Researchers at Northwestern University in Chicago have made a new discovery that could lead to better cochlear implants for deaf people.
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Energy To Power Video Games Could Power San Diego For A Year
Playing Video Games Wastes A Lot Of Power
A report by the Natural Resources Defense Council titled “Lowering the Cost of Play: Improving Energy Efficiency of Video Game Consoles” reveals that video game consoles across America collectively suck up “an estimated 16 billion kilowatt-hours per year – roughly equal to the annual electricity use of the city of San Diego.” So what’s the solution here – never game again?
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World’s Largest Laser Could Deliver Fusion Power
The National Ignition Facility out at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California is the size of a football stadium and equipped with the largest laser in the world. With said massive laser nearing completion – it’ll be done by 2009 – and the facility scheduled to begin testing in 2010, the folks running the show have set an ambitious timetable of realizing fusion power by 2011.
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Flat Light Bulb
Flat Light Bulbs
Light bulbs are…well bulbous. They take up way too much room, are a pain to store due to their shape, etc. Those newer corkscrew deals are no better. It’s an old design for an old world. That’s why Joonhuyn Kim’s concept makes sense. (Pics)
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World’s First Wave Farm Powers 1500 Homes
World’s First Wave Farm
There’s power in them thar waves! That’s why Portugal built Agucadoura, the world’s first wave farm off its coast, consisting of three Wave Energy Converters generating a total of 2.25MW.
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Cellophane House
Trying to hide from the neighbors? Well you definitely wouldn’t want to live in the cellophane house.
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Year 2030: Top Ten Predictions
The World Future Society has released a 10-page report forecasting more than 70 major global developments for the coming year and beyond. The OUTLOOK 2009 report examines the key trends in technology, the environment, the economy, international relations, etc., in order to paint a full and credible portrait of our likely future. Among the most provocative findings:
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Vampire Energy
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Vampire Energy: Electricity use of electronics simply by being plugged in.
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Rewiring The Brain May Help Treat Paralysis
Paralyzed monkeys regained the ability to move their wrists when their nervous systems were rewired.
Rerouting electrical signals around damaged nerves may one day help treat paralysis. A pair of partially paralyzed monkeys regained the ability to move their wrists when researchers wired individual neurons directly to the monkey’s arm muscles, according to a study published online in Nature on Wednesday.
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Power Portable Gadgets Just By Walking
Tired of your iPod running out of power? A Japanese company says it has found a way to charge portable gadgets just by walking.
Telecoms giant NTT is developing shoes that generate electricity as you walk.
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Dancers At Club Watt Light Up The Dance Floor
Club Watt dance floor
There were lots of stuff built to save electricity, and more eco-friendly.
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Eel Cells To Help Power Implants, Electrifying
Eel’s Electricity For Powering Implants
Artificial versions of the eel’s electricity generating cells can be used as a power source for medical implants and other tiny devices, suggests a study.
The paper, according to NIST engineer David LaVan, says that there are at least seven different types of electrical channels in eels, each with several possible variables to tweak, such as their density in the membrane.
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