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Stories about: iridium

AxcessPoint Mail & Web App Hits iPhone, Free App Download Iridium is extending its AxcessPoint Wi-Fi hotspot product to the iPhone with a free app and $200 worth of sat-phone gear. Those of you who travel to remote places around the globe probably already have one should read on.Previously available for Blackberry customers, as well as Mac and Windows laptop users, the Irid... 24 November 2011 07:45 GMT Experts Produce First Thin Film Solar Cell Panel Regular solar cells are expected in the near future to be replaced by thin film cells, which are both cheaper and more efficient. Their costs are driven down by the fact that they require less material to construct, while their quality is boosted by the new materials it incorporates, and also its reduced thickness. J... 24 July 2009 08:55 GMT The Mystery of the Shrinking Standard Kilogram Surprisingly enough, nowadays, one kilogram weighs less than it did a century ago…about 50 micrograms less. The 118-year-old international prototype for the metric mass, kept tightly under lock outside Paris, is mysteriously losing weight. "The reference kilo appears to have lost 50 micrograms compared with the avera... 14 September 2007 06:41 GMT