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A newly opened wind farm on the roof of the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation is claimed by turbine suppliers Venger to be the largest building-integrated wind farm in the US

Environment

Is this the largest rooftop wind installation in the world?

A newly opened wind farm on the roof of the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation is claimed by turbine suppliers Venger to be the largest building-integrated wind farm in the US.

Artists concept of the X-51A (Image: US Air Force)

Aircraft

Third test flight of X-51A hypersonic missile ends in failure

The test flight of the hypersonic X-51A missile has ended in failure due to a faulty fin.

The PS3's YouTube app has been designed for big screen TVs

Home Entertainment

PS3 finally gets dedicated YouTube app ... and it's smartphone controllable

It’s been a strangely long time coming, but the PS3 is finally getting a dedicated YouTube app, which can be controlled via a smartphone.

The restaurant's most distinct feature is undoubtedly its scaly anodized aluminum shell (Photo: Scherrer)

Architecture

Striking aluminum restaurant opens atop 2650-meter Swiss Alp

The newly-opened, stunning-looking, aluminum-encased Gipfelrestaurant (summit restaurant) has opened atop the 2650-meter Arosa Weisshorn in the Swiss Alps.

The NanoTritium betavoltaic power source from City Labs is a thumb-sized battery that draws on the energy released from its radioactive element to provide continuous nanoWatt power for over 20 years

Electronics

Commercially-available NanoTritium battery can power microelectronics for 20+ years

The NanoTritium betavoltaic power source from City Labs is a thumb-sized battery that draws on the energy released from its radioactive element to provide continuous nanoWatt power for over 20 years.

Bill Gates evaluates the Toronto Toilet at the Reinvent the Toilet fair in Seattle

Wellness and Healthy Living

Bill backs one out at Reinventing the Toilet fair

At the two-day “Reinventing the Toilet” fair held in Seattle this week a California Institute of Technology (Caltech) team claimed first place for their solar-powered toilet.

A diagram of the process utilized by the Endurance Bioenergy Reactor

Environment

Mobile machine can make biofuel for military and humanitarian operations

Argonne National Laboratory has created the Endurance Bioenergy Reactor, a system that can produce biofuel on location from waste streams and cellulosic materials.

General Imaging has announced a hand-held projector specially developed for the iPhone and iPos touch called ipico

Mobile Technology

General Imaging introduces ipico hand-held projector for iPhone

General Imaging has announced a hand-held projector specially developed for the iPhone and iPos touch called ipico.

Marshall Headphones and Zound Industries have unveiled the Hanwell, a new Marshall-branded active loudspeaker headed for discerning living rooms in the near future

Home Entertainment

Marshall breaks into home audio with the Hanwell loudspeaker

Marshall Headphones and Zound Industries have unveiled the Hanwell, a new Marshall-branded active loudspeaker headed for discerning living rooms in the near future.

Motorcycles

Kawasaki's 39 horsepower Ninja 300 bonsai superbike

Kawasaki's 2013 Ninja 300 has a wrap sheet that reads like a supersport machine - 39 horespower and a range of sophisticated rider aids that were, until recently, the domain of flagship sports bikes.

Pets

Clip-on bowl helps lead a dog to water

RuffBowl is a portable bowl that attaches to retractable dog leashes.

Adding plant proteins greatly enhances silicon solar cells (Image: Julie Turner/Vanderbilt)

Environment

Spinach protein boosts efficiency of “biohybrid” solar cells

Researchers at Vanderbilt University have come up with a way to dope silicon with a protein found in spinach that may one day lead to cheaper, more efficient solar panels.

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