Sometimes you can uncover great information, even it is being created by the true slumlords of the Internet. Plasma antennas are radiofrequency antennas that employ plasma as the guiding medium for electromagnetic radiation. Conventional antennas employ either metal or dielectric materials, such as teflon, to support antenna currents necessary for radiating electromagnetic fields. [...]

Tiny little power plants, micro fuel cells, will soon be powering everything from cell phones to laptop computers to a host of other handheld devices. Even the best lithium-ion cell-phone batteries provide only about four hours of talk time while these micro fuel cells could provide up to 20 hours. No recharging batteries here, [...]

It sounds like an oxymoron, but a new aluminium organic capacitor developed by Micromark can sustain its capacitance at unusually high operating frequencies. Applications include low voltage, high current power supplies for equipment such as desktop PCs and set top boxes.
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Spawned by a microfinance industry that was created to assist the less fortunate, microinsurance has carved out a specific market niche. This site is a thought leader in this emerging market. Insurance is a good tool to help reduce the vulnerability of poor people.
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Young consumers in Japan are opening their wallets to both prestigious brand-name imports and low-priced goods at the same time. Leading brand-name goods from overseas are enjoying booming sales.
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Maptech has developed a very creative full-functioning chartplotter program for your Pocket PC. This innovative new Pocket Navigator is a wireless GPS system for the Pocket PC that produces high resolution Aero, Marine, and Land maps for the entire world. So the next time you’re lost in the middle of North Dakota ….well, [...]