There are some things that changed little or not at all since the first compatible x86 computer rolled out the assembly line. Other things change many times with the years, while other simply disappeared and were replaced by other hardware parts and standards.One of the most stable things in the entire computer indus... |
25 July 2007
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Lightning and music don't seem to go together very well, as an unfortunate man found out the hard way. He was jogging in Vancouver, Canada and listening to music on his MP3 player, when a lightning struck a tree nearby and his earphones conducted the electricity through his head.Fortunately for him, it wasn... |
12 July 2007
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The design of the electric motor, which converts electrical energy into mechanical energy, hasn't changed much since it was invented, some 50 years ago. New technological developments in the field of superconductors are about to change that.El Hadj Ailam and colleagues working at the Université Henri Poincaré i... |
25 May 2007
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Everybody knows that wire tapping is an extremely useful tool for police agencies around the world. Getting a witness or an undercover agent to wear a wire on a meeting with a crime boss is something else.It's very risky for the cop and very easy for the bad guys to find a wire stuck to the body with duct tape.... |
22 May 2007
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When you hear "glass", a window pane comes to mind. Ever tried bending one? Surely not, since most people are not very fond of glass shards. And yet, a new type of metallic glass bends in more than acceptable physical limits and "bends" again in commercial products like electric transformers, golfclubs and more. Ask ... |
10 March 2007
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