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Motoring: Audi R8 V10
Independent – 2 hours ago Feel no fear in the new R8 V10. It's a dream to drive: beautiful and balanced, powerful yet obedient By John Simister Standing water, a mid-mounted engine and 525bhp. Preview: 2010 Audi R8 5.2 V10 Vancouver Sun Audi's everyday supercar The Sun Automobile Magazine – Autoblog – Popular Mechanics all 12 news articles |
Smivs writes “The BBC are reporting on the development of tiny motors the size of a grain of salt which could power surgical Microbots. Some surgical procedures are hindered by the size or inflexibility of current instruments. For example, the labyrinthine network of blood vessels in the brain prevents the use of catheters threaded through larger blood vessels. Researchers have long envisioned that trends of miniaturisation would lead to tiny robots that could get around easily in the body. The problem until now has been powering them. Conventional electric motors do not perform as well as they are scaled down in size. As they approach millimetre dimensions, they barely have the power to overcome the resistance in their bearings. Now, research reported in the Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering has demonstrated a motor about 1/4mm wide, about the width of two human hairs.”
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Source claims EA Mythic Warhammer team hit with layoffs
Ars Technica – 18 hours ago By Frank Caron | Published: January 20, 2009 – 11:15AM CT While EA Mythic's Warhammer Online has proven to be a refreshing MMO experience with some excellent PVP mechanics, the game failed to keep its initial blurt of subscribers as Wrath of the Lich … Mythic staff facing Reckoning? GameSpot Reports: EA Restructuring Hits Mythic, Tiburon Gamasutra Neoseeker – CVG Online – Softpedia – GameFocus all 30 news articles Langue : Français |
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Source claims EA Mythic Warhammer team hit with layoffs
Ars Technica – 12 hours ago By Frank Caron | Published: January 20, 2009 – 11:15AM CT While EA Mythic's Warhammer Online has proven to be a refreshing MMO experience with some excellent PVP mechanics, the game failed to keep its initial blurt of subscribers as Wrath of the Lich … Mythic staff facing Reckoning? GameSpot Mythic: EA layoffs won't stymie Warhammer Online development Neoseeker Gamasutra – CVG Online – GameFocus – Escapist Magazine all 24 news articles Langue : Français |
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Source claims EA Mythic Warhammer team hit with layoffs
Ars Technica – 7 hours ago By Frank Caron | Published: January 20, 2009 – 11:15AM CT While EA Mythic's Warhammer Online has proven to be a refreshing MMO experience with some excellent PVP mechanics, the game failed to keep its initial blurt of subscribers as Wrath of the Lich … Mythic: EA layoffs won't stymie Warhammer Online development Neoseeker Reports: EA Restructuring Hits Mythic, Tiburon Gamasutra Escapist Magazine – CVG Online – GameFocus – Eurogamer all 23 news articles Langue : Français |
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Source claims EA Mythic Warhammer team hit with layoffs
Ars Technica – 2 hours ago By Frank Caron | Published: January 20, 2009 – 11:15AM CT While EA Mythic's Warhammer Online has proven to be a refreshing MMO experience with some excellent PVP mechanics, the game failed to keep its initial blurt of subscribers as Wrath of the Lich … Reports: EA Restructuring Hits Mythic, Tiburon Gamasutra EA Mythic next for job losses CVG Online GameFocus – Eurogamer – Shacknews – MMORPG blog all 20 news articles Langue : Français |
 New York Times |
Light Bulbs: Which Do You Use?
New York Times – 13 hours ago By Tom Zeller Jr. Consumers are divided over compact fluorescent light bulbs and their predecessor, the incandescent bulb. (Photo: Justin Maresch/Shutterstock) The facts are plain. Conservationist’s promotion of CFLs puzzles reader Independent and Free Press When CFLs Fail: How to Keep Your Compact Fluorescent Glowing Popular Mechanics MSNBC – Compound Semiconductors Online (press release) – Earthtimes (press release) all 14 news articles |
 Environmental Leader |
Even recycling hammered by economy
Collingwood Enterprise Bulletin – 14 Jan 2009 As the recession settles in for an unwelcome stay, both Grey and Simcoe budgets are being hit hard — even something as basic as recycling. Economic Slowdown Continues To Drive Recycling Industry Down Environmental Leader Economic crisis hits city recycling Christian Science Monitor Popular Mechanics all 4 news articles |
The rules of quantum mechanics are turning up everywhere these days, and may be behind the efficiency of photosynthesis, the accuracy of our sense of smell, and even the source of our conscious mind.
coondoggie writes “It’s not the first time researchers have tried to emulate flapping as a way to fly aircraft, but US Air Force-funded researchers are now looking at how bats move to help them develop future micro-aircraft. According to these researchers, birds, bats, and insects have some highly varied mechanical properties that researchers have so far not utilized in engineering flight vehicles. The idea is to reproduce bat mechanics and develop technology could lead to small, remote controlled aircraft able to move in places where fixed-wing aircraft have a hard time — like the interiors of buildings, caves, or tunnels.
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