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Transparent solar cells allow for infrared-harvesting windows

| September 1, 2012
01. 09. 2012
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Renewable energy researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles, have created transparent solar cells that are nearly 70 percent transparent. One day this give rise to windows that generate enough electricity to power a building....

Verdict on the Raspberry Pi computer is in

| May 17, 2012
17. 05. 2012
Raspberry Pi

The Raspberry Pi computer, the size of a credit-card was designed to encourage children to learn programming. It caught the imagination of millions when it was unveiled in February 2012. The website where...

Star Trek Technology – It’s Closer Than You Think

| May 15, 2012
15. 05. 2012
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Star Trek has been around for 45 years, spawning 6 television series, and 11 movies, with a 12th on the way! Star Trek technology has inspired many of us all throughout the decades...

SolO – the state of the art solar orbiter satellite

| May 1, 2012
01. 05. 2012
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The British industry is to lead the production of the Solar Orbiter (SolO), a spacecraft that will travel closer to our Sun than any man made space craft to date. SolO will take...

A world of touch screen glass

| January 22, 2012
22. 01. 2012
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Touch screen technology is definetly taking off, it was revolutionised by the Apple iPhone, and since then has been incorporated into as many gadgets as possible. Even conventional laptops and desktop computers are...

The Space Shuttle’s last mission marks the end of an era

| July 22, 2011
22. 07. 2011
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In case you were on a deserted island, or were in an area that suffered a complete blackout of electricity, you’ve probably heard that the American Nasa Space Shuttle program has been scrapped....

Ballistics calculator for the military? There’s an App for that!

| February 15, 2011
15. 02. 2011
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Apparently now the US military are going mad over deployment of iPod Touch devices with specially developed apps aimed at helping soldiers out in the field. Apps perform a varying range of services and operations...

Ever wanted a Millennium Falcon? Here are the blueprints

| November 21, 2010
21. 11. 2010
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If you’re like me, a sci-fi junkie, you’re not doubt a fan of Star Wars (even if you think there are only 3 movies instead of 6…). The Millennium Falcon for me was...

Robot uses an Xbox 360 Kinect system to see the world

| November 19, 2010
19. 11. 2010
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I’m sure many of you have seen and heard of the amazing hacks people are performing with the new Xbox 360 Kinect system, but this one particularly drew my attention, possibly due to...

The Real life Starship Voyager

| November 17, 2010
17. 11. 2010
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I’ll happily be the first to admit I’m a Star Trek fan of all the series (except for the Enterprise series) and movies, even the even-numbered ones! I’ve tried turning my computer’s operating...

Augmented Reality… I can’t wait for it to really kick off!

| November 10, 2010
10. 11. 2010
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  Videos by Keiichi Matsuda for his Masters in Architecture at UCL http://www.keiichimatsuda.com As seen in the video above the possibilities of Augmented Reality (AR) are endless and only limited by imagination. Clearly...