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ATM inventor John Shepherd-Barron, 84, dies after short illness

May 20, 2010 By vani Leave a Comment

London, May 20(ANI): John Shepherd-Barron, the Scotsman credited with inventing the world’s first automatic teller machine, now known as ATMs, has died after a short illness. He was 84.

Shepherd-Barron died in Scotland’s Raigmore Hospital on Saturday.

He had come up with the concept of a self-service cash dispenser in 1965 while lying in a bath after getting to his bank too late to withdraw money.

The businessman, who worked for the printing firm De La Rue Instruments at the time, said he was inspired by chocolate vending machines and put the idea to the head of Barclays Bank “over a pink gin”, The Telegraph reported.

The first ATM was installed at a Barclays’ branch in London in 1967.

Shepherd-Barron did not patent his system and did not make any money from his invention, but was made an OBE in 2005 for his services to banking. (ANI)

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Cuddly ‘social robots’ that make social networks child-safe developed

May 8, 2010 By vani Leave a Comment

London, May 8 (ANI): Scientists have come up with small, cute and furry interactive “social robots” called Petimos to help protect children when they make friends on social networks.

Petimos, which work in conjunction with an online social network called Petimo-World in which they are represented by avatars, are due to be launched later this year.

The revolutionary robos are aimed at 7 to 10-year-olds.

Children will only be able to accept new online “friends” if their Petimos are brought into physical contact first, to guard against cyberbullies and paedophiles masquerading as children, reports New Scientist.

“Internet and text-based communication is only a small part of human communication that we have evolved with,” says the device”s inventor, Adrian David Cheok at the National University of Singapore. “I want to use new media to help develop more natural human forms of communication. Petimo is one step in this direction.” (ANI)

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Now, “Male Compression” vest to help men win battle of the bulge

September 10, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

London, Sept 9 (ANI): Chubby men could soon lose their beer bellies without hitting the treadmill – thanks to a new corset for blokes!

Venezuelan-born underwear designer and medic Dr Raquel Borges has created the revolutionary vest that promises to beat that bulging belly for good.

Under the banner “Male Compression”, the West Lothian-based inventor has taken the vest famously worn by fatties like Rab C Nesbitt and turned it into a tummy-flattening garment, reports The Scotsman.

“A lot of men want to hide their tummy but it’s very hard for them to do it,” the designer said.

“One man said to me that he wanted to wear a kilt at a wedding but felt it was difficult because of his large tummy. I showed him these and he thought they were great,” she added.

Raquel runs her own undies shop in Uphall, West Lothian, after moving to Scotland with husband Jesus, 44, four years ago.

She said: “In South America almost everyone wears body shaping underwear. It’s not that Scotsmen have a worse shape – but they are starting to want to do something about it.” (ANI)

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Les Paul | Les Paul Death | Les Paul Died | Les Paul Dead | Gibson | Gibson Les Paul | Les Paul Expired | Les Paul Passed Away | Les Paul is No More | Les Paul Grammy Award Winner

August 14, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Lester William Polsfuss, known as Les Paul, 94, a Grammy Award-winning guitar virtuoso and inventor of the solid-body electric guitar and recording studio innovations changed the course of 20th-century popular music, who helped bring his instrument to the forefront of jazz and rock-and-roll performance,died today at a hospital in White Plains, N.Y.

Les Paul was a pioneer in the development of the solid-body electric guitar which “made the sound of rock and roll possible. His many recording innovations included overdubbing known as sound on sound, delay effects such as tape delay, phasing effects, and multitrack recording.

His innovative talents extended into his unique playing style, including licks, trills, chording sequences, fretting techniques and timing, which set him apart from his contemporaries and inspired many of the guitarists of the present day.

Paul first became interested in music at the age of eight, when he began playing the harmonica. After an attempt at learning to play the banjo, he began to play the guitar. By 13, Paul was performing semi-professionally as a country-music guitarist. At the age of 17, Paul played with Rube Tronson’s Texas Cowboys.

