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Wind Turbine Creates Water From Thin Air

May 4, 2012 by ·

Wind turbines have long produced renewable energy but a French engineering firm has discovered another eco-purpose for the towering structures.

Eole Water claims to have successfully modified the traditional wind turbine design to create the WMS1000, an appliance that can manufacture drinking water from humid air.

The company aims to start rolling out the giant products for sale later in 2012, initially focusing on remote communities in arid countries where water resources are scarce.

“This technology could enable rural areas to become self-sufficient in terms of water supply,” says Thibault Janin, director of marketing at Eole Water. [Read more...]

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Boeing’s Private Space Taxi to Take Flight by 2016

April 27, 2012 by ·

With NASA’s space shuttle fleet now permanently grounded, aerospace giant Boeing is aiming to fly astronauts to the International Space Station aboard a new private spaceship as early as 2015 or 2016, company officials say.

Boeing’s CST-100 capsule (short for Commercial Space Transportation-100) is being designed to ferry astronauts to and from the space station and other destinations in low-Earth orbit. The spacecraft will initially launch from Florida atop United Launch Alliance’s Atlas 5 rocket, but the company is not ruling out other booster options in the future, officials have said.

The capsule is being designed as part of a NASA program that supports the development of a new fleet of commercially built spaceships to fill the gap made by the retirement of the shuttle program. [Read more...]

Filed Under: Science, Space Programme, Technologies ·

UN Report: Internet Access Is A Basic Human Right

March 31, 2012 by ·

Access to the Internet, especially during times of political unrest, is a basic human right, says a report released by the United Nations .

“Facilitating access to the Internet for all individuals, with as little restriction to online content as possible, should be a priority for all States,” says the report, published on May 16 by Frank La Rue, a “special rapporteur” for the UN’s Human Rights Council.

“… The unique features of the Internet, which allow individuals to spread information instantly, to organize themselves, and to inform the world about situations of injustice and inequality, have also created fear among Governments and the powerful,” La Rue said in a press release. [Read more...]

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James Cameron On Earth’s Deepest Spot: Desolate, Lunar-Like

March 26, 2012 by ·

The Mariana Trench’s Challenger Deep—the deepest point on Earth—looks as bleak and barren as the moon, according to James Cameron, who successfully returned just hours ago from the first solo dive to the ocean abyss.

At noon, local time Monday (10 p.m. ET Sunday), the National Geographic explorer and filmmaker’s “vertical torpedo” sub broke the surface of the western Pacific, some 200 miles (322 kilometers) southwest of Guam.

After a descent that took roughly two and a half hours, Cameron spent about three hours conducting the first manned scientific exploration of Challenger Deep. [Read more...]

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How China Is Advancing Its Military Reach

January 20, 2012 by ·

As the US shifts its focus to Asia, Alexander Neill, head of the Asia Security Programme at the Royal United Services Institute, sets out the Chinese military advances challenging the regional balance.

At the Pentagon recently, US President Barack Obama announced deep cuts to the US military and set out a shift in attention towards the Asia-Pacific region, in a thinly-veiled message to China.

Despite a narrative of peaceful intent, China’s leaders have struggled to reassure the US over the direction of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA). Both countries admit that their military dialogue falls well behind other aspects of the relationship. [Read more...]

Filed Under: Foreign Policy, People, Technologies ·

Stable & Reliable

January 6, 2012 by ·

As we may know, there is always speculation on what will happen in the next few days and months ahead. Of course, that holds true in technology and gadget industries. Well, we cannot deny the fact that iPhone is one of the latest and impressive technology now out and available in the market. It comes with fantastic features that will enable everyone to play music, videos, and games, access the internet and even download files. However, in some point the applications provided by its producers are only limited which is why a lot of people opted to unlock their gadgets to possibly access other networks and gain access to a host of features as well as loads of free apps.

Nevertheless, for people who are seeking to jailbreak their gadgets, the professional software from iphonelox.com provides the most stable and reliable jailbreak plus unlock solutions for your apple products. Their jailbreakme will fully unlock any version of iPhone or iPad, completely hassle free, without having to worry about updates or complicated instructions. Further, one of the best parts about it is how quick and easy it is to open up your iPhone without the need to download software onto your desktop. By just using the web browser, the whole process only takes less than a few minutes over a wi-fi connection. And if you ever decide to remove your jailbreak, then just connect device to your computer, sync, and then press restore in itunes.

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All Eyes On German Renewable Energy Efforts

December 29, 2011 by ·

This tiny village of 37 gray homes and farm buildings clustered along the main road in a wind-swept corner of rural eastern Germany seems an unlikely place for a revolution.

Yet environmentalists, experts and politicians from El Salvador to Japan to South Africa have flocked here in the past year to learn how Feldheim, a village of just 145 people, is already putting into practice Germany’s vision of a future powered entirely by renewable energy.

Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government passed legislation in June setting the country on course to generate a third of its power through renewable sources – such as wind, solar, geothermal and bioenergy – within a decade, reaching 80 percent by 2050, while creating jobs, increasing energy security and reducing harmful emissions. [Read more...]

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