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I think that everyone in New York City read last week’s article by David Leite on the Quest for the Perfect Chocolate Chip Cookie. One of the main tricks from the article is to rest your dough for 36 hours before baking the cookies in order to improve the flavor. In my work as a [...]

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Playing the harp isn’t the most high-tech pastime—unless, like Stephen Hobley, you use lasers in place of the strings. Though not the first home-built laser harp, Hobley’s creation is unquestionably the coolest. Played by disrupting the laser beams with his hands, it can produce just about any sound. Better yet, it’s also a fully [...]

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The WhiteKnightTwo high-altitude aircraft carrier that will be used to launch a spaceship of Virgin Galactic passengers was unveiled Monday in Mojave, Calif.
The new spaceship carrier and launcher has been named Virgin Mothership Eve, after Richard Branson’…
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Researchers at Ohio State University have invented a new material that can generate electricity from heat in hot machine environments at an unprecedented rate.
The new material is called thallium-doped lead telluride.
The development could have a direct application for converting car engine exhaust heat into electricity, according to a …
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A new all-electric GT sports car was revealed by automaker Lightning Car at the British International Motor Show on Tuesday.
The Electric Lightning GT is an all-electric car with no emissions that can accelerate to speeds “over 130 mph,” according to company specs.
The guilt-free sports car is poised to …
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A project funded by the Department of Energy’s Idaho National Laboratory will test bidirectional battery chargers and “smart” grids that could prevent U.S. electric grid overload from plug-in vehicles.
Ecotality is best known for the Hydratus, its onboard hydrogen fuel generator for buses, that grew out of a …
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The U.S. military has been working on a new use for old PackBots that will save soldiers time and aggravation, though not replace them completely, when it comes to chemical warfare.

A CUGV PackBot at the 95th Chemical Company at Fort Richardson, Alaska.
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Famous Pittsburgh landmarks are the backdrop for BigBots, 11 giant robotic art installations.
The robotic art pieces, which went up on Friday, will be displayed through July 28 as part of Robot 250, one of this summer’s festivals celebrating Pittsburgh’s 250-year anniversary.
The collection is whimsical. Many of …
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This August, you may be dodging something other than Frisbees at the beach or your boss at the office.

The Hexbug Crab has built-in light sensors that are programmed to run from light, just like a real crab does.
(Credit: HexBug/Innovation First)
Innovation First is releasing the Hexbug Crab, …
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Intel or Nvida? You decide. An upcoming Sony notebook will be one of the first to have the capability to switch between Intel Centrino 2 and Nvidia graphics.

Sony Z series
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Intel’s new Centrino 2 technology features what the chipmaker calls “switchable graphics” to save power. When …
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