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Retrofittable anti-rollover truck system recognized

This retrofittable early warning tanker roll-over device provides added safety for older vehicles.

Chemist Ali Javey, who led development of the tapered nanopillars (Photo: Berkeley Lab)

Science

Nanopillar semiconductors shape up for better, cheaper solar cells

Solar cells could become more efficient and less expensive, thanks to the development of tapered nanopillar semiconductors that are narrow at the top and wide at the bottom.

The new Space Fence will detect space debris that could threaten the ISS and commercial and military satellites (Image: NASA)

Astronomy

Next phase of Space Fence in motion

Proposals have now been submitted for the next phase of the new space debris-detecting Space Fence that is scheduled to commence initial operational capability in 2015.

Nils Sveje's Bike 2.0, grand prize winner of the Seoul Cycle Design Competition 2010

Bicycles

Bike 2.0 takes Seoul Cycle Design Competition prize

A Swedish designer won the grand prize in the Seoul Cycle Design Competition 2010, for his Bike 2.0 next-generation bicycle.

ASUS has revealed the specifications of its new notepad/e-Reader - the Eee Note EA800

Mobile Technology

ASUS reveals Eee Note EA800 details

ASUS has revealed the specifications of its new notepad/e-Reader - the Eee Note EA800.

The Q2 Internet Radio has its four pre-allocated stations changed by tipping the device onto its side, its volume adjusted by raising or lowering the front end, and is muted by placing the speaker face down

Home Entertainment

The Q2 puts a new twist on Internet radio

The Q2 Internet Radio has its four pre-allocated stations changed by tipping the device onto its side, its volume adjusted by raising or lowering the front end, and is muted by placing the speaker face down.

Possible model of the Sahara Solar Breeder Project

Environment

Sahara Solar Breeder Project aims to provide 50 percent of the world’s electricity by 2050

The Sahara Solar Breeder Project aims to build enough solar power plants to provide 50 percent of the world’s electricity by 2050, which would be delivered via a global superconducting supergrid.

Boeing subsidiary Spectrolab has announced it will mass-produce a 39.2 percent efficiency solar cell

Environment

Boeing to mass-produce record-breaking 39.2 percent efficiency solar cell

Spectrolab, a wholly owned subsidiary of Boeing, is to start mass production of its C3MJ+ solar cells that boast an average conversion efficiency of 39.2 percent.

The active electrode book - the four slots close in around the nerve roots like the pages of a book

Fitness & Exercise

Spinal implant assists paraplegics to exercise

Paraplegics may soon find it easier to exercise their leg muscles through controlled activities such as cycling and rowing, thanks to a tiny microchip implanted in the spinal canal.

Chess for one ... Solitaire Chess can teach beginners the basics and hone the skills of regular players

Games

Single-player chess hones your skills

Single-player Solitaire Chess teaches you the basics as well as the finer points of the traditional game.

The electrowetting e-ink process on paper.

Good Thinking

E-ink evolves: full color, video-capable, easy on the eye and cheap enough to be disposable

Researchers have developed an e-ink technology that's quick enough to competently display full color video - but so cheap that it can be completely disposable.

Motorcycles

Ducati announces AMG partnership - and releases the 1200cc Diavel power cruiser

The king of Italian motorcycles pulls the wraps off a very odd new motorcycle indeed - the 2011 Ducati Diavel power cruiser - and announces a new MotoGP sponsorship and co-promotion deal with Mercedes-AMG.

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