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Teenager Invents Cheap Solar Panel From Human Hair 366

Milan Karki, 18, who comes from a village in rural Nepal, believes he has found the solution to the developing world's energy needs. A solar panel made from human hair. The hair replaces silicon, a pricey component typically used in solar panels, and means the panels can be produced at a low cost for those with no access to power. The solar panel, which produces 9 volts (18 watts) of energy, costs around $38 US (£23) to make from raw materials. Gentlemen, start your beards. The future of hair farming is here!

Comment Civil Engineering, (Score 1) 491

first it's polite; it's the one most concerned with common good and improvement of living conditions; and, civil engineers have the broadest educations. And obviously some of my best friends and I are all civil engineers.
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Google Analytics API Goes Public 52

stoolpigeon writes "Google has announced the now public beta for the Google Analytics API (described here). The API lets developers create client applications that can pull analytics data, to mash it up with other data or to present it in new ways. The API has been available through a private beta program for about a year, and some applications are already out there: examples include Polaris on Adobe Air and Analytics for Android."

Comment Some more details than TFS (Score 1) 1

The court also said that since no errors have been reported from the 1,800 unit used in the elections, the outcome of the elections are still certified and valid. Two law suits were brought forward, claiming that the secrecy of the vote and democratic controls were violated by use of the computers. Vote by computers has not been generally outlawed, however the present decision is based on problems associated with those specific machines. The court rejects the notion that it acted out of 'technophobia' and even left the door open for internet-based voting.
Computers were used in 39 out of 399 precincts. The machines in question were manufactured by the Dutch company Nedap, which were first used in the 1999 pan-European elections. The court's decision is with regard to the models ESD1 and ESD2.
The plaintiffs argued that voters were required to completely trust the computers, thus creating a trust vacuum which contradicts the openess requirement of the counting process. Experts said that irregularities in the software could easily be detected, however hardware modifications are difficult to identify.

Comment Re:One way to get more registered voters (Score 1) 1088

The EU president's functions are mostly representative: open and chair parliament sessions, meets and visits with heads of states. While he does co-signs legislation with the President-in-Office of the Council he has no veto power. He also has no executive powers, or is commanding armies.

And actually, one thing Europeans do complain about is the the EU government bodies are not elected and are not representing citizens.

So, your mashing the US with the EU president is ignorant of facts.

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