM
from the green-energy-saving-green dept.

An anonymous reader writes “Popular Science is running a story about a small company trying to take advantage of all the global warming hype. Matteran Energy [...]

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