Paul received a Grammy Trustees Award for his lifetime achievements in 1983. Les Paul was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in May 2005 for his development of the solid-body electric guitar. In 2006, Paul was inducted into the National Broadcasters Hall of Fame. He was named an honorary member of the Audio Engineering Society.

On November 15, 2008, Les Paul received the American Music Masters award through the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame at a tribute concert in the State Theater in ClevelandLes Paul was an Honorary Board Member for Little Kids Rock, a nonprofit dedicated to bringing free musical instruments and music instruction to underserved schools across the United States of America.

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History’s worst inventions revealed

July 14, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

London, July 14 (ANI): Exploding dogs, flying cars, and parachute suits are some of history’s worst inventions, according to a new book.

Authored by Eric Chaline, ‘History’s Worst Inventions’ describes some of the funniest and freakiest ideas that have gone awry.

Published by New Holland Publishers, the tome is priced at 10.99 pounds, reports the Sun.

Some of history’s worst inventions are:

Anti-tank dogs (1939-1945)

During World War Two the Russians faced the mechanical might of the German Army’s tanks, which made Soviet engineers to create canine mines or “anti-tank dogs”. The dogs, fitted with explosives, would be starved before battles and trained to search for food under vehicles, where they would explode.

But the biggest problem was the dogs often ran towards their own lines, blowing up tanks on their own side.

The Parachute Jacket (1912)

The “flying tailor” Franz Reichelt jumped from the Eiffel Tower to demonstrate his parachute overcoat. Huge crowds gathered to watch the magical event.

Sadly things didn’t go to plan, and he fell to his death.

The Flying Car (1930s)

Waldo Waterman created two Chitty Chitty Bang Bang-style flying cars between 1930-40. The American inventor’s 20ft-long Aerobile had a top air speed of 112mph and he flew it from California to Ohio.

It was never put into commercial production because of technical problems and flight regulations.

Wicker Chair Spaceship (1500)

A Chinese official named Wan Hoo dreamed up the idea of flying to the moon using 47 large rockets strapped to his wicker chair. For his first flight, he instructed his servants to light the rocket fuses ready for blast off. There was a huge explosion but when the smoke cleared Wan had disappeared.

Mythical tales told of him living in space but recent reconstructions show he was probably blown to bits.

Animal testes as cure for erectile dysfunction (19th Century)

Before testosterone was discovered, Mauritian-born Dr Charles-Edouard Brown-Sequard (1817-94) injected himself with his preparation made from the testes of guinea pigs and dogs.

He believed it would stave off old age and improve his potency, but his tests flopped.

The TWIKE (mid-1980s)

Short for two in a bike, the pedal-powered three-wheeler TWIKE looked like a kids’ toy. An updated Nineties version had an AC motor and could hit 53mph.

Despite sounding like a good idea, the Swiss firm behind the machine are said to have sold just 2,000 of their machines.

Betamax (1975)

Sony lost billions of pounds with their failed Betamax video format in 1975. It was blown out of business by the release of VHS a year later.

Sony’s 100 per cent share of the VCR market in 1975 shrunk to just 25 per cent by 1981 as a result. (ANI)

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Nikola Tesla Tesla – Nikola Tesla Coil – Nicola Tesla – Tesla Coil – Telsa Nikola Tesla Death Ray – Nikola Tesla Inventions – Nikola Tesla – Assault Rifles – Angie Lopez

July 10, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

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Nikola Tesla (10 July 1856 – 7 January 1943) was an inventor , a mechanical and electrical engineer. He was an ethnic Serb born in the village of Smiljan, Vojna Krajina, in the territory of today’s Croatia. He was a subject of the Austrian Empire by birth and later became an American citizen.

Tesla’s patents and theoretical work in the late 19th and early 20th centuries forms the basis of modern alternating current electric power systems, including the polyphase power distribution systems and the AC motor, with which he helped usher in the Second Industrial Revolution.

