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Imagine the Paint on Your House Powering the Electric Devices Inside It.

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Scientists at the University of Notre Dame are making progress in the creation of solar paint -- paint that acts as a solar power collector to create energy from light. One of the challenges for the researchers moving forward is to increase the efficiency of the paint. Right now, it can only convert 1 percent of the light that hits its surface to energy. Their short-term goal is to reach 5 percent. Add a comment

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Butterfly Wings Offer Guiding Light for Nanotech Innovation

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The Morpho butterfly's highly evolved wings are so unique that scientists at Simon Fraser University (SFU) have teamed up with NanoTech Security to reproduce their iridescent blue coloring for a new anti-counterfeiting technology. Add a comment

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iPad 3 Release Date & The Rise Of The Machines

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Christmas Day and Boxing Day might have passed in a whirlwind of turkey and bad films for you but in tech world things continue to rumble on.

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Panasonic DMR-HW100: Features

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With the Panasonic DMR-HW100, the brand returns to the digital TV recorder arena with a model that makes 3D its star attraction.  Looking forward to a time when Freeview’s HD broadcasters routinely broadcast in 3D, this slick timeshifter can correctly flag stereoscopic TV recordings to your 3D TV and play back 3D still images shot in the MPO format, but does it do enough to make it one of the best PVRs around?

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Apple Unveil Plans For Fuel Cell Powered Gadgets

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A series of Apple patents have been released outlining the Cupertino based company's plans to create computers with hydrogen fuel cells.

Apple’s already impressive green credentials are to be given an added boost with the Cupertino based tech giant confirming it is looking into powering its future range of portable devices with emerging fuel cell technologies.

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