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The RepRap. RepRap stands for Replicating Rapid-prototyper, meaning that a reprap machine can make the parts to build another reprap machine. Which is kinda cool. If you want to build your own click here. Stuff made by a reprap. I heard about this when the inventor was interviewed on The Future and You podcast.
Filed under: Gadget, Open Source | Tagged: 3D Printer, Open Source, RepRap | 5 Comments »
Motor Trend has an article on using ammonia for fuel. It’s a good article, it points out pluses and minuses of using ammonia as a fuel source. One thing it doesn’t mention is that a pair of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers NCOs had a pickup truck fueled by ammonia driving around the Washington, D.C. [...]
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Not really news, they have been a pain to deal with for years. Now the final straw. I’m moving my domains off their service, and ipower doesn’t send out a confirmation of transfer notice. So, I have to wait days for transfer wait to time out. It’s this type of behavior that is why [...]
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One of the big stumbling blocks to widespread solar (besides its current high cost), is the ability to store power for use at night or cloudy days. Daniel Nocera, a professor of chemistry at MIT, has found an effective way to use sunlight to extract hydrogen from water. This is lab scale only so far. [...]
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The Navy is rolling out it’s new littoral combat ship, the U.S.S. Independence. The 127 meter long trimaran hull will pull 60 knots (that the Navy will admit publicly to), with a crew of 40. In addition to the advanced sensor package, it carries a configurable mix of guns, missiles and helicopters. It can even [...]
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Urbin Technology is now on Twitter.
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Japan’s Daily Yomiuri Online has a very chilling story about Communist China concerning technology imported their country. The Chinese government plans to introduce a new system requiring foreign firms to disclose secret information about digital household appliances and other products starting from May, sources said Thursday. … If a company refuses to disclose such information, [...]
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