Engineers at Northwestern University have found that a specially-crafted graphene electrode can allow a lithium-ion battery to store 10 times as much power and charge 10 times faster — and last longer, too.

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Hold onto your hats: Graphene, the one true savior, has now found a use in the one technological area that needs it most: batteries. Namely, engineers at Northwestern University have found that using …

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Quote of the day – The difficulty lies not so much in developing new ideas as in escaping from old ones.

– John Maynard Keynes

Evaluating every penny you invest into Kindle Fire …

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NASA engineers have produced a material that absorbs on average more than 99 percent of the ultraviolet, visible, infrared, and far-infrared light that hits it — a development that promises to open new frontiers in space technology.

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• Charlie O'Rear's photo was used by Microsoft for it's XP default background, called "Bliss"
• It is reportedly the second most expensive photo licence ever purchased
• Poor Charlie doesn't get to see his famous XP photo every day, because he uses a Mac.

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• will indeed debut a modified Windows 9 core,
• will use a Zune HD like hardware platform — a “main” processor with multiple dedicated assistive cores for graphics, AI, physics, sound, networking, encryption and sensors,
• will be custom designed by Microsoft and two partners based on the ARM architecture,
• will be cheaper than the Xbox 360, further enabling Kinect adoption,
• will be far smaller than the 360,
• will also demonstrate how Windows Phone could possible implement Windows 9’s development platform on the lower end.

Holy moly!

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