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Pitroda, Murthy and S Ramadorai considered for Air India’s top management spots

July 8, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

New Delhi, July 8 (ANI): The Civil Aviation Ministry is reportedly considering the names of Sam Pitroda, Narayana Murthy and S Ramadorai, who are top entrepreneurs and technocrats, for reviving Air India in order to bring high quality people of great integrity and proven track record in business.

These names would be considered as part of Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel’s plans of a major revamp of the national carrier’s top management, which would be carried out in next 30 days in a bid to turn around cash-strapped Air India in the next two years.

“Our minister has already initiated the process. These names will be finalised soon,” a news channel quoted a top official said.

Sam Pitroda is an inventor, entrepreneur and policymaker. Currently chairman of National Knowledge Commission, he is also widely considered to have been responsible for India’s communications revolution.

While, Narayana Murthy is an industrialist, software engineer and one of the seven founders of Infosys Technologies, a global consulting and IT services company based in India and Subramaniam Ramadorai is the CEO and Managing Director of Tata Consultancy Services Ltd, a major IT company in the country.

“Ramadorai’s name has already been cleared for the role of functional director. Talks are on with the others as well. As many as seven new directors may be inducted as per plans,” the source added.

According to sources, the entire top management of Air India, which is under a loan liability of Rs 15,000 crore, would be recast in the next 30 days. Several old time directors might be asked to leave and a Professional Chief Operating Officer will be appointed under the Chairman and Managing Director. (ANI)

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Rubik’s cube inventor back with new brain-teaser ’360′

July 6, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

London, July 6 (ANI): After taking the world by storm with Rubik’s cube, Professor Erno Rubik is back with yet another brain-teaser.

The 64-year-old Hungarian professor has come up with a puzzle called 360, which is a clear plastic ball holding six small balls of different colours.

Using the same principles applied to the Rubik’s Cub, the players have to get the coloured balls from an inner sphere into matching slots on the outer sphere by shaking them through a middle sphere that has only two holes.

“It doesn’t need batteries and looks as though it should be quite easy,” the Telegraph quoted David Hedley Jones, senior vice president of the Rubik brand, as saying.

“But it is incredibly complicated. There are some really cunning tricks to it,” he added.

Hamleys, the London toy store, has already received numerous inquiries for the 360.

It’s head of sales Nigel Wheatley said: “It is our biggest item on the web. I expect thousands to be sold in days.”
The new game is set to go on sale next week. (ANI)

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New handheld device detects anthrax with outstanding accuracy and reliability

June 27, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Washington, June 26 (ANI): Scientists have developed a handheld device that can detect anthrax with outstanding accuracy and reliability.

The device, called Ceeker (pronounced “seeker”), was made by scientists at Veritide Ltd., a developer of innovative biological identification and detection solutions.

It can discriminate between anthrax spores and similar-looking hoax substances.

The data show that in over two weeks of testing at the Midwest Research Institute in Florida, the company’s Ceeker scanner accurately identified 100 percent of the anthrax samples used and was correct in 95 percent of tests involving hoax substances.

“We knew that our innovative Ceeker is capable of producing outstanding results in distinguishing between anthrax and look-alike hoax substances, and now we have definitive data confirming its performancem,” said Andrew Rudge, Chief Executive Officer of Veritide.

“Even better, these extraordinary results were generated by a small portable handheld system that requires no special skills or training to operate and that can produce a result within minutes, enabling first responders to rapidly determine whether the situation is a nuisance or a major threat to public health,” he added.

The Ceeker employs optical detection technology developed at New Zealand’s University of Canterbury.

It uses ultraviolet light and special algorithms to detect bacterial spores and provides test results within minutes, without the need for wet chemistry or analytic processes that can be difficult to handle in the field.

The Ceeker is capable of producing test results from very small amounts of sample and does not consume or destroy the sample being tested, allowing it to be re-analyzed later for forensic applications.

In contrast, existing detection approaches require longer and more complex processing to distinguish anthrax from other substances (between 30 minutes and three days). Their accuracy is inferior to the Ceeker and the sample is typically destroyed during testing.

