A Rainbow of Lasers

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From Chemical & Engineering News: Latest News: A new material makes it possible to use a single manufacturing process to build lasers that emit different colors under low-energy excitation. Current technology requires different materials and manufacturing methods for lasers of different

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Engineers Develop Novel System for Producing
Conductive Films

post from CR4 - Recent Blog Entries on 07 May 2012 10:16:44 AM. © CR4 - Recent Blog Entries

From Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories: Yale engineers have developed a novel automated system for generating strong, flexible, transparent coatings with promising uses in lithium-ion battery and fuel cell production, among other applications. Read the whole arti

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Connect The Physical World To The Web With Ninja
Blocks

post from Singularity Hub on 07 May 2012 10:13:35 AM. © Singularity Hub

Most of us live in two separate worlds, the real world and the digital world of the Internet. Some strides [...]

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OpenSource Rapid Prototyping (3D Printing)

post from CR4 - Recent Blog Entries on 07 May 2012 10:00:00 AM. © CR4 - Recent Blog Entries

From the RepRap Wiki:"The RepRap project is an initiative to develop a 3D printer that can print most of its own components...As an open design, all of the designs produced by the project are released under a free software license...Due to the self-replicating ability of the machine, au

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A Vespa That Traffic Wont Mess With

post from CR4 - Recent Blog Entries on 07 May 2012 10:00:00 AM. © CR4 - Recent Blog Entries

Longtime blog readers will no doubt recognize the Vespa-with-a-cannon variant, which mounted a 57mm cannoncino under the seat and through the leg shield. We'd always believed they were for transporting purposes only, but according to Coys, which will run a 1959 example through its Monaco aucti

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Once a Decade

post from Planetary Society Blog on 07 May 2012 09:46:47 AM. © Planetary Society Blog

Once a Decade

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To the Moon, Alice

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To the Moon, Alice?

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Umbra in Paradise: The July 11, 2010 Planetary
Society Solar Eclipse Expedition

Umbra in Paradise: The July 11, 2010 Planetary Society Solar Eclipse Expedition

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Disney Touché Turns Everyday Objects Into
Multi-Touch, Gesture-Recognizing Interfaces

From ExtremeTech: Disney Research, the bleeding edge guerilla technology arm of The Walt Disney Company, has created Touché, a system that can turn almost any object or substance into a multi-touch, gesture-recognizing interface. At its most basic, Touché could be used to enhance touchsc

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May 7, 558: The Roof Caves In on the Hagia Sophia

From Wired Top Stories: The roof caves in on the Hagia Sophia and a lesson is learned about building big domes. Read the whole article

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