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Student Invents Earthquake-Powered Stress Sensor for Buildings
The wireless sensor would be powered by the vibrations during an earthquake and transmit information about stress to buildings.
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Top 10 Tech Stories This Week: Bio-bots, greener gadget rankings, tablet buying-guide, and more!
The hottest stories in Technology from the last week. Catch up quick!
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E-Waste By the Numbers: New Infographic Breaks Down U.S. Electronics Consumption
The infographic has some troubling statistics, like only 18 percent of our electronics are disposed of properly.
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After Sandy, An Illuminated LED Wonder In New York
Designed by New York-based artist Leo Villareal, this creative illumination of the geodesic dome stands tall, undamaged and relit after Hurricane Sandy.
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3D Printing Saves Money and Time in the Lab
A lab at UC Davis has discovered the usefulness of 3D printing for making specific supplies as they're needed.
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Nanotech Dog Nose Sniffs Out Explosives
The device mimics the canine olfactory receptors' ability to detect airborne vapors from explosives that human noses cannot.
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Researchers Design Bio-Bot Covered in Rat Heart Cells and Able To Move On Its Own
This robot is made with rat cardiac cells and represents a leap in synthetic biology and potential for environmental sensors.
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California Utility Offering Rebates to Customers for Energy Monitoring Devices
Southern California Edison is giving cash rebates to customers who buy devices that allow them to view their smart meter energy use information in real time.
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Seashell-Like Concrete Fills In Its Own Cracks
A new type of flexible, self-repairing concrete could revolutionize our infrastructure and save local governments millions.
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Microsoft Using Biogas Fuel Cell to Power Wyoming Data Center
The fuel cell is part of Microsoft's Data Plant project to build a zero carbon data center.
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World's Fastest Supercomputer is Also One of the Most Efficient
The Titan supercomputer was ranked as one of the most energy efficient supercomputers by the Green500 list.
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Top 10 Tech Stories This Week: Documentary unveils e-waste realities, teen girls make pee-powered generator, and more!
The hottest stories in Technology from the last week. Catch up quick!
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Newlight Turns Greenhouse Gases into High-Performance Biodegradable Plastic
Could it really be as simple as converting air and greenhouse gas into biodegradable plastics? According to Newlight, it is.
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Facebook Uses Open-Air Cooling in Super Efficienct N.C. Data Center
The data center was able to achieve a PUE of 1.07 even in triple-digit weather.
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Satellites Helping to Detect Raw Sewage Runoff from Hurricance Sandy
Satellites are helping scientists to track raw sewage as it makes its way to the ocean after Hurricane Sandy.
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Rape and Conflict Minerals: Photographer Takes on the Technology Industry Through Art
Photographer Sarah Fretwell came face to face with rape as a weapon of war in the Democratic Republic of Congro. The art project she created is bringing attention to both problems and solutions for the tech industry.
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Best Cleantech News for Your Weekend Reading November 10-11, 2012
Catch up on cleantech news from the week in 5 minutes.
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Teenage Girls Invent Pee-Powered Generator
This innovative power source, developed by four African teenagers, uses one of the world's ubiquitous waste products: urine.