According to Professor Lou Reinisch, an inventor of the Ceeker technology, “These new data definitively confirm the validity of the detection concepts underlying the Ceeker and should help fuel its wider use among such first responders as fire and police departments, HazMat teams, postal services, port and airport security, and defense and military authorities.”

The Ceeker has also been previously validated by forensic laboratory ESR, which conducted multiple rounds of testing using anthrax simulants and hoax substances.

The successful US test results have triggered significant sales from US customers who had pre-ordered the Ceeker but were waiting for positive direct anthrax testing results before proceeding. (ANI)

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Wallace And Gromit star Peter Sallis ‘not mad about cheese’

June 27, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

London, June 25 (ANI): Wallace And Gromit star Peter Sallis has revealed he is ‘just not mad about cheese’ unlike his screen alter ego.

The 88-year-old, who has been lending his voice for eccentric inventor Wallace for the last two decades, said he would rather dig into a cake.

“I have to admit I am not really a big cheese fan. I certainly haven’t got the passion Wallace has for it,” The Daily Express quoted him as saying.

“I was actually warned off the stuff a while ago for health reasons, the simple fact is I’m just not mad about cheese. I much prefer a nice piece of cake.

“I don’t even know if I’ve ever eaten Wensleydale cheese. I haven’t touched the stuff for decades,” he added. (ANI)

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Now, a phone that expresses users’ moods via ‘light messaging’

May 20, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

London, May 20 (ANI): If you feel that texting does not express your mood while you type an SMS, then new “light messaging” by Nokia of Finland might just do the trick for you.

The company has filed a patent on a new breed of cellphone capable of “light messaging”, which could enable users to send a text with a background colour that clearly expresses their mood.

According to New Scientist magazine, the phone’s software allows one to choose a colour that represents his or her mood-red for raging angry, perhaps, blue for sad, or yellow for mellow.

The colour is encoded with the message, and is used to illuminate an LED array on top of the recipient’s similarly equipped light-messaging phone.

Nokia’s Teppo Jokinen, the inventor of the system said that light messaging would “enrich and improve user experiences”, according to US patent application. (ANI)

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Now, a home kit for men to monitor reproductive status post vasectomy

May 14, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Washington, May 14 (ANI): Men, who don’t know when to stop using contraceptive methods after vasectomy, can now resort to a medical home test kit based on a protein discovered at the University of Virginia Health System, called SpermCheck Vasectomy.

The new product line could revolutionize the way men around the world monitor their reproductive status.

“The SpermCheck family of products is intended for use by men on both sides of the fertility equation – those who don’t want to father children and those who do,” said Dr. John C. Herr, inventor of SpermCheck technology who is professor of cell biology.

SpermCheck Vasectomy is based on antibodies that bind to SP-10, a protein discovered in Herr’s laboratory, and is the only FDA approved immunodiagnostic test for monitoring sperm after vasectomy.

The device looks and functions much like a home pregnancy test.

It measures SP-10, which is present at constant levels in each sperm head, and enables men to quickly and accurately monitor their post-vasectomy sterility.

Such monitoring is important because sperm can remain in the male reproductive tract for weeks or months after a vasectomy.

Thus, to avoid unexpected pregnancies, vasectomized men must practice birth control until their sperm count falls below fertility levels.

According to Herr, at-home privacy, convenience and affordability of SpermCheck Vasectomy will boost post-operative monitoring and make it easy for couples to accurately determine when contraception methods are no longer needed. (ANI)

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New Soap, Old Bottle: Repackaging Name Brand Cleaners

April 15, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Jonathan BardellineNew Soap, Old Bottle, a company created by designer, concept artist and inventor Scott Amron, looks like a page right out of Terracycle’s business plan.

The company sells hand soap, dish soap, glass and all-purpose cleaner, windshield wiper fluid and car wash concentrate in reused plastic and glass bottles. I’ll let the company speak for itself:

Each bottle is cleaned, sanitized and processed for reuse as packaging for your favorite brand of liquid soap.

