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Canadian Team Harnesses Energy from Chewing

Canadian Team Harnesses Energy from Chewing

Remember your mom telling you to make sure you chewed your food throughly? It's seems that mother did know best since it turns out that chewing can do much more then power your metabolism. Drs Aidin Delnavaz and Jeremie Voix, mechanical engineers at the Ecole de...

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MIT Changes the Way We Store Heat

MIT Changes the Way We Store Heat

What does the accompanying image bring to mind? Layers of carved chocolate? How about a block of clay waiting to become a piece of art? Bet you didn't guess it's the future of 24 hour winter warmth thanks to the guys at MIT and a new exciting little molecule...

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Li-Fi to Replace Wi-Fi?

Li-Fi to Replace Wi-Fi?

Stamping your feet when there's no Wi-Fi access around? Professor Harald Hass wants to show you the light and free you from that Wi-Fi hunt with Li-Fi!LiFi is the use of the visible light portion of the electromagnetic spectrum to transmit information at very high...

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