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V10 (vawt,savonius,vertical axis,windturbine,ametek)Here we go again, building another vawt. With this one I am hoping to get the 100 watts.
Here is how I did it.
Big Brother's cafe watches you eat
PhysOrg.com: (AP) -- At the university cafeteria, women linger longer than men over their lunch decisions. Given a choice, they tend to opt for meat labeled 'animal friendly,' while men likely will go for a new product. Cameras are watching them. From inside a control room, monitors record the customers' movements, hesitations, facial expressions, posture, weight, even their eating habits.
Preventing forest fires with tree power: Sensor system runs on electricity generated by trees
PhysOrg.com: (PhysOrg.com) -- MIT researchers and colleagues are working to find out whether energy from trees can power a network of sensors to prevent spreading forest fires. What they learn also could raise the possibility of using trees as silent sentinels along the nation's borders to detect potential threats such as smuggled radioactive materials.
Controlling light with sound: new liquid camera lens as simple as water and vibration
PhysOrg.com: New miniature image-capturing technology powered by water, sound, and surface tension could lead to smarter and lighter cameras in everything from cell phones and automobiles to autonomous robots and miniature spy planes.
How Sweden Solved Its Bank Crisis - NYTimes.com
When they faced a financial crisis similar to the United States’ in the early 1990s, Sweden took equity in the banks to protect taxpayers.
Q and A - Could Using Wind Power for New York City Affect Weather Systems? - Question - NYTimes.com
Could a plan being explored to use wind to produce a third of the power for New York City affect weather systems?
Really? - Does Grape Juice Have the Same Health Benefits as Red Wine? - Question - NYTimes.com
Many teetotalers wonder whether they can reap the cardiovascular benefits from wine’s unfermented sibling.
Gene Therapy Restores Sight | Wired Science from Wired.com
With the help of gene therapy, two people who once were blind now can see. The individuals -- their identities remain confidential -- are participants in an early-stage clinical trial
Sept. 22, 1791: Faraday Enters a World He Will Change
Get the latest in science news, including space, physics, planet earth, discoveries, NASA, satellites, and space travel from Wired.com
BBC NEWS | Americas | Russian navy sails to Venezuela
A fleet of Russian warships sets sail for joint exercises in Venezuela, unprecedented since the Cold War.
Meet Dave, the Man Who Never Takes Out the Trash - TIME
The average American throws out 1,700 lbs. of garbage a year. David Chameides has tossed out zero lbs. (Actually, he produces garbage, but he just keeps it in the house.)
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YouTube - How the markets really work
This is probably right.
Nvidia Chip Speeds Up Imaging for Industrial Use - NYTimes.com
The graphics processing company helps organizations analyze a vast quantity of data and do it much faster than standard computers.
Biologist Pan Wenshi Helps a Region and a Species, the Langur - NYTimes.com
By helping a Chinese village out of poverty, Pan Wenshi protects the endangered langur.
Study: Massage helps recovery at cellular level
PhysOrg.com: Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps got a massage twice a day in Beijing. His teammate, Dara Torres, had two massage therapists on stand-by. And a bunch of sedated rabbits in Ohio recently had massage performed on their legs after bouts of intense exercise.
Army Anthropologist's Controversial Culture Clash | Danger Room from Wired.com
Seven years ago, Montgomery McFate was sitting in a bar in Washington, DC, trying to figure out what to do with her life. She was an unemployed, overeducated Army wife
The 2008 Smart List: 15 People the Next President Should Listen To
Get in-depth politics and legal news coverage including online privacy, Internet security, government regulations, censorship and free speech from Wired.com.
Fake popup study sadly confirms most users are idiots
Quebec firms help clean world's water
MONTREAL - Acquisitions in the United States gave two Quebec
firms a foothold in a water-treatment technology
San Francisco Slideshows - California Academy of Sciences: Press Preview - SF Weekly
NYC Trade Center dig exposes Ice Age landscape - Yahoo! News
Crews excavating the World Trade Center site this summer for the foundations of a new skyscraper have uncovered features carved into the bedrock by glaciers about 20,000 years ago, including a 40-foot-deep pothole.
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