Big companies aren’t going to do this on their own. So we’ll do it for them. We buy name brand liquid soap by the barrel and package it in old bottles here in America.

The site mentions products from a number of name brands – SoftSoap, Windex, 409, Dawn and Palmolive – and we’re waiting to hear back if the big companies are in on the project.

The cleaners mostly come in 20 ounce bottles, with prices ranging from $290 for refills in old beer bottles (right) to $4.60 for hand soap. In addition, it has “Super Green” versions of glass and all purpose cleaners that its says are its own “all natural blend.”

New Soap, Old Bottle also sells spray, pump and squeeze tops to encourage people to reuse their own used bottles, and the company is looking for old bottles to buy and reuse.

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Pane-fitted election symbols in Nagpur

April 12, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Nagpur, Apr 12 (ANI): A man in Nagpur has crafted a plane-fitted and remote-controlled election symbols for the political parties to campaign during the impending general elections.

Rajesh Joshi, the inventor of flying symbol said: “For years, we have been flying these remote controlled planes. We also call them 3D planes. I have tried to build them on the same pattern. I have 25 years of experience and I have tried to use this experience here to create it, like Congress and BJP symbol. This has not been made in India before.”

These flying symbols are made manually. First, thermocoal is cut, shaped and coloured into a political party’s symbol. Then, they are fitted with aircraft tools and then flown with the help of remote control device.

“People get attracted with it. Till now dupatta, logo, banners and hoardings have been used and seen by people. But, lakhs of people can view it in one minute and crores of view it in one hour. Our campaigns will be in accordance with it. And nobody has used it till now,” said Ashok Pathak, a BJP supporter.

These flying symbols can fly for about 10 to 15 minutes at a stretch. It is run on batteries and almost noiseless.

More and more parties are expected to make a beeline for the unique tool.

The demands from Jaipur, Allahabad, Kohlapur have already been placed for order. By Sunil Dhage Kumar (ANI)

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Intel announces two new Atoms and other products

April 8, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

The inventor of the x86 series of microprocessors – Intel, observing the first anniversary of its Atom processor, announced two new versions of its Atom processor, confirmed to launch Nehalem-based mobile processors later this year, and introduced new chip codenamed “Jasper Forest”. The Santa Clara, California based chipmaker disclosed about the launch of its upcoming Moorestown chip platform at its Developer Forum in Beijing, on Wednesday.

Offering the live demonstration of its next-generation Atom-based platform, codenamed “Moorestown” for the first time, Intel stated that the new platform will come with a new Moblin software version, a Linux-based operating system (OS) that Intel develops for small devices. According to Intel, the new version of Moblin software will enable a PC-like Internet experience along with cellular voice capabilities.

Officially, Intel is aiming Moorestown platform including energy efficient set of chips for mobile Internet devices (MIDs) or small computers, focusing on basic online use and media playback, which can fit well in pockets. The set of cips will be based on the company’s Lincroft system-on-chip (SoC) that includes an Atom microprocessor core and a memory controller hub. The coming with chipset is code named Langwell. The Atom power-efficient Moorestown chip platform is expected to work well in smartphones. The family of chips in Moorestown platform will also come with 3G cellular capabilities. It will also provide optional support for both WiMax and HSPA (High Speed Packet Access) cellular networks.

Anand Chandrasekher, the Intel’s senior vice president and general manager of the Ultra Mobility Group, demonstrated a device with Moorestown consuming 10 times less power. The company earlier stated that Moorestown would be released in late 2009 or early 2010, but at the Developer Forum in Beijing, Intel firmly fixed 2010 as the launch target.

Intel also announced Atom Z550 and Atom Z515 – the two new Atom processors for mobile Internet devices. Of the two Atom updates, the Atom Z550 is the fastest. The Atom Z550 enhances the Atom line’s performance to 2GHz, while the Atom Z515, equipped with the Intel Burst Performance Technology (Intel BPT), can work at 1.2GHz when required. The Atom Z550 includes Hyperthreading to simulate dual cores while still consuming the same 2.4W of typical power as a 1.86GHz processor. The Atom Z515 normally runs at the same 800MHz and consumes just 0.65W of energy, but it can work up to 1.2GHz, consuming 1.4W.

In a keynote speech at the Intel Developer Forum, Anand Chandrasekher also talked about upcoming processors for laptops based on the Nehalem architecture, which will be released in the 2nd half of this year as part of the “Calpella” platform. According to Mr. Chandrasekher, these processors, which will come equipped with technologies like Intel Hyper-Threading Technology and Intel Turbo Boost Technology, will be more powerful than their predecessors.

Mr. Chandrasekher also discussed Intel’s ultra low-voltage (ULV) processors. He also disclosed how the company is developing a category of ultra-thin laptops less than one inch thick. According to Mr. Chandrasekher, the company will release lower-priced versions of these processors by early summer.

Finally, the senior vice president and general manager of the Digital Enterprise Group, Intel, Pat Gelsinger, for the first time, uncovered the Nehalem-EP based processor codenamed “Jasper Forest,” which is specifically designed for embedded and storage applications.

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Taiwan researchers say invent quake sensing tool

April 7, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

A research team at Taiwan’s top university has rolled out a tiny low-budget device that can sense earthquakes within 30 seconds, enough time to issue crucial disaster warnings, the lead inventor said on Monday.

The metal tool the size of a tape deck can detect an oncoming quake’s speed and acceleration in time to estimate its eventual magnitude and warn trains to slow down or natural gas companies to shut off supplies, said Wu Yih-min, a researcher at the National Taiwan University Department of Geosciences.

The tool is more precise than similar technology used overseas, and could cost as little as T$10,000 ($302) once it reaches the market, said Wu, whose skeleton research team invented the tool after about five years of study.

“We can tell within 30 seconds whether it’s going to be a big or small quake,” Wu told reporters. “We can sense the scale and how much damage it’s likely to cause.”

The tool, which should be fastened to a place unlikely to be shaken by forces other than earthquakes, uses a chip that costs just a few U.S. dollars, Wu said.

Schools, railway systems and nuclear power plants would benefit from the technology, said Kuo Kai-wen, seismological centre director with Taiwan’s Central Weather Bureau, which helped the university test its device

But before it can be used, researchers must figure out how to link it to computerised alert systems, Kuo said.

The university has not yet applied for a patent, Wu said.

Taiwan is prone to earthquakes, logging 20 minor ones in the past 2-½ weeks.

In May 2008, a 7.9 magnitude quake hit Sichuan province of southwest China, killing about 70,000 people and leaving more than 10 million homeless.

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Chinese man creates ‘Lazybones’ toothbrush that contains toothpaste!

March 11, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

New Delhi, Mar 11 (ANI): A Chinese man has invented a toothbrush, which contains toothpaste, and has aptly named it as ‘Lazybones’.

Long Mingfu, an inventor from Changsha, Hunan province, has patented a special “lazybones toothbrush”, which provides people with the advantage of not having to squeeze toothpaste from a tube, reports China Daily.

Mingfu, 31, had started work on the toothbrush seven years ago, and he has refitted more than 10,000 toothbrushes in recent years before he invented the special toothbrush that contains toothpaste.

According to him, he got the idea for the special toothbrushes from cigarette lighters. (ANI)

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Buckyballs can be used to keep water pipes clear from clogging

March 5, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Washington, March 5 (ANI): Engineers at Duke University, US, have found that microscopic particles of carbon known as buckyballs may be able to keep water pipes clear in the same way clot-busting drugs prevent arteries from clogging up.

The research team found that buckyballs hinder the ability of bacteria and other microorganisms to accumulate on the membranes used to filter water in treatment plants.

This attribute leads the researchers to believe that coating pipes and membranes with these nanoparticles may prove to be an effective strategy for addressing one of the major problems and costs of treating water.

“Just as plaque can build up inside arteries and reduce the flow of blood, bacteria and other microorganisms can over time attach and accumulate on water treatment membranes and along water pipes,” said So-Ryong Chae, post-doctoral fellow in Duke’s environmental and civil engineering department.

“As the bacteria build up on these surfaces, they attract other organic matter, creating a biofilm that slowly builds up over time,” Chae added.

According to Chae, “The results of our experiments in the laboratory indicate that buckyballs may be able to prevent this clogging, known as biofouling.”

The only other options to address biofouling are digging up the pipes and replacing the membranes, which can be expensive and inconvenient.

A buckyball, or C60, is one shape within the family of tiny carbon shapes known as fullerenes. They are named after Richard Buckminster Fuller, the inventor of the geodesic dome, since their shape resembles his famous structure.

The addition of buckyballs to treatment membranes had a two-fold effect.

First, treated membranes showed less bacterial attachment than non-treated membranes. After three days, the membranes treated with buckyballs had on average 20 colony forming units, the method by which bacterial colonies are counted.

“In contrast, the number of bacterial colonies on the untreated membrane was too numerous to count,” Chae said.

Chae also found that the presence of the buckyballs inhibited respiration, or the ability of the bacteria to use oxygen to fuel its activities.

“As the concentration of buckyballs increased, so did the inhibition of respiration,” Chae said. “This respiratory inhibition and anti-attachment suggests that this nanoparticle may be useful as an anti-fouling agent to prevent the biofouling of membranes or other surfaces,” he added. (ANI)

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Now fly like the ‘Jetsons’ with your own strap-on aircraft!

March 5, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

London, March 4 (ANI): A New Zealand inventor has created a “Jetsons” like strap-on aircraft, a personal flying machine that people can wear and soar through the sky.

According to a report in the Herald Sun, the ‘Martin Jetpack’, as it has been named, was made by Glenn Martin, who spent 27 years designing and testing his invention.

Orders have already started rolling in for the personal flying machine that soars through the sky for up to half an hour with the help of two powerful fan jets.

At least two wealthy Australian businessmen are among those who have put their hands up for one of the first 158,503 dollars jetpacks, due off the floor at the Christchurch factory at the end of this year.

“At this stage, it’s mostly boys into toys who are putting deposits in,” said Martin. “I guess it’s a pricey toy, but it’s quite a lot cheaper than a Ferrari,” he added.

Commercial interest has also been building, with Martin confirming that he has taken calls from military agencies and other border control and rescue organisations interested in investigating how it could benefit them.

The first personal jetpack was built by the US military in the 1950s, but the Bell Rocket Belt stayed airborne for 26 seconds before crashing.

Martin’s invention has two rotors powered by a 200-horsepower piston engine. “You strap it on, rev the nuts out of it and it lifts you up off the ground,” he said.

His version is more fuel efficient, costing just 15 US cents for 20 seconds in the air. It can keep a person airborne for up to 30 minutes. (ANI)

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Now fly like the ‘Jetsons’ with your own strap-on aircraft!

March 5, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

London, March 4 (ANI): A New Zealand inventor has created a “Jetsons” like strap-on aircraft, a personal flying machine that people can wear and soar through the sky.

According to a report in the Herald Sun, the ‘Martin Jetpack’, as it has been named, was made by Glenn Martin, who spent 27 years designing and testing his invention.

Orders have already started rolling in for the personal flying machine that soars through the sky for up to half an hour with the help of two powerful fan jets.

“At this stage, it’s mostly boys into toys who are putting deposits in,” said Martin. “I guess it’s a pricey toy, but it’s quite a lot cheaper than a Ferrari,” he added.

The first personal jetpack was built by the US military in the 1950s, but the Bell Rocket Belt stayed airborne for 26 seconds before crashing.

Martin’s invention has two rotors powered by a 200-horsepower piston engine. “You strap it on, rev the nuts out of it and it lifts you up off the ground,” he said.

His version is more fuel efficient, costing just 15 US cents for 20 seconds in the air. It can keep a person airborne for up to 30 minutes. (ANI